St. Anne's Episcopal Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAnna’s library runs 12 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Stinson Memorial Public Library District serves 13,779 people in and around Anna. Last year it lent 28K books, movies and e-books and logged 26K visits.
What Anna’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Stinson Memorial Public Library District sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on seven. How it compares ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Stinson Memorial Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Today’s library there has 4,800 square feet. The building ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 9% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Stinson Memorial Public Library District serves 13,779 people in and around Anna, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Anna’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Anna is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #192 of 754 in Illinois. Anna is graded on two of the three inputs. Anna’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
29 community nonprofits are registered in Anna
6.9 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 (11 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.8%
6.8% of Anna’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.1% in the typical Illinois 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 Anna’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1978
Stinson Memorial Public Library District, 409 South Main Street, Anna.
Good at every Stinson Memorial Public Library District branch.
New in Anna? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Stinson Memorial Library
Stinson Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 9, 1978. It is significant for its architecture at the national level. Its architecture is described as Prairie School.
The Stinson Memorial Library is a public library located at 409 S. Main St. in Anna, Illinois. The library was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1913 and constructed in 1913–14. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1978.
More about the building →Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Stinson Memorial Public Library District serves 13,779 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Stinson Memorial Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
28K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Anna cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $434K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $447K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $434K 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 1,256 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | Jonesboro Public Library | 0.6 | 20 | C− |
| Anna | Stinson Memorial Public Library District | — | 43 | B+ |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Stinson Memorial Public Library District serves 13,779 people in and around Anna, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Anna.
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 Anna
Does Anna have a public library?
Yes. Stinson Memorial Public Library District, 409 South Main Street, serves 13,779 people in and around Anna (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stinson Memorial Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Anna’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 2.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Anna’s civic life grade?
B+ Anna is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on civic life, #192 of 754 in Illinois. 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 Anna.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.