Nichols Park · Photo: OkmulgeeNews · CC BY-SA 3.0Henryetta’s library runs 2.1 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Henryetta Public Library serves Henryetta’s 5,612 residents. Last year it lent 4,570 books, movies and e-books and logged 13K visits.
What Henryetta’s library is like
Few programs for a library this size
Henryetta Public Library offered 12 programs last year, 2.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
More library cards than residents
5,806 cards for 5,612 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Henryetta Public Library lends 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 92% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Henryetta Public Library holds 24,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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.
What’s behind Henryetta’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Henryetta is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #82 of 128 in Oklahoma. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
21 community nonprofits are registered in Henryetta
3.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (19 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.8%
8.8% of Henryetta’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.7% in the typical Oklahoma 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 Henryetta’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Henryetta Public Library serves 5,612 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,570 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 24K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
12 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Henryetta last year.
Find it
Henryetta Public Library, 518 W Main, Henryetta.
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 Henryetta cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $116K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $75K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $116K 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 5,806 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henryetta | Henryetta Public Library | 0.8 | 43 | B− |
| Dewar | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Henryetta Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Henryetta
Does Henryetta have a public library?
Yes. Henryetta Public Library, 518 W Main, serves Henryetta’s 5,612 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Henryetta Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Henryetta’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Henryetta’s civic life grade?
B− Henryetta is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on civic life, #82 of 128 in Oklahoma. 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 Henryetta.
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.