Chloride’s library is a branch of Mohave County Library District, which lends less per resident than 84% of systems its size
Chloride’s library is the Chloride Community Library, a branch of Mohave County Library District, which serves 228,107 people and lent 478K items last year.
The short version on Chloride’s library
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Chloride branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 1,586 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Chloride’s library is a branch of Mohave County Library District, so they cover the whole system (228,107 people), not just the Chloride branch.
What’s behind Chloride’s civic life grade
Chloride 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Mohave County Library District serves 228,107 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
A year at Mohave County Library District
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mohave County Library District system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
478K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
114,508 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 23 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Chloride Community Library, 4901 Pay Roll, Chloride.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mohave County Library District branch.
New in Chloride? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Chloride cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $6.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.1M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 36,305 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Chloride Community Library is one branch of Mohave County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 228,107 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 Chloride
Does Chloride have a public library?
Yes: Chloride Community Library, 4901 Pay Roll, is a branch of Mohave County Library District, which serves 228,107 people. The branch is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mohave County Library District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Chloride’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Chloride’s civic life grade?
Chloride 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 Chloride.
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.