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Arkansas 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 58
Median expenditures $630K
25th–75th percentile $254K  –  $1.7M
Total spend $101.7M
  1. #1
    Central Arkansas Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 336,463
    Expenditures $24.8M
    Revenue $27.9M
  2. #2
    Fayetteville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 93,949
    Expenditures $13.3M
    Revenue $14.8M
  3. #3
    North Little ROCK Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 65,903
    Expenditures $4.6M
    Revenue $5.3M
  4. #4
    Washington County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 151,597
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $4.9M
  5. #5
    Crowley Ridge Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 133,860
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.3M
  6. #6
    MID Arkansas Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 189,438
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $5.3M
  7. #7
    Garland County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 100,180
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $4.0M
  8. #8
    FORT Smith Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 87,891
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.5M
  9. #9
    Faulkner-van Buren Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 143,767
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $3.2M
  10. #10
    Rogers Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 74,327
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $2.6M
  11. #11
    Arkansas River Valley Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 87,100
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $3.5M
  12. #12
    Bentonville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 54,909
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.4M
  13. #13
    Mississippi/crittenden Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 64,204
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.9M
  14. #14
    PINE Bluff/jefferson County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 67,260
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.1M
  15. #15
    Northeast Arkansas Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 75,834
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $2.3M
  16. #16
    White County Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 78,753
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $2.1M
  17. #17
    White River Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 80,973
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.8M
  18. #18
    Carroll AND Madison Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 43,718
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.6M
  19. #19
    POPE County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 64,072
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.7M
  20. #20
    Baxter County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,932
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.4M
  21. #21
    Crawford County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 63,257
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.6M
  22. #22
    Lonoke County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 75,944
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $2.6M
  23. #23
    Southeast Arkansas Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 63,485
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.1M
  24. #24
    Texarkana Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 68,716
    Expenditures $958K
    Revenue $1.2M
  25. #25
    EAST Central Arkansas Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 22,739
    Expenditures $814K
    Revenue $1.3M
  26. #26
    Ashley County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,062
    Expenditures $727K
    Revenue $657K
  27. #27
    Independence County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 37,825
    Expenditures $720K
    Revenue $787K
  28. #28
    Boone County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 37,432
    Expenditures $702K
    Revenue $870K
  29. #29
    Bella Vista Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,872
    Expenditures $644K
    Revenue $654K
  30. #30
    Barton Library
    FY 2023 pop. 38,682
    Expenditures $617K
    Revenue $851K
  31. #31
    Scott Sebastian Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 50,217
    Expenditures $602K
    Revenue $629K
  32. #32
    Siloam Springs Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,101
    Expenditures $583K
    Revenue $628K
  33. #33
    Tri-county Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 42,468
    Expenditures $565K
    Revenue $870K
  34. #34
    JIM G. Ferguson Searcy County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,136
    Expenditures $513K
    Revenue $357K
  35. #35
    Conway County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,846
    Expenditures $510K
    Revenue $634K
  36. #36
    Hempstead County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,532
    Expenditures $508K
    Revenue $610K
  37. #37
    Lawrence County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,406
    Expenditures $488K
    Revenue $582K
  38. #38
    Columbia County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,801
    Expenditures $470K
    Revenue $544K
  39. #39
    WEST Memphis Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,402
    Expenditures $462K
    Revenue $750K
  40. #40
    Clark County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,320
    Expenditures $332K
    Revenue $444K
  41. #41
    Arkansas County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,486
    Expenditures $331K
    Revenue $310K
  42. #42
    W.A. Billingsley/jackson County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,719
    Expenditures $290K
    Revenue $336K
  43. #43
    Marion County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,694
    Expenditures $269K
    Revenue $244K
  44. #44
    Phillips LEE Monroe Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 33,340
    Expenditures $250K
    Revenue $1.1M
  45. #45
    Forrest CITY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,820
    Expenditures $250K
    Revenue $250K
  46. #46
    Ouachita Mountains Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,964
    Expenditures $236K
    Revenue $267K
  47. #47
    Prairie County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,062
    Expenditures $191K
    Revenue $359K
  48. #48
    Public Library OF Camden & Ouachita County
    FY 2023 pop. 24,098
    Expenditures $190K
    Revenue $212K
  49. #49
    Gentry Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,023
    Expenditures $152K
    Revenue $269K
  50. #50
    Gravette Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,516
    Expenditures $143K
    Revenue $240K
  51. #51
    Newton County
    FY 2023 pop. 7,753
    Expenditures $129K
    Revenue $146K
  52. #52
    Lafayette County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,624
    Expenditures $112K
    Revenue $114K
  53. #53
    Calhoun County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,189
    Expenditures $80K
    Revenue $84K
  54. #54
    Fairfield BAY Library, Incorporated
    FY 2023 pop. 2,189
    Expenditures $76K
    Revenue $116K
  55. #55
    Southwest Arkansas Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,970
    Expenditures $62K
    Revenue $176K
  56. #56
    Trumann Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,969
    Expenditures $26K
    Revenue $64K
  57. #57
    IVA JANE PEEK Library HQ
    FY 2023 pop. 1,790
    Expenditures $24K
    Revenue $34K