Creek National Capitol · Photo: Rdlogan05 · CC BY-SA 4.0Okmulgee’s library runs 7.1 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Okmulgee Public Library serves Okmulgee’s 11,376 residents. Last year it lent 50K books, movies and e-books and logged 38K visits.
Okmulgee’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
98% of the 81 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Okmulgee Public Library offered 81 programs last year, 7.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Okmulgee Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983. Today’s library there has 16,000 square feet. The building ↓
83% of Okmulgee carry a library card
9,449 cards for 11,376 people, or 83%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
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 Okmulgee’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Okmulgee is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #56 of 128 in Oklahoma. Okmulgee’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
55 community nonprofits are registered in Okmulgee
4.9 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 (22 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.
8.0%
8.0% of Okmulgee’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 Okmulgee’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Okmulgee Public Library serves 11,376 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
50K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 57K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
14,898 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Okmulgee last year.
A National Register landmark since 1983
Okmulgee Public Library, 218 S Okmulgee, Okmulgee.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Okmulgee? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Okmulgee Public Library
Okmulgee Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 28, 1983. It is significant for its town planning and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Georgian Revival.
The Okmulgee Public Library located at 218 S. Okmulgee Avenue in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a functioning public library built in 1921, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1983.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.63 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Okmulgee cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $471K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $768K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $471K 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 9,449 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee
Does Okmulgee have a public library?
Yes. Okmulgee Public Library, 218 S Okmulgee, serves Okmulgee’s 11,376 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Okmulgee Public 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 Okmulgee’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 4.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Okmulgee’s civic life grade?
B Okmulgee is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on civic life, #56 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 Okmulgee.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.