Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Doerun’s library is a branch of Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System, which lends less per resident than 83% of systems its size
Doerun’s library is the Doerun Municipal Library, a branch of Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System, which serves 46,366 people and lent 75K items last year.
Doerun’s library, in brief
The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $16 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Doerun branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 77% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 68% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 272 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Georgia pays a big share
28% of the budget comes from the state, and 58% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
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; Doerun’s library is a branch of Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System, so they cover the whole system (46,366 people), not just the Doerun branch.
What’s behind Doerun’s civic life grade
Doerun 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System serves 46,366 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
75K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
14,094 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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
Doerun Municipal Library, 185 N. Freeman Street, Doerun.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System branch.
New in Doerun? 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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Doerun cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $754K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $754K 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 11,275 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Doerun Municipal Library is one branch of Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 46,366 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 Doerun
Does Doerun have a public library?
Yes: Doerun Municipal Library, 185 N. Freeman Street, is a branch of Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System, which serves 46,366 people. The branch is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System 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 Doerun’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Doerun’s civic life grade?
Doerun 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 Doerun.
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.