#1Cottonwood
Yavapai County · 12,709 peopleVisits per resident a year·Cottonwood Public Library, FY 2024
Cottonwood, #1 on this list · Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0Arizona rankings · Libraries
Towns with the most-used libraries in Arizona
Cottonwood has the most-used library of Arizona’s 40 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 16.0 visits per resident a year at Cottonwood Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 4.0.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#2Page
Coconino County · 7,147 peopleVisits per resident a year·Page Public Library, FY 2024
#3Sedona
Yavapai County · 9,619 peopleVisits per resident a year·Community Library Sedona, FY 2024
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24WickenburgMaricopa County · 8,305 people8,450Wickenburg Public Library and Learning CenterIMLS, FY 2024
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Questions people ask
Which Arizona town has the most-used library?
Cottonwood (Yavapai County): Cottonwood Public Library counts 16.0 visits per resident a year. Page (14.3) and Sedona (13.9) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (40 in Arizona). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the Arizona page.
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