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Colorado 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 102
Median expenditures $544K
25th–75th percentile $226K  –  $2.5M
Total spend $410.7M
  1. #1
    Denver Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 712,637
    Expenditures $65.9M
    Revenue $82.5M
  2. #2
    Arapahoe Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 270,480
    Expenditures $42.0M
    Revenue $44.6M
  3. #3
    Jefferson County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 575,936
    Expenditures $41.0M
    Revenue $48.7M
  4. #4
    Douglas County Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 376,026
    Expenditures $36.7M
    Revenue $37.7M
  5. #5
    Pikes PEAK Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 678,684
    Expenditures $31.1M
    Revenue $39.9M
  6. #6
    HIGH Plains Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 315,735
    Expenditures $26.0M
    Revenue $62.0M
  7. #7
    Rangeview Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 406,718
    Expenditures $19.1M
    Revenue $27.8M
  8. #8
    Pueblo City-county Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 169,383
    Expenditures $12.7M
    Revenue $14.4M
  9. #9
    Boulder Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 105,650
    Expenditures $12.1M
    Revenue $18.1M
  10. #10
    Poudre River Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 211,387
    Expenditures $11.7M
    Revenue $13.0M
  11. #11
    Garfield County Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 62,254
    Expenditures $9.1M
    Revenue $13.7M
  12. #12
    MESA County Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 158,534
    Expenditures $7.4M
    Revenue $8.9M
  13. #13
    Aurora Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 391,281
    Expenditures $6.8M
    Revenue $7.1M
  14. #14
    Eagle Valley Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 45,194
    Expenditures $4.8M
    Revenue $6.4M
  15. #15
    Westminster Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 115,178
    Expenditures $4.8M
    Revenue $4.7M
  16. #16
    Pitkin County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,534
    Expenditures $4.6M
    Revenue $5.2M
  17. #17
    Longmont Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 99,779
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $4.8M
  18. #18
    Clearview Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 42,823
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $6.7M
  19. #19
    Littleton/bemis Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 44,732
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.6M
  20. #20
    Loveland Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 77,913
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.7M
  21. #21
    SAN Miguel Library District # 1 (telluride)
    FY 2023 pop. 6,515
    Expenditures $3.1M
    Revenue $3.6M
  22. #22
    Montrose Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 43,218
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $3.6M
  23. #23
    EAST Routt Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 18,321
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $3.0M
  24. #24
    Broomfield/eisenhower Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 76,155
    Expenditures $2.8M
    Revenue $3.5M
  25. #25
    Durango Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 56,557
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $3.1M
  26. #26
    Grand County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 15,748
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $3.7M
  27. #27
    Estes Valley Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 12,558
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.7M
  28. #28
    Summit County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,583
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.1M
  29. #29
    Louisville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,634
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.9M
  30. #30
    Basalt Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 12,306
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.9M
  31. #31
    Englewood Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 33,668
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.9M
  32. #32
    Lafayette Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,890
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.9M
  33. #33
    Gunnison County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 17,269
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.7M
  34. #34
    Delta County Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 31,621
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.6M
  35. #35
    Security Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 61,858
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.5M
  36. #36
    Rampart Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 19,956
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.6M
  37. #37
    VAIL Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,804
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  38. #38
    EAST Morgan County Library District/brush
    FY 2023 pop. 7,467
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.3M
  39. #39
    Canon CITY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,421
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.3M
  40. #40
    Clear Creek County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 9,366
    Expenditures $995K
    Revenue $814K
  41. #41
    Elbert County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 27,821
    Expenditures $983K
    Revenue $1.5M
  42. #42
    PINE River Public Library District/bayfield
    FY 2023 pop. 8,882
    Expenditures $859K
    Revenue $1.1M
  43. #43
    FORT Morgan Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,640
    Expenditures $790K
    Revenue $803K
  44. #44
    Southern Chaffee County Regional LIB Dist/salida
    FY 2023 pop. 9,896
    Expenditures $780K
    Revenue $1.3M
  45. #45
    Northern Chaffee County Library District (buena Vista)
    FY 2023 pop. 9,765
    Expenditures $776K
    Revenue $926K
  46. #46
    Berthoud Community Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 26,264
    Expenditures $682K
    Revenue $786K
  47. #47
    Sterling Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,077
    Expenditures $673K
    Revenue $646K
  48. #48
    Cortez Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,996
    Expenditures $614K
    Revenue $722K
  49. #49
    LAKE County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,342
    Expenditures $597K
    Revenue $616K
  50. #50
    Upper SAN JUAN Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 12,754
    Expenditures $586K
    Revenue $667K
  51. #51
    Lyons Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 4,296
    Expenditures $569K
    Revenue $633K
  52. #52
    Ignacio Community Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 6,037
    Expenditures $519K
    Revenue $658K
  53. #53
    LA Junta/woodruff Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,120
    Expenditures $507K
    Revenue $533K
  54. #54
    Alamosa Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,900
    Expenditures $495K
    Revenue $534K
  55. #55
    Boulder County Nederland Community Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 3,498
    Expenditures $486K
    Revenue $490K
  56. #56
    Gilpin County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 5,895
    Expenditures $484K
    Revenue $636K
  57. #57
    LONE CONE Library District (norwood)
    FY 2023 pop. 2,157
    Expenditures $471K
    Revenue $564K
  58. #58
    Mancos Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 3,290
    Expenditures $467K
    Revenue $503K
  59. #59
    RED Feather Mountain Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 1,756
    Expenditures $451K
    Revenue $487K
  60. #60
    Southwest LA Plata Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 4,571
    Expenditures $418K
    Revenue $533K
  61. #61
    Lamar Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,850
    Expenditures $416K
    Revenue $424K
  62. #62
    Wellington Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,624
    Expenditures $399K
    Revenue $401K
  63. #63
    Meeker Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 3,885
    Expenditures $391K
    Revenue $569K
  64. #64
    Trinidad Carnegie Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,843
    Expenditures $374K
    Revenue $386K
  65. #65
    Dolores Library District/montezuma County
    FY 2023 pop. 4,376
    Expenditures $351K
    Revenue $366K
  66. #66
    Ridgway Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 2,740
    Expenditures $347K
    Revenue $432K
  67. #67
    RIO Grande County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 11,336
    Expenditures $347K
    Revenue $378K
  68. #68
    PARK County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,900
    Expenditures $331K
    Revenue $383K
  69. #69
    Northern Saguache County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 3,073
    Expenditures $324K
    Revenue $392K
  70. #70
    Moffat County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,166
    Expenditures $322K
    Revenue $393K
  71. #71
    WEST Custer County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 4,300
    Expenditures $310K
    Revenue $363K
  72. #72
    Spanish Peaks Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 5,320
    Expenditures $298K
    Revenue $273K
  73. #73
    WRAY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,336
    Expenditures $273K
    Revenue $273K
  74. #74
    JOHN C. Fremont Library District (florence)
    FY 2023 pop. 10,824
    Expenditures $268K
    Revenue $319K
  75. #75
    LA VETA Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 1,576
    Expenditures $244K
    Revenue $326K
  76. #76
    YUMA Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,425
    Expenditures $227K
    Revenue $247K
  77. #77
    WEST Routt Library District/hayden
    FY 2023 pop. 3,068
    Expenditures $225K
    Revenue $255K
  78. #78
    Penrose Community Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 4,178
    Expenditures $221K
    Revenue $269K
  79. #79
    Southern Teller County School/public LIB DIST
    FY 2023 pop. 4,802
    Expenditures $216K
    Revenue $216K
  80. #80
    Conejos County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 7,572
    Expenditures $197K
    Revenue $178K
  81. #81
    LAS Animas-bent County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 4,778
    Expenditures $170K
    Revenue $121K
  82. #82
    Burlington Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,112
    Expenditures $170K
    Revenue $207K
  83. #83
    Rangely Regional Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 2,626
    Expenditures $164K
    Revenue $186K
  84. #84
    South Routt Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 3,500
    Expenditures $156K
    Revenue $214K
  85. #85
    Rocky FORD Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,805
    Expenditures $156K
    Revenue $142K
  86. #86
    Dolores County School/public Library (dove Creek)
    FY 2023 pop. 2,203
    Expenditures $141K
    Revenue $125K
  87. #87
    Jackson County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,314
    Expenditures $133K
    Revenue $129K
  88. #88
    Ouray Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 1,806
    Expenditures $130K
    Revenue $145K
  89. #89
    Limon Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,027
    Expenditures $96K
    Revenue $139K
  90. #90
    Holyoke/heginbotham Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,284
    Expenditures $92K
    Revenue $172K
  91. #91
    BACA County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,431
    Expenditures $90K
    Revenue $80K
  92. #92
    EAST Cheyenne County Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 1,343
    Expenditures $90K
    Revenue $113K
  93. #93
    Kiowa County Public Library District
    FY 2023 pop. 1,428
    Expenditures $89K
    Revenue $98K
  94. #94
    Akron Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,755
    Expenditures $82K
    Revenue $129K
  95. #95
    Costilla County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,614
    Expenditures $78K
    Revenue $74K
  96. #96
    Julesburg Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,245
    Expenditures $76K
    Revenue $106K
  97. #97
    Fleming Community Library (school/public)
    FY 2023 pop. 1,234
    Expenditures $52K
    Revenue $54K
  98. #98
    Lincoln County Bookmobile
    FY 2023 pop. 5,513
    Expenditures $52K
    Revenue $55K
  99. #99
    Fowler Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,220
    Expenditures $41K
    Revenue $90K
  100. #100
    Combined Community Library (ordway)
    FY 2023 pop. 5,648
    Expenditures $36K
    Revenue $36K