Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Delbarton’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Mingo County Public Library serves 19,389 people in and around Delbarton. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 13K visits.
The short version on Delbarton’s library
Mingo County Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Mingo County Public Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $12 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
96% of the 108 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
West Virginia pays a big share
49% of the budget comes from the state, and 39% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Mingo County Public Library offered 108 programs last year, 5.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Mingo County Public Library spends $12 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Mingo County Public Library serves 19,389 people in and around Delbarton, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Delbarton’s civic life grade
Delbarton 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Mingo County Public Library serves 19,389 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mingo County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Delbarton’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
1,610 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, 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
Mingo County Public Library, 2027 State Route 65, Delbarton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mingo County Public Library branch.
New in Delbarton? 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 $2.41 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Delbarton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $223K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $538K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $223K 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 8,297 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mingo County Public Library serves 19,389 people in and around Delbarton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Delbarton.
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 Delbarton
Does Delbarton have a public library?
Yes. Mingo County Public Library, 2027 State Route 65, serves 19,389 people in and around Delbarton (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mingo County 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 Delbarton’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Delbarton’s civic life grade?
Delbarton 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 Delbarton.
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.