Old Hickory · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Morganza’s library is a branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, which lends more per resident than 97% of systems its size
Morganza’s library is the Morganza Branch, a branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, which serves 19,845 people and lent 527K items last year.
What Morganza’s library is like
More library cards than residents
28,302 cards for 19,845 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
The Pointe Coupee Parish Library system lends 15 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 97% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 58%. What people borrow ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Pointe Coupee Parish Library system ran 1,163 programs last year, about 22 a week. That’s 59 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 51,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
The Pointe Coupee Parish Library system spends $102 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) 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; Morganza’s library is a branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, so they cover the whole system (19,845 people), not just the Morganza branch.
What’s behind Morganza’s civic life grade
Morganza 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 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Pointe Coupee Parish Library serves 19,845 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 51 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pointe Coupee Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
42% of borrowing is digital
527K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
223,619 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Morganza Branch, 221 South La Highway 1, Morganza.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pointe Coupee Parish Library branch.
New in Morganza? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $5.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Morganza cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 28,302 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Morganza Branch is one branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 19,845 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 Morganza
Does Morganza have a public library?
Yes: Morganza Branch, 221 South La Highway 1, is a branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, which serves 19,845 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pointe Coupee 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 Morganza’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 26.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Morganza’s civic life grade?
Morganza 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 Morganza.
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.