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Louisiana 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 67
Median expenditures $1.3M
25th–75th percentile $627K  –  $3.2M
Total spend $258.0M
  1. #1
    EAST Baton Rouge Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 448,467
    Expenditures $47.1M
    Revenue $52.5M
  2. #2
    Jefferson Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 421,777
    Expenditures $23.2M
    Revenue $25.7M
  3. #3
    NEW Orleans Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 364,136
    Expenditures $22.3M
    Revenue $22.2M
  4. #4
    Shreve Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 226,386
    Expenditures $16.7M
    Revenue $23.3M
  5. #5
    Calcasieu Parish Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 203,761
    Expenditures $12.4M
    Revenue $16.7M
  6. #6
    Lafayette Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 249,750
    Expenditures $10.8M
    Revenue $13.4M
  7. #7
    ST. Tammany Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 275,583
    Expenditures $10.7M
    Revenue $11.4M
  8. #8
    Ascension Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 131,632
    Expenditures $8.7M
    Revenue $11.3M
  9. #9
    Ouachita Parish Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 157,568
    Expenditures $7.5M
    Revenue $10.7M
  10. #10
    ST. Charles Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 50,620
    Expenditures $6.7M
    Revenue $9.4M
  11. #11
    Rapides Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 126,260
    Expenditures $6.6M
    Revenue $8.1M
  12. #12
    Bossier Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 129,795
    Expenditures $6.6M
    Revenue $8.7M
  13. #13
    Terrebonne Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 103,616
    Expenditures $5.8M
    Revenue $7.3M
  14. #14
    Lafourche Parish Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 95,056
    Expenditures $5.4M
    Revenue $5.9M
  15. #15
    Livingston Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 150,145
    Expenditures $5.1M
    Revenue $6.6M
  16. #16
    Tangipahoa Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 138,064
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $5.0M
  17. #17
    ST. JOHN THE Baptist Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 39,592
    Expenditures $3.4M
    Revenue $8.2M
  18. #18
    Webster Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,238
    Expenditures $3.0M
    Revenue $3.3M
  19. #19
    Iberville Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,617
    Expenditures $2.8M
    Revenue $3.9M
  20. #20
    Cameron Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,768
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.7M
  21. #21
    ST. MARY Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 36,182
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.8M
  22. #22
    Desoto Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,114
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $4.5M
  23. #23
    Natchitoches Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 36,291
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $3.2M
  24. #24
    Iberia Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 67,659
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.2M
  25. #25
    ST. Martin Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 51,057
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.2M
  26. #26
    Beauregard Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 36,827
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.8M
  27. #27
    WEST Baton Rouge Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,266
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.7M
  28. #28
    Pointe Coupee Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,000
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.9M
  29. #29
    Lincoln Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 47,962
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.7M
  30. #30
    Acadia Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 56,489
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.9M
  31. #31
    Vermilion Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 56,992
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.5M
  32. #32
    ST. James Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,191
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $2.3M
  33. #33
    Bienville Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,366
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  34. #34
    Jackson Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,746
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.0M
  35. #35
    Allen Parish Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 22,112
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.4M
  36. #36
    Vernon Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 46,250
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $2.0M
  37. #37
    Jefferson Davis Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,181
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $2.0M
  38. #38
    Concordia Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,688
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.4M
  39. #39
    Washington Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 44,865
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.4M
  40. #40
    Richland Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,712
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $970K
  41. #41
    Assumption Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,160
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.2M
  42. #42
    Evangeline Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,754
    Expenditures $981K
    Revenue $1.6M
  43. #43
    Plaquemines Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,386
    Expenditures $889K
    Revenue $1.0M
  44. #44
    Avoyelles Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 38,408
    Expenditures $821K
    Revenue $1.1M
  45. #45
    Claiborne Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,670
    Expenditures $711K
    Revenue $764K
  46. #46
    Audubon Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,003
    Expenditures $703K
    Revenue $954K
  47. #47
    Sabine Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,906
    Expenditures $702K
    Revenue $7K
  48. #48
    RED River Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,356
    Expenditures $672K
    Revenue $1.8M
  49. #49
    Grant Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,911
    Expenditures $665K
    Revenue $647K
  50. #50
    ST. Bernard Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 44,463
    Expenditures $630K
    Revenue $1.8M
  51. #51
    Franklin Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,285
    Expenditures $624K
    Revenue $886K
  52. #52
    WINN Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,216
    Expenditures $613K
    Revenue $802K
  53. #53
    Union Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,650
    Expenditures $595K
    Revenue $536K
  54. #54
    WEST Feliciana Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,371
    Expenditures $593K
    Revenue $666K
  55. #55
    Madison Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,246
    Expenditures $519K
    Revenue $584K
  56. #56
    Lasalle Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,800
    Expenditures $496K
    Revenue $848K
  57. #57
    Morehouse Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,955
    Expenditures $483K
    Revenue $590K
  58. #58
    Jennings Carnegie Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,372
    Expenditures $441K
    Revenue $377K
  59. #59
    EAST Carroll Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,829
    Expenditures $376K
    Revenue $490K
  60. #60
    Caldwell Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,389
    Expenditures $359K
    Revenue $430K
  61. #61
    Armand J. Brinkhaus South ST. Landry Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,431
    Expenditures $357K
    Revenue $402K
  62. #62
    Catahoula Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,414
    Expenditures $356K
    Revenue $488K
  63. #63
    WEST Carroll Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,323
    Expenditures $289K
    Revenue $356K
  64. #64
    Opelousas Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,390
    Expenditures $248K
    Revenue $257K
  65. #65
    Tensas Parish Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,764
    Expenditures $225K
    Revenue $165K
  66. #66
    Morgan CITY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 10,873
    Expenditures $113K
    Revenue $97K
  67. #67
    Eunice Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,161
    Expenditures $98K
    Revenue $95K