Laughlin’s library is a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, which lends more per resident than 60% of systems its size
Laughlin’s library is the Laughlin Library, a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, which serves 1,721,851 people and lent 12M items last year.
What Laughlin’s library is like
Nevada pays a big share
24% of the budget comes from the state, and 71% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
43% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 43% of loans, more per resident than at 77% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 57%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
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; Laughlin’s library is a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, so they cover the whole system (1,721,851 people), not just the Laughlin branch.
What’s behind Laughlin’s civic life grade
Laughlin isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Laughlin
Laughlin is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
4.9%
4.9% of Laughlin’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Nevada 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 Laughlin’s residents live; 2022.
43% of borrowing is digital
12M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,935,274 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District serves 1,721,851 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 172 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Las Vegas-Clark County Library District system. The library’s own count.
About 115 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
Laughlin Library, 2840 S Needles Hwy, Laughlin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Las Vegas-Clark County Library District branch.
New in Laughlin? 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 $1.97 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Laughlin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $89M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $175M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $89M 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 559,414 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin | Laughlin Library | — | 56 | — unincorporated |
| Bullhead City | Bullhead City Branch Library | — | 50 | — too few inputs |
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. Laughlin Library is one branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 1,721,851 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 Laughlin
Does Laughlin have a public library?
Yes: Laughlin Library, 2840 S Needles Hwy, is a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, which serves 1,721,851 people. The branch is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Las Vegas-Clark County Library District 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 Laughlin’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 6.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Laughlin’s civic life grade?
Laughlin isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Laughlin.
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.