Photo: OzarksRazorback · CC BY-SA 4.0Vicksburg’s library logs 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library serves 42,298 people in and around Vicksburg. Last year it lent 62K books, movies and e-books and logged 46K visits.
The short version on Vicksburg’s library
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $19 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library offered 169 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Vicksburg Public Library, Old has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992. Today’s library there has 34,873 square feet. The building ↓
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; Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library serves 42,298 people in and around Vicksburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Vicksburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Vicksburg is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #4 of 85 in Mississippi. Vicksburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Vicksburg’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 →
146 community nonprofits are registered in Vicksburg
7.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (44 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.5%
5.5% of Vicksburg’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 4.4% in the typical Mississippi 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 Vicksburg’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1992
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library, 700 Veto Street, Vicksburg.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library branch.
New in Vicksburg? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Vicksburg Public Library, Old
Vicksburg Public Library, Old was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 30, 1992. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Mission Revival. It was listed as part of Vicksburg MPS.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library serves 42,298 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 21 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,743 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.34 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vicksburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $824K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $824K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 21,465 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library fine-free | — | 56 | B− |
| Beechwood | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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. Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library serves 42,298 people in and around Vicksburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Vicksburg.
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 Vicksburg
Does Vicksburg have a public library?
Yes. Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library, 700 Veto Street, serves 42,298 people in and around Vicksburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Vicksburg’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Vicksburg’s civic life grade?
B− Vicksburg is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on civic life, #4 of 85 in Mississippi. 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 Vicksburg.
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. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.