Delaware 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 21
Median expenditures $537K
25th–75th percentile $367K – $1.1M
Total spend $35.9M
- #1Department OF Community ServicesExpenditures $19.3MRevenue $19.5M
- #2Sussex County Dept. OF LibrariesExpenditures $2.9MRevenue $3.0M
- #3Wilmington Institute LibraryExpenditures $2.3MRevenue $2.4M
- #4Dover Public LibraryExpenditures $2.2MRevenue $2.2M
- #5Lewes Public LibraryExpenditures $1.1MRevenue $1.1M
- #6KENT County Public LibraryExpenditures $1.1MRevenue $1.0M
- #7Milford Public LibraryExpenditures $868KRevenue $1.0M
- #8NEW Castle Public LibraryExpenditures $860KRevenue $828K
- #9Laurel Public LibraryExpenditures $568KRevenue $678K
- #10Rehoboth Beach Public LibraryExpenditures $539KRevenue $535K
- #11Seaford District LibraryExpenditures $537KRevenue $488K
- #12Smyrna Public LibraryExpenditures $467KRevenue $651K
- #13Georgetown Public LibraryExpenditures $457KRevenue $388K
- #14Corbit-calloway Memorial LibraryExpenditures $414KRevenue $403K
- #15Bridgeville Public LibraryExpenditures $399KRevenue $428K
- #16Selbyville Public LibraryExpenditures $367KRevenue $352K
- #17Frankford Public LibraryExpenditures $327KRevenue $285K
- #18Delmar Public LibraryExpenditures $302KRevenue $379K
- #19Delaware CITY Public LibraryExpenditures $295KRevenue $287K
- #20Millsboro Public LibraryExpenditures $295KRevenue $326K
- #21Harrington Public LibraryExpenditures $205KRevenue $205K