#1Princeton
Mercer County · 31,469 peopleVisits per resident a year·Princeton Public Library, FY 2024
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Princeton, #1 on this list · Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0Princeton has the most-used library of New Jersey’s 234 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 22.4 visits per resident a year at Princeton Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 2.8.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Visits per resident a year·Princeton Public Library, FY 2024
#2Visits per resident a year·Paramus Public Library, FY 2024
#3Visits per resident a year·Ocean City Free Public Library, FY 2024
Visits per resident, highest first.
234 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
Princeton (Mercer County): Princeton Public Library counts 22.4 visits per resident a year. Paramus (18.3) and Ocean City (17.0) follow.
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (234 in New Jersey). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the New Jersey page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.