Photo: Wikilester1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0Campti’s library is a branch of Natchitoches Parish Library, which lends less per resident than 73% of systems its size
Campti’s library is the Northeast Branch, a branch of Natchitoches Parish Library, which serves 35,982 people and lent 111K items last year.
What stands out about Northeast Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Campti’s civic life grade
Campti 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 →
About 7 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Natchitoches Parish Library serves 35,982 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Natchitoches Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
111K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
40,190 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Northeast Branch, 3129 Hwy. 71, Campti.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Natchitoches Parish Library branch.
New in Campti? 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 Campti cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 28,072 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Northeast Branch is one branch of Natchitoches Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 35,982 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 Campti
Does Campti have a public library?
Yes: Northeast Branch, 3129 Hwy. 71, is a branch of Natchitoches Parish Library, which serves 35,982 people. The branch is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Natchitoches Parish Library 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 Campti’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 3.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Campti’s civic life grade?
Campti 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 Campti.
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.