Photo: WhisperToMe · Public domainWeir’s library is a branch of Choctaw County Library System, which lends less per resident than 91% of systems its size
Weir’s library is the Weir Public Library, a branch of Choctaw County Library System, which serves 8,088 people and lent 8,861 items last year.
The short version on Weir’s library
The Choctaw County Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Choctaw County Library System records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $23 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Open only about 6 hours a week
The Weir branch keeps short hours: about 6 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
34% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 52%. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
50% of the 144 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 53 were for children. 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; Weir’s library is a branch of Choctaw County Library System, so they cover the whole system (8,088 people), not just the Weir branch.
What’s behind Weir’s civic life grade
Weir 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Choctaw County Library System serves 8,088 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Choctaw County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,861 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,622 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Weir Public Library, 123 Front Street, Weir.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Choctaw County Library System branch.
New in Weir? 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 Weir cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $185K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $174K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $185K 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 2,067 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Weir Public Library is one branch of Choctaw County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,088 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 Weir
Does Weir have a public library?
Yes: Weir Public Library, 123 Front Street, is a branch of Choctaw County Library System, which serves 8,088 people. The branch is open about 6 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Choctaw County Library System 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 Weir’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Weir’s civic life grade?
Weir 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 Weir.
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.