Rankin’s library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Rankin Public Library serves 1,650 people in and around Rankin. Last year it lent 11K print books and media and logged 19K visits.
What stands out about Rankin Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Rankin’s civic life grade
Rankin isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Rankin Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Rankin Public Library serves 1,650 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Books and media off the shelf
11K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
21 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Rankin Public Library, 310 E 10th St., Rankin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Rankin Public Library branch.
New in Rankin? 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 $1.64 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rankin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $106K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $173K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $106K 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 1,278 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Rankin Public Library serves 1,650 people in and around Rankin, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Rankin.
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 Rankin
Does Rankin have a public library?
Yes. Rankin Public Library, 310 E 10th St., serves 1,650 people in and around Rankin (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rankin 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 Rankin’s library?
It logged 11.3 visits and lent 6.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Rankin’s civic life grade?
Rankin isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Rankin.
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.