Navarro County Courthouse · Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Corsicana’s library runs 6.8 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Corsicana Public Library serves Corsicana’s 25,671 residents. Last year it lent 56K books, movies and e-books and logged 73K visits.
What Corsicana’s library is like
81% of Corsicana carry a library card
20,677 cards for 25,671 people, or 81%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Corsicana Public Library holds 79,000 books and other items, but the average item went out about once every two years 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 Corsicana’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Corsicana is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #266 of 539 in Texas. Corsicana’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($43K–$72K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
110 community nonprofits are registered in Corsicana
4.3 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 (56 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.5%
3.5% of Corsicana’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.7% in the typical Texas 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 Corsicana’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Corsicana Public Library serves 25,671 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
56K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 79K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
9,489 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 Corsicana last year.
Find it
Corsicana Public Library, 100 N 12th St., Corsicana.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Corsicana? 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 $1.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Corsicana cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $498K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $960K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $498K 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 20,677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsicana | Corsicana Public Library | 2.2 | 45 | C |
| Retreat | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Oak Valley | 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Corsicana
Does Corsicana have a public library?
Yes. Corsicana Public Library, 100 N 12th St., serves Corsicana’s 25,671 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Corsicana 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 Corsicana’s library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Corsicana’s civic life grade?
C Corsicana is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on civic life, #266 of 539 in Texas. 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 Corsicana.
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.