Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Stephens Public Library didn’t send its yearly numbers to the Public Libraries Survey
Stephens’s library is the Stephens Public Library, a branch of Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County, which serves 24,098 people.
What stands out about Stephens Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Stephens’ civic life grade
Stephens isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Find it
Stephens Public Library, 315 W. Chert, Stephens.
Good at every Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County branch.
New in Stephens? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Stephens Public Library is one branch of Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 24,098 people it serves.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Stephens
Does Stephens have a public library?
Yes: Stephens Public Library, 315 W. Chert, is a branch of Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County, which serves 24,098 people.
Is Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
What is Stephens’ civic life grade?
Stephens isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Stephens.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.