Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Haskell’s library runs 1.5 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Haskell County Library serves 5,346 people in and around Haskell. Last year it lent 3,776 books, movies and e-books and logged 9,306 visits.
The short version on Haskell’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Haskell County Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Haskell County Library offered 8 programs last year, 1.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Haskell County Library lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 94% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. 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; Haskell County Library serves 5,346 people in and around Haskell, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Haskell’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Haskell is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns, #9 of 539 in Texas. Haskell is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Haskell’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
22 community nonprofits are registered in Haskell
7.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.4%
10.4% of Haskell’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 Haskell’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Haskell County Library serves 5,346 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, for the whole Haskell County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
3,776 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
284 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
8 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
Haskell County Library, 300 N Ave E, Haskell.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Haskell County Library branch.
New in Haskell? The Handbook →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 Haskell cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $129K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $64K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $129K 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 2,106 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Haskell County Library serves 5,346 people in and around Haskell, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Haskell.
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 Haskell
Does Haskell have a public library?
Yes. Haskell County Library, 300 N Ave E, serves 5,346 people in and around Haskell (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haskell 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 Haskell’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 0.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Haskell’s civic life grade?
A Haskell is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns on civic life, #9 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 Haskell.
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.