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Towns that borrow the most from their library in Utah

Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 38 towns with 2,500+ residents.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024

Beaver
Utah · Most library borrowing

Where Beaver lands: #17 of 38

11.6 per resident books, movies & e-books borrowed a year · Visit Beaver →

Park City 1 Park City 23.8 per resident Park City Library Delta 2 Delta 21.4 per resident Delta City Library Springville 3 Springville 18.7 per resident Springville Public Library
#TownLoans per residentLibraryLoans a year
1 Park City Park City8,362 people 23.8 per resident Park City Library 196,428
2 Delta Delta3,705 people 21.4 per resident Delta City Library 79,942
3 Springville Springville35,849 people 18.7 per resident Springville Public Library 663,067
4 Richmond Richmond3,000 people 16.8 per resident Richmond Public Library 50,838
5 Map of Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant3,805 people 16.2 per resident Mt. Pleasant Public Library 62,888
6 Fillmore Fillmore2,676 people 15.4 per resident President Millard Fillmore Library 41,038
7 Orem Orem97,182 people 15.2 per resident Orem Public Library 1,453,106
8 Provo Provo114,766 people 15.0 per resident Provo City Library 1,703,497
9 Spanish Fork Spanish Fork44,946 people 14.7 per resident Spanish Fork Public Library 671,915
10 American Fork American Fork37,109 people 14.6 per resident American Fork City Library 561,352
11 Garland Garland2,660 people 14.6 per resident Garland Public Library 38,863
12 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City208,007 people 13.8 per resident Salt Lake City Public Library System 2,883,708
13 Highland Highland20,119 people 13.4 per resident Highland City Library 270,076
14 North Logan North Logan11,460 people 13.4 per resident North Logan City Library 156,723
15 Map of Manti Manti3,594 people 12.6 per resident Manti City Library 45,974
16 Salem Salem10,324 people 12.1 per resident Salem City Library 130,254
17 Beaver Beaver3,681 people 11.6 per resident Beaver Public Library 51,844
18 Kanab Kanab5,081 people 11.5 per resident Kanab City Library 60,138
19 Brigham City Brigham City19,992 people 10.9 per resident Brigham City Library 217,132
20 Map of Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove37,852 people 10.5 per resident Pleasant Grove Public Library 393,221
21 Smithfield Smithfield14,408 people 10.4 per resident Smithfield Library 152,770
22 Tremonton Tremonton11,477 people 10.2 per resident Tremonton City Library 126,369
23 Nephi Nephi6,885 people 9.6 per resident Nephi Public Library 68,441
24 Lehi Lehi85,173 people 9.5 per resident Lehi City Public Library 861,625
25 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs48,425 people 9.3 per resident Saratoga Springs Public Library 490,914
26 Map of Cedar City Cedar City38,524 people 9.1 per resident Cedar City Public Library 365,111
27 Payson Payson23,039 people 7.9 per resident Payson City Library 188,910
28 Logan Logan54,907 people 7.7 per resident Logan Library 426,010
29 Ephraim Ephraim5,949 people 7.5 per resident Ephraim Public Library 45,641
30 Map of Murray Murray50,188 people 7.1 per resident Murray Public Library 353,221
31 Tooele Tooele38,405 people 7.1 per resident Tooele City Public Library 280,649
32 Monroe Monroe2,616 people 6.9 per resident Monroe Public Library 18,434
33 Santaquin Santaquin16,436 people 6.4 per resident Santaquin City Library 112,432
34 Map of Price Price8,248 people 6.1 per resident Price City Library 50,459
35 Eagle Mountain Eagle Mountain53,290 people 5.6 per resident Eagle Mountain Public Library 319,496
36 Grantsville Grantsville14,341 people 4.8 per resident Grantsville City Library 72,618
37 Richfield Richfield8,224 people 3.6 per resident Richfield Public Library 30,083
38 Map of Parowan Parowan3,165 people 2.4 per resident Parowan Public Library 7,700

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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