Photo: Blastoids · CC BY-SA 3.0Millen’s library is a branch of Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System, which lends less per resident than 89% of systems its size
Millen’s library is the Jenkins County Memorial Library, a branch of Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System, which serves 22,845 people and lent 32K items last year.
What Millen’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Georgia pays a big share
41% of the budget comes from the state, and 48% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System offered 150 programs last year, 6.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
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; Millen’s library is a branch of Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System, so they cover the whole system (22,845 people), not just the Millen branch.
What’s behind Millen’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Millen is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #154 of 222 in Georgia. Millen is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Millen’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($32K–$53K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Millen
2.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.0%
5.0% of Millen’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 4.9% in the typical Georgia town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Millen’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System serves 22,845 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
32K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,380 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Jenkins County Memorial Library, 223 Daniel Street, Millen.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System branch.
New in Millen? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millen cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $618K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $518K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $618K 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 7,244 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jenkins County Memorial Library is one branch of Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,845 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 Millen
Does Millen have a public library?
Yes: Jenkins County Memorial Library, 223 Daniel Street, is a branch of Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System, which serves 22,845 people. The branch is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Screven-Jenkins Regional 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 Millen’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Millen’s civic life grade?
D Millen is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #154 of 222 in Georgia. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Millen.
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.