Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Mina’s library is a branch of Mineral County Library, which lends less per resident than 75% of systems its size
Mina’s library is the Mina-Luning Community Library, a branch of Mineral County Library, which serves 4,842 people and lent 12K items last year.
The short version on Mina’s library
Open only about 7 hours a week
The Mina branch keeps short hours: about 7 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Mineral County Library system offered 39 programs last year, 8.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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; Mina’s library is a branch of Mineral County Library, so they cover the whole system (4,842 people), not just the Mina branch.
What’s behind Mina’s civic life grade
Mina 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Mineral County Library serves 4,842 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mineral County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,019 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
39 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Mina-Luning Community Library, 908 B St., Mina.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mineral County Library branch.
New in Mina? 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 $1.05 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mina cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $348K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $365K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $348K 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 2,051 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mina-Luning Community Library is one branch of Mineral County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,842 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 Mina
Does Mina have a public library?
Yes: Mina-Luning Community Library, 908 B St., is a branch of Mineral County Library, which serves 4,842 people. The branch is open about 7 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mineral County 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 Mina’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Mina’s civic life grade?
Mina 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 Mina.
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.