Vail
Eagle County · 4,407 peopleVisits per resident a year·Vail Public Library, FY 2024
Colorado rankings · Libraries
Towns with the most-used libraries in Colorado
Vail has the most-used library of Colorado’s 17 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 24.3 visits per resident a year at Vail Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 3.8.
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
24.3visits
#2Fort Morgan
Morgan County · 11,841 peopleVisits per resident a year·Fort Morgan Public Library, FY 2024
#3La Junta
Otero County · 6,864 peopleVisits per resident a year·La Junta/Woodruff Memorial Library, FY 2024
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Which Colorado town has the most-used library?
Vail (Eagle County): Vail Public Library counts 24.3 visits per resident a year. Fort Morgan (7.9) and La Junta (7.4) 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 (17 in Colorado). 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 Colorado page.
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