State Library Agencies
- After rising from the mid-1990s through 2001 (to a high of $1.51 billion), revenues for state library agencies鈥 fell unevenly over the next 11 years, dropping to $1.02 billion in 2012 before rebounding modestly to $1.07 billion in 2014 (Indicator IV-06a).
- State funding鈥攚hich represents the bulk of library agency revenue鈥攆ell substantially as a share of all revenues in the 21st century鈥攆rom 86% of agency revenues in 2001 to 77% in 2012, before rising to 82% in 2014.
- On a per capita basis, revenues for state library agencies peaked in 2001 (at $5.36) followed by a fairly steady decline鈥攔eaching a low of $3.27 in 2012 (Indicator IV-06b). Per capita revenues then rose slightly (to $3.39) in 2014. Since most state library agency funding came from state coffers, the variation in funding levels was largely attributable to changing state budget priorities, as per capita funding from the state fell from $4.58 in 2001 to $2.53 in 2012. The 2014 increase in total per capita funding was entirely due to a boost in state funding (to $2.77), as federal funding fell to its lowest recorded level that year ($0.49).
- In each year over the course of the 1994鈥2014 period, the majority of agency revenues, 64鈥70%, was spent on financial assistance to local libraries (not pictured).2 As total agency budgets first rose and then declined, so did the level of funding made available to libraries (Indicator IV-06c). In 2014, $688.64 million in state library agency revenues went to assist libraries and library cooperatives, down from the 2001 high of $1.06 billion, but $26 million more than the low recorded in 2012. Agencies鈥 per capita assistance to local libraries rose 36% from 1994 to 2001 but by 2014 had fallen 21% below the 1994 level.
IV-06a: State Library Agency Revenues, by Source, Fiscal Years 1994鈥2014 (50 States and the District of Columbia; Adjusted for Inflation)
* Includes any other revenue from public sources; revenue received from private sources, such as foundations, corporations, friends groups, and individuals; and agency-generated revenues, such as fines and fees for services.
Source: For fiscal years (FY) 1994鈥2005: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, 1996鈥2006). For FY 2007鈥2008: Institute of Museum and Library Services, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2007鈥2008). Publications for all years are downloadable from .
Amounts for FY 2009鈥2014 were calculated from public-use data posted at , downloaded 6/24/2016.
Revenue figures were adjusted for inflation using the Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflators produced by the U.S. Bureau of Commerce鈥檚 Bureau of Economic Analysis (downloaded from ).
Source: For fiscal years (FY) 1994鈥2005: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, 1996鈥2006). For FY 2007鈥2008: Institute of Museum and Library Services, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2007鈥2008). Publications for all years are downloadable from .
Amounts for FY 2009鈥2014 were calculated from public-use data posted at , downloaded 6/24/2016.
Revenue figures were adjusted for inflation using the Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflators produced by the U.S. Bureau of Commerce鈥檚 Bureau of Economic Analysis (downloaded from ).
Population data are from U.S. Census Bureau, 鈥淎nnual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NC-EST2009-03),鈥 ; and U.S. Census Bureau, 鈥淎nnual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 (NST-EST2015-01),鈥 .
Source: For fiscal years (FY) 1994鈥2005: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, 1996鈥2006). For FY 2007鈥2008: Institute of Museum and Library Services, State Library Agencies (Washington, DC: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2007鈥2008). Publications for all years are downloadable from .
Amounts for FY 2009鈥2014 were calculated from public-use data posted at , downloaded 6/24/2016.
Revenue figures were adjusted for inflation using the Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflators produced by the U.S. Bureau of Commerce鈥檚 Bureau of Economic Analysis (downloaded from ).
Population data are from U.S. Census Bureau, 鈥淎nnual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NC-EST2009-03),鈥 ; and U.S. Census Bureau, 鈥淎nnual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 (NST-EST2015-01),鈥 .
