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Connecticut 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 189
Median expenditures $646K
25th–75th percentile $307K  –  $1.4M
Total spend $231.8M
  1. #1
    Hartford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 120,686
    Expenditures $12.9M
    Revenue $14.0M
  2. #2
    Ferguson Library
    FY 2023 pop. 136,188
    Expenditures $11.0M
    Revenue $10.7M
  3. #3
    Greenwich Library
    FY 2023 pop. 63,638
    Expenditures $10.2M
    Revenue $11.1M
  4. #4
    Bridgeport Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 148,377
    Expenditures $7.2M
    Revenue $10.0M
  5. #5
    Westport Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,427
    Expenditures $7.0M
    Revenue $7.4M
  6. #6
    NEW Haven FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 138,915
    Expenditures $6.6M
    Revenue $4.6M
  7. #7
    Darien Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,926
    Expenditures $5.5M
    Revenue $5.4M
  8. #8
    Bristol Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 61,330
    Expenditures $4.2M
    Revenue $2.6M
  9. #9
    Fairfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 62,871
    Expenditures $4.0M
    Revenue $4.0M
  10. #10
    Norwalk Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 91,401
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.8M
  11. #11
    Wilton Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 18,457
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.9M
  12. #12
    Russell Library
    FY 2023 pop. 48,729
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.6M
  13. #13
    NEW Canaan Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,775
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.8M
  14. #14
    Stratford Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 52,477
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.6M
  15. #15
    Manchester Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 59,461
    Expenditures $3.4M
    Revenue $3.5M
  16. #16
    Wallingford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 44,017
    Expenditures $3.4M
    Revenue $3.7M
  17. #17
    WEST Hartford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 64,271
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $3.4M
  18. #18
    Ridgefield Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,007
    Expenditures $3.0M
    Revenue $3.1M
  19. #19
    LUCY Robbins Welles Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,356
    Expenditures $3.0M
    Revenue $2.9M
  20. #20
    Farmington Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 26,728
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $3.1M
  21. #21
    NEW Britain Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 74,396
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $3.2M
  22. #22
    Simsbury Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,935
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $1.8M
  23. #23
    Silas Bronson Library
    FY 2023 pop. 115,016
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.6M
  24. #24
    Bloomfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,560
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.4M
  25. #25
    Hamden Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 60,809
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.4M
  26. #26
    Southington Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 43,753
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $1.5M
  27. #27
    Danbury Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 86,967
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.4M
  28. #28
    Wethersfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,129
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.2M
  29. #29
    Meriden Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 60,242
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.8M
  30. #30
    Welles-turner Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,199
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $1.9M
  31. #31
    Windsor Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,453
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.9M
  32. #32
    Milford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 52,679
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.2M
  33. #33
    Perrot Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 63,638
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.9M
  34. #34
    AVON FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,871
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.9M
  35. #35
    Groton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 37,743
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.7M
  36. #36
    E.C. Scranton Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,565
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.9M
  37. #37
    Enfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,245
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.9M
  38. #38
    Cyrenius H. Booth Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,577
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.7M
  39. #39
    James Blackstone Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,148
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.9M
  40. #40
    WOOD Memorial Library AND Museum
    FY 2023 pop. 26,783
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.5M
  41. #41
    Cheshire Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,994
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.8M
  42. #42
    Trumbull Library
    FY 2023 pop. 37,135
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.7M
  43. #43
    WEST Haven Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 55,004
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.6M
  44. #44
    South Windsor Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 26,783
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.2M
  45. #45
    Pequot Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 62,871
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.6M
  46. #46
    Waterford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,603
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.2M
  47. #47
    OTIS Library
    FY 2023 pop. 40,009
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  48. #48
    EAST Hartford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 50,718
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  49. #49
    Berlin-peck Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,197
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  50. #50
    LONG Ridge Library
    FY 2023 pop. 86,967
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $4.0M
  51. #51
    EAST Berlin Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 20,197
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.2M
  52. #52
    Berlin FREE Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 20,197
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.2M
  53. #53
    EAST LYME Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,788
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  54. #54
    Guilford FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,019
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.4M
  55. #55
    Mansfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,949
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.3M
  56. #56
    Plumb Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,897
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  57. #57
    CASE Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,258
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $733K
  58. #58
    North Haven Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,114
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.2M
  59. #59
    EAST Norwalk Library
    FY 2023 pop. 91,401
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $230K
  60. #60
    Woodbridge TOWN Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,051
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $831K
  61. #61
    MARK Twain Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,746
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.3M
  62. #62
    Southbury Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,979
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $814K
  63. #63
    Public Library OF NEW London
    FY 2023 pop. 27,980
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.2M
  64. #64
    Torrington Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,563
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.2M
  65. #65
    CORA J. Belden Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,712
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.1M
  66. #66
    Bethel Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,684
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $983K
  67. #67
    NEW Milford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,275
    Expenditures $985K
    Revenue $1.3M
  68. #68
    Brookfield Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,543
    Expenditures $975K
    Revenue $937K
  69. #69
    Oliver Wolcott Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,279
    Expenditures $966K
    Revenue $974K
  70. #70
    Henry Carter HULL Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,399
    Expenditures $959K
    Revenue $913K
  71. #71
    Acton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 10,535
    Expenditures $947K
    Revenue $1.0M
  72. #72
    Hagaman Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,682
    Expenditures $942K
    Revenue $942K
  73. #73
    Mystic & Noank Library
    FY 2023 pop. 37,743
    Expenditures $927K
    Revenue $895K
  74. #74
    Watertown Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 22,183
    Expenditures $905K
    Revenue $809K
  75. #75
    Cragin Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,572
    Expenditures $880K
    Revenue $903K
  76. #76
    Edith Wheeler Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,796
    Expenditures $867K
    Revenue $895K
  77. #77
    North Branford Library Department
    FY 2023 pop. 13,464
    Expenditures $859K
    Revenue $872K
  78. #78
    HALL Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,977
    Expenditures $830K
    Revenue $764K
  79. #79
    Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,684
    Expenditures $822K
    Revenue $934K
  80. #80
    Howard Whittemore Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,705
    Expenditures $811K
    Revenue $881K
  81. #81
    Plainville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,479
    Expenditures $794K
    Revenue $831K
  82. #82
    Portland Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,429
    Expenditures $782K
    Revenue $774K
  83. #83
    Rockville Public Library, INC.
    FY 2023 pop. 30,625
    Expenditures $756K
    Revenue $768K
  84. #84
    Seymour Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,809
    Expenditures $737K
    Revenue $754K
  85. #85
    Granby Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,041
    Expenditures $735K
    Revenue $525K
  86. #86
    Canton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 10,091
    Expenditures $732K
    Revenue $725K
  87. #87
    Woodbury Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,802
    Expenditures $703K
    Revenue $740K
  88. #88
    Somers Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,843
    Expenditures $699K
    Revenue $548K
  89. #89
    Willimantic Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,399
    Expenditures $694K
    Revenue $735K
  90. #90
    Tolland Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,577
    Expenditures $689K
    Revenue $465K
  91. #91
    Broad Brook Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,176
    Expenditures $676K
    Revenue $617K
  92. #92
    Durham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,207
    Expenditures $654K
    Revenue $590K
  93. #93
    Stonington FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,480
    Expenditures $651K
    Revenue $726K
  94. #94
    Norfolk Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,594
    Expenditures $647K
    Revenue $666K
  95. #95
    Killingly Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,837
    Expenditures $646K
    Revenue $659K
  96. #96
    Oxford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,941
    Expenditures $642K
    Revenue $646K
  97. #97
    Cromwell Belden Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,317
    Expenditures $613K
    Revenue $660K
  98. #98
    KENT Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,731
    Expenditures $608K
    Revenue $617K
  99. #99
    NEW Fairfield FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,536
    Expenditures $606K
    Revenue $502K
  100. #100
    Stafford Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,449
    Expenditures $601K
    Revenue $613K