Photo: Pierre5018 · CC BY-SA 4.0Maringouin’s library is a branch of Iberville Parish Library, which lends less per resident than 92% of systems its size
Maringouin’s library is the Maringouin Branch, a branch of Iberville Parish Library, which serves 29,766 people and lent 41K items last year.
What Maringouin’s library is like
More library cards than residents
47,377 cards for 29,766 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 85% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 8%. The building also logs about 87 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
The Maringouin branch keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Iberville Parish Library system ran 1,110 programs last year, about 21 a week. That’s 37 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
The Iberville Parish Library system spends $99 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. 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; Maringouin’s library is a branch of Iberville Parish Library, so they cover the whole system (29,766 people), not just the Maringouin branch.
What’s behind Maringouin’s civic life grade
Maringouin 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Iberville Parish Library serves 29,766 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Iberville Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
41% of borrowing is digital
41K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
17,159 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 11 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
Maringouin Branch, 77175 Ridgewood Drive, Maringouin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Iberville Parish Library branch.
New in Maringouin? 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 Maringouin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $857K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $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 47,377 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Maringouin Branch is one branch of Iberville Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 29,766 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 Maringouin
Does Maringouin have a public library?
Yes: Maringouin Branch, 77175 Ridgewood Drive, is a branch of Iberville Parish Library, which serves 29,766 people. The branch is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Iberville 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 Maringouin’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Maringouin’s civic life grade?
Maringouin 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 Maringouin.
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.