Donna’s library logs 1.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Donna Public Library serves Donna’s 25,088 residents. Last year it lent 54K books, movies and e-books and logged 44K visits.
What Donna’s library is like
Most of Donna’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 88% of loans, more per resident than at 69% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 12%. What people borrow ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Donna Public Library lends 0.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, fewer than 98% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
54% of the 794 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 310 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Donna Public Library holds 56,000 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 Donna’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Donna has fewer per resident than most U.S. towns. Donna is graded on two of the three inputs. Donna’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the U.S. middle.
Donna Public Library spends $19 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($30K–$51K) 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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in Donna
0.4 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
1.4%
1.4% of Donna’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 Donna’s residents live; 2022.
88% of borrowing is digital
54K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 56K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
46,948 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Donna Public Library serves 25,088 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 21 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 6 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 Donna last year.
Find it
Donna Public Library, 301 S Main St., Donna.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Donna? 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 $2.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Donna cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $465K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $960K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $465K 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 4,811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna | Donna Public Library | 2.1 | 49 | D− |
| Scissors | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Midway South | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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 Donna
Does Donna have a public library?
Yes. Donna Public Library, 301 S Main St., serves Donna’s 25,088 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Donna 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 Donna’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Donna’s civic life grade?
D− Donna has fewer community nonprofits per resident, and fewer younger adults in volunteering groups, than most U.S. towns. 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 Donna.
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.