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Alaska Library Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 32
Median expenditures $592K
25th–75th percentile $323K  –  $996K
Total spend $39.6M
  1. #1
    Anchorage Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 289,810
    Expenditures $13.5M
    Revenue $15.0M
  2. #2
    Fairbanks North STAR Borough Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 96,747
    Expenditures $6.0M
    Revenue $6.0M
  3. #3
    Juneau Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 32,202
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $3.3M
  4. #4
    Wasilla Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 50,491
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  5. #5
    Sitka Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,350
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.3M
  6. #6
    Ketchikan Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,762
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.4M
  7. #7
    Valdez Consortium Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,950
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $761K
  8. #8
    Homer Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,515
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.0M
  9. #9
    Kodiak Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,498
    Expenditures $991K
    Revenue $991K
  10. #10
    Kenai Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,507
    Expenditures $945K
    Revenue $1.0M
  11. #11
    Unalaska Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,113
    Expenditures $908K
    Revenue $941K
  12. #12
    Cordova Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,566
    Expenditures $831K
    Revenue $831K
  13. #13
    Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,519
    Expenditures $829K
    Revenue $898K
  14. #14
    Seward Community Library AND Museum
    FY 2023 pop. 2,482
    Expenditures $766K
    Revenue $714K
  15. #15
    Tuzzy Consortium Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,436
    Expenditures $765K
    Revenue $874K
  16. #16
    Palmer Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,488
    Expenditures $665K
    Revenue $677K
  17. #17
    Haines Borough Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,575
    Expenditures $519K
    Revenue $441K
  18. #18
    Petersburg Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,357
    Expenditures $495K
    Revenue $506K
  19. #19
    Kegoayah Kozga Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,469
    Expenditures $417K
    Revenue $400K
  20. #20
    BIG LAKE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 10,565
    Expenditures $413K
    Revenue $450K
  21. #21
    Willow Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,708
    Expenditures $386K
    Revenue $406K
  22. #22
    Skagway Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,146
    Expenditures $378K
    Revenue $358K
  23. #23
    Talkeetna Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 10,625
    Expenditures $353K
    Revenue $432K
  24. #24
    Sutton Public Library/community Resource Center
    FY 2023 pop. 5,087
    Expenditures $339K
    Revenue $341K
  25. #25
    Dillingham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,222
    Expenditures $276K
    Revenue $226K
  26. #26
    Irene Ingle Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,084
    Expenditures $255K
    Revenue $298K
  27. #27
    Kuskokwim Consortium Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,154
    Expenditures $247K
    Revenue $219K
  28. #28
    Trapper Creek Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,788
    Expenditures $206K
    Revenue $206K
  29. #29
    Chukchi Consortium Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,931
    Expenditures $96K
    Revenue $96K
  30. #30
    Anchor Point Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,202
    Expenditures $73K
    Revenue $63K
  31. #31
    Centennial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,444
    Expenditures $40K
    Revenue $59K
  32. #32
    TOK Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,324
    Expenditures $21K
    Revenue $22K