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Georgia 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 60
Median expenditures $1.8M
25th–75th percentile $1.0M  –  $3.9M
Total spend $238.1M
  1. #1
    Fulton County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 1,094,703
    Expenditures $27.9M
    Revenue $28.0M
  2. #2
    Dekalb County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 767,066
    Expenditures $27.3M
    Revenue $26.9M
  3. #3
    Gwinnett County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 986,973
    Expenditures $23.6M
    Revenue $25.0M
  4. #4
    COBB County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 773,279
    Expenditures $18.4M
    Revenue $19.4M
  5. #5
    LIVE OAK Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 438,248
    Expenditures $11.6M
    Revenue $11.6M
  6. #6
    Forsyth County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 267,349
    Expenditures $9.5M
    Revenue $9.2M
  7. #7
    Chattahoochee Valley Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 229,719
    Expenditures $7.7M
    Revenue $8.5M
  8. #8
    WEST Georgia Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 497,909
    Expenditures $7.7M
    Revenue $7.7M
  9. #9
    Middle Georgia Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 269,647
    Expenditures $6.3M
    Revenue $6.7M
  10. #10
    Flint River Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 284,835
    Expenditures $5.3M
    Revenue $5.7M
  11. #11
    Sequoyah Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 351,407
    Expenditures $5.2M
    Revenue $5.7M
  12. #12
    Clayton County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 306,865
    Expenditures $5.0M
    Revenue $5.4M
  13. #13
    Athens Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 245,750
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $5.1M
  14. #14
    Augusta-richmond County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 205,134
    Expenditures $3.9M
    Revenue $3.7M
  15. #15
    HALL County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 218,799
    Expenditures $3.9M
    Revenue $4.1M
  16. #16
    Greater Clarks HILL Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 206,758
    Expenditures $3.8M
    Revenue $3.9M
  17. #17
    Henry County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 251,216
    Expenditures $3.8M
    Revenue $3.6M
  18. #18
    Piedmont Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 192,593
    Expenditures $3.7M
    Revenue $3.9M
  19. #19
    Azalea Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 189,736
    Expenditures $3.5M
    Revenue $3.2M
  20. #20
    Dougherty County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 83,789
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $3.2M
  21. #21
    SARA Hightower Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 168,186
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $2.7M
  22. #22
    Coweta County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 154,479
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $2.8M
  23. #23
    Three Rivers Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 145,886
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.7M
  24. #24
    Coastal Plain Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 112,654
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.4M
  25. #25
    Statesboro Regional Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 179,534
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.6M
  26. #26
    Northwest Georgia Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 203,262
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.4M
  27. #27
    Northeast Georgia Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 119,397
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.4M
  28. #28
    Bartow County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 112,844
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.0M
  29. #29
    South Georgia Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 133,749
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.1M
  30. #30
    Conyers-rockdale Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 95,173
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.5M
  31. #31
    Cherokee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 85,439
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $2.0M
  32. #32
    Houston County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 170,413
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.7M
  33. #33
    Oconee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 87,349
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.7M
  34. #34
    Okefenokee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 91,636
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.5M
  35. #35
    Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 44,859
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.3M
  36. #36
    Newton County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 118,840
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.7M
  37. #37
    Troup-harris Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 106,166
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  38. #38
    Marshes OF Glynn Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 85,767
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  39. #39
    Chestatee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 63,911
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.4M
  40. #40
    Mountain Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 64,259
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.5M
  41. #41
    Thomas County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 45,504
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  42. #42
    Ocmulgee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 70,223
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.3M
  43. #43
    LAKE Blackshear Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 63,197
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.3M
  44. #44
    LEE County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,888
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.1M
  45. #45
    PINE Mountain Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 61,691
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.2M
  46. #46
    Ohoopee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 73,286
    Expenditures $984K
    Revenue $980K
  47. #47
    Kinchafoonee Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 27,891
    Expenditures $918K
    Revenue $942K
  48. #48
    Catoosa County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 69,130
    Expenditures $857K
    Revenue $886K
  49. #49
    Bartram Trail Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 32,471
    Expenditures $829K
    Revenue $868K
  50. #50
    Moultrie-colquitt County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 45,907
    Expenditures $759K
    Revenue $734K
  51. #51
    DE SOTO Trail Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 34,587
    Expenditures $620K
    Revenue $688K
  52. #52
    Satilla Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 51,992
    Expenditures $610K
    Revenue $633K
  53. #53
    Roddenbery Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 26,192
    Expenditures $570K
    Revenue $593K
  54. #54
    Screven-jenkins Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 22,672
    Expenditures $566K
    Revenue $651K
  55. #55
    Peach Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 28,295
    Expenditures $509K
    Revenue $503K
  56. #56
    Worth County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 20,320
    Expenditures $373K
    Revenue $415K
  57. #57
    Jefferson County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 15,386
    Expenditures $360K
    Revenue $406K
  58. #58
    Elbert County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 19,531
    Expenditures $358K
    Revenue $369K
  59. #59
    Brooks County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,259
    Expenditures $322K
    Revenue $292K
  60. #60
    HART County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 26,292
    Expenditures $270K
    Revenue $292K