Hackberry’s library is a branch of Cameron Parish Library, which lends less per resident than 59% of systems its size
Hackberry’s library is the Hackberry Branch, a branch of Cameron Parish Library, which serves 4,678 people and lent 19K items last year.
What Hackberry’s library is like
More library cards than residents
8,277 cards for 4,678 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Well funded, but lightly used
The Cameron Parish Library system spends $302 per resident, more than 99% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 74% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
The Cameron Parish Library system ran 465 programs last year, about 9 a week. That’s 99 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. 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; Hackberry’s library is a branch of Cameron Parish Library, so they cover the whole system (4,678 people), not just the Hackberry branch.
What’s behind Hackberry’s civic life grade
Hackberry 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Cameron Parish Library serves 4,678 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cameron Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
19K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,191 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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
Hackberry Branch, 613 Main Street, Hackberry.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cameron Parish Library branch.
New in Hackberry? 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 Hackberry cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $320K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 8,277 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hackberry Branch is one branch of Cameron Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,678 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 Hackberry
Does Hackberry have a public library?
Yes: Hackberry Branch, 613 Main Street, is a branch of Cameron Parish Library, which serves 4,678 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cameron 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 Hackberry’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 4.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hackberry’s civic life grade?
Hackberry 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 Hackberry.
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.