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Towns that borrow the most from their library in Oklahoma

Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 60 towns with 2,500+ residents.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024

Cushing
Oklahoma · Most library borrowing

Where Cushing lands: #47 of 60

2.6 per resident books, movies & e-books borrowed a year · Visit Cushing →

Kingfisher 1 Kingfisher 14.9 per resident Kingfisher Memorial Library Map of Mustang 2 Mustang 11.7 per resident Mustang Public Library Bartlesville 3 Bartlesville 11.2 per resident Bartlesville Public Library
#TownLoans per residentLibraryLoans a year
1 Kingfisher Kingfisher5,026 people 14.9 per resident Kingfisher Memorial Library 75,249
2 Map of Mustang Mustang22,192 people 11.7 per resident Mustang Public Library 272,213
3 Bartlesville Bartlesville37,878 people 11.2 per resident Bartlesville Public Library 427,444
4 Bristow Bristow4,272 people 11.1 per resident Bristow Montfort Allie Jones Mem Library 47,076
5 Okemah Okemah3,063 people 10.5 per resident Okemah Public Library 32,141
6 Stillwater Stillwater49,269 people 9.7 per resident Stillwater Public Library 482,289
7 Perkins Perkins3,262 people 9.5 per resident Perkins Thomas-Wilhite Memorial Library 30,949
8 Cleveland Cleveland3,225 people 9.5 per resident Cleveland Jay C Byers Memorial Library 30,589
9 Map of Fairview Fairview2,687 people 9.3 per resident Fairview City Library 24,827
10 Yukon Yukon25,529 people 8.7 per resident Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library 230,248
11 Ardmore Ardmore24,877 people 8.7 per resident Ardmore Public Library 217,161
12 Map of Ada Ada16,575 people 8.4 per resident Ada Public Library 139,675
13 Seminole7,194 people 7.7 per resident Seminole Public Library 55,830
14 Map of Elgin Elgin3,608 people 7.5 per resident Elgin Community Library 27,191
15 Claremore Claremore20,166 people 7.2 per resident Claremore Will Rogers Library 147,778
16 Pryor Creek Pryor Creek9,569 people 7.2 per resident Pryor Thomas J Harrison Public Library 68,919
17 Map of Guthrie Guthrie11,243 people 7.0 per resident Guthrie Public Library 79,787
18 Map of Hominy Hominy3,303 people 6.9 per resident Hominy Public Library 22,657
19 Miami Miami12,926 people 6.8 per resident Miami Public Library 87,988
20 Mannford Mannford3,269 people 6.8 per resident Mannford Public Library 22,596
21 Woodward Woodward11,882 people 6.5 per resident Woodward Public Library 75,845
22 Perry4,452 people 6.5 per resident Perry Carnegie Library 28,811
23 Map of Alva Alva4,982 people 6.2 per resident Alva Public Library 30,636
24 Map of Watonga Watonga2,623 people 6.1 per resident Watonga Public Library 15,940
25 Duncan Duncan22,958 people 5.9 per resident Duncan Public Library 136,111
26 Vinita Vinita5,300 people 5.5 per resident Vinita Public Library 29,343
27 Map of Elk City Elk City11,361 people 5.4 per resident Elk City Carnegie Library 61,445
28 Pauls Valley Pauls Valley6,062 people 5.2 per resident Pauls Valley-Nora Sparks Warren Mem Library 31,259
29 Hobart Hobart3,358 people 4.7 per resident Hobart Public Library 15,944
30 Tonkawa3,014 people 4.7 per resident Tonkawa Public Library 13,932
31 Map of Marlow Marlow4,451 people 4.5 per resident Marlow Garland Smith Public Library 20,430
32 Map of Chandler Chandler2,899 people 4.5 per resident Chandler Public Library 13,138
33 Ponca City Ponca City24,326 people 4.4 per resident Ponca City Library 107,194
34 Durant Durant19,746 people 4.4 per resident Durant-Donald Reynolds Community Ct Library 88,564
35 Okmulgee Okmulgee11,348 people 4.4 per resident Okmulgee Public Library 49,897
36 Catoosa Catoosa7,496 people 4.2 per resident Catoosa Public Library 31,470
37 Map of Hinton Hinton4,909 people 4.2 per resident Hinton Norman Smith Memorial Library 20,650
38 Map of Chickasha Chickasha16,539 people 4.1 per resident Chickasha Public Library 68,936
39 Coweta Coweta10,433 people 3.8 per resident Coweta Public Library 41,103
40 Anadarko Anadarko5,572 people 3.4 per resident Anadarko Community Library 18,989
41 Pawhuska Pawhuska2,930 people 3.2 per resident Pawhuska Public Library 9,479
42 Map of Piedmont Piedmont8,342 people 3.1 per resident Piedmont Public Library 26,957
43 Wagoner Wagoner8,082 people 3.1 per resident Wagoner City Public Library 25,606
44 Blackwell Blackwell6,042 people 3.1 per resident Blackwell Public Library 18,650
45 Dewey Dewey3,412 people 3.0 per resident Dewey Tyler Memorial Library 10,242
46 Lawton Lawton90,595 people 2.6 per resident Lawton Public Library 234,219
47 Cushing Cushing8,367 people 2.6 per resident Cushing Public Library 21,828
48 Holdenville Holdenville5,902 people 2.6 per resident Holdenville Grace Pickens Public Library 15,271
49 Map of Hennessey Hennessey2,567 people 2.6 per resident Hennessey Public Library 5,611
50 Map of Guymon Guymon12,539 people 2.4 per resident Guymon Public Library Arts Center 29,856
51 El Reno El Reno18,557 people 2.3 per resident El Reno Carnegie Library 43,311
52 Sapulpa Sapulpa22,570 people 2.1 per resident Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library 47,184
53 Map of Stroud Stroud2,793 people 1.8 per resident Stroud Public Library 5,174
54 Mangum Mangum2,755 people 1.5 per resident Mangum Margaret Carder Library 4,040
55 Wewoka Wewoka3,091 people 1.3 per resident Wewoka Public Library 4,086
56 Map of Tuttle Tuttle8,040 people 1.1 per resident Tuttle Public Library 9,238
57 Map of Sayre Sayre4,796 people 1.0 per resident Sayre Public Library 4,576
58 Map of Lindsay Lindsay2,884 people 1.0 per resident Lindsay Community Library 2,739
59 Map of Frederick Frederick3,445 people 0.9 per resident Frederick Public Library 3,202
60 Henryetta Henryetta5,608 people 0.8 per resident Henryetta Public Library 4,570

How this ranking works

We rank every town by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. The highest figure ranks #1. Each library reports its own yearly numbers to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (fiscal year 2024), and each town’s Library page shows how it compares with libraries of a similar size nationwide.

A town is ranked only when its library system serves that town alone, and the library’s own count of the people it serves is within 20% of the town’s population. Towns served by a county or regional system, or sharing a library with a neighbor, can’t be credited with the numbers, so they aren’t ranked. Libraries that didn’t respond to the survey aren’t ranked either. Vacation towns can rank high because summer residents and visitors use the library too.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Libraries: IMLS Public Libraries Survey. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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