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Massachusetts 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 334
Median expenditures $705K
25th–75th percentile $313K  –  $1.3M
Total spend $407.2M
  1. #1
    Boston Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 654,776
    Expenditures $56.9M
    Revenue $61.8M
  2. #2
    Cambridge Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 117,090
    Expenditures $16.2M
    Revenue $17.7M
  3. #3
    Springfield CITY Library
    FY 2023 pop. 154,789
    Expenditures $9.0M
    Revenue $9.4M
  4. #4
    Worcester Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 205,918
    Expenditures $8.0M
    Revenue $8.5M
  5. #5
    Newton FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 87,453
    Expenditures $5.8M
    Revenue $6.4M
  6. #6
    Brookline Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 62,726
    Expenditures $5.0M
    Revenue $4.6M
  7. #7
    Morse Institute Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,831
    Expenditures $4.8M
    Revenue $2.8M
  8. #8
    Thomas Crane Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 101,119
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $4.0M
  9. #9
    Waltham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 64,015
    Expenditures $4.2M
    Revenue $3.5M
  10. #10
    CARY Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 34,071
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $3.6M
  11. #11
    Wellesley FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,191
    Expenditures $3.8M
    Revenue $3.3M
  12. #12
    Watertown FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,149
    Expenditures $3.8M
    Revenue $3.7M
  13. #13
    Memorial HALL Library
    FY 2023 pop. 36,517
    Expenditures $3.8M
    Revenue $3.1M
  14. #14
    Framingham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 71,265
    Expenditures $3.5M
    Revenue $3.7M
  15. #15
    Somerville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 79,815
    Expenditures $3.4M
    Revenue $3.4M
  16. #16
    Brockton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 105,446
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $3.4M
  17. #17
    Robbins Library
    FY 2023 pop. 45,617
    Expenditures $3.1M
    Revenue $3.2M
  18. #18
    Plymouth Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 62,131
    Expenditures $3.1M
    Revenue $2.7M
  19. #19
    Needham FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 32,048
    Expenditures $2.9M
    Revenue $2.3M
  20. #20
    Jones Library, INC.
    FY 2023 pop. 39,378
    Expenditures $2.8M
    Revenue $2.7M
  21. #21
    Falmouth Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 32,464
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $2.3M
  22. #22
    NEW Bedford FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 100,941
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $3.1M
  23. #23
    Charlotte AND William Bloomberg Medford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 62,098
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.2M
  24. #24
    Beverly Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 42,446
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.3M
  25. #25
    Chelmsford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,933
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.5M
  26. #26
    Peabody Institute Library #18620
    FY 2023 pop. 54,119
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $1.9M
  27. #27
    Concord FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,184
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.5M
  28. #28
    Haverhill Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 67,361
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.5M
  29. #29
    Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 27,104
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.0M
  30. #30
    Weymouth Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 57,670
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.0M
  31. #31
    Morrill Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,441
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $1.9M
  32. #32
    Forbes Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,448
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $1.8M
  33. #33
    Acton Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,846
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $1.6M
  34. #34
    Nevins Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 52,798
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.1M
  35. #35
    Belmont Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 26,838
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.4M
  36. #36
    Milton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,388
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $1.9M
  37. #37
    Reading Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,223
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.1M
  38. #38
    Winchester Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,662
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.5M
  39. #39
    Burlington Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,989
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.8M
  40. #40
    J. V. Fletcher Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,446
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.9M
  41. #41
    Woburn Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,056
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.8M
  42. #42
    Leominster Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 43,613
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.8M
  43. #43
    Shrewsbury FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 38,999
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $1.8M
  44. #44
    Billerica Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,453
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $1.8M
  45. #45
    Hingham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,311
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.5M
  46. #46
    Chicopee Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 55,190
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.0M
  47. #47
    Weston Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,666
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.0M
  48. #48
    Tewksbury Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,876
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $1.5M
  49. #49
    Dedham Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,240
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.7M
  50. #50
    FALL River Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 93,884
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.0M
  51. #51
    Thayer Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 38,822
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.7M
  52. #52
    Canton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,470
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.5M
  53. #53
    Salem Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 44,819
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.7M
  54. #54
    Bedford FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,155
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.5M
  55. #55
    Westwood Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,213
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $1.6M
  56. #56
    Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer FREE LIB
    FY 2023 pop. 29,952
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.8M
  57. #57
    Attleboro Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 46,580
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.5M
  58. #58
    Boyden Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,519
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.3M
  59. #59
    Milford TOWN Library
    FY 2023 pop. 30,277
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.5M
  60. #60
    Peabody Institute Library #18479
    FY 2023 pop. 27,898
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.7M
  61. #61
    Malden Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 65,074
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.8M
  62. #62
    Taunton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 59,600
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.8M
  63. #63
    Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 113,994
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $2.0M
  64. #64
    Newburyport Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,295
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.5M
  65. #65
    LYNN Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 100,843
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.4M
  66. #66
    Berkshire Athenaeum
    FY 2023 pop. 43,641
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.7M
  67. #67
    WEST Springfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,629
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.3M
  68. #68
    Westborough Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,499
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.3M
  69. #69
    Goodnow Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,059
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.5M
  70. #70
    Everett Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 48,557
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  71. #71
    Duxbury FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,116
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.6M
  72. #72
    Agawam Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,494
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.4M
  73. #73
    Lawrence Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 88,508
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.5M
  74. #74
    Westfield Athenaeum
    FY 2023 pop. 40,575
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.7M
  75. #75
    Grafton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,756
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.0M
  76. #76
    Wayland FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,724
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.4M
  77. #77
    Turner FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 34,715
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.2M
  78. #78
    Dartmouth Public Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 34,005
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.3M
  79. #79
    Stoughton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,132
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.2M
  80. #80
    Brooks FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,355
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.1M
  81. #81
    Melrose Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,312
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.3M
  82. #82
    Norwell Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,349
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $827K
  83. #83
    Seekonk Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,568
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.2M
  84. #84
    Groton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,147
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.2M
  85. #85
    Wilmington Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,012
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.4M
  86. #86
    Abbot Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,296
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  87. #87
    Palmer Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,372
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $953K
  88. #88
    Stevens Memorial Library #18601
    FY 2023 pop. 30,711
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.8M
  89. #89
    Fitchburg Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,732
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.2M
  90. #90
    AMES FREE Library OF Easton, INC.
    FY 2023 pop. 25,247
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.6M
  91. #91
    Scituate TOWN Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,185
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  92. #92
    WEST Tisbury FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,635
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.0M
  93. #93
    Ipswich Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 13,716
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $854K
  94. #94
    Franklin Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 33,036
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  95. #95
    Sharon Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 18,494
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  96. #96
    Eldredge Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,636
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.1M
  97. #97
    Walpole Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 26,652
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.0M
  98. #98
    Lincoln Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,890
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  99. #99
    GALE FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,898
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.0M
  100. #100
    Middleborough Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,459
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $998K