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Mississippi 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 53
Median expenditures $451K
25th–75th percentile $256K  –  $916K
Total spend $49.1M
  1. #1
    First Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 321,878
    Expenditures $5.7M
    Revenue $5.7M
  2. #2
    Jackson-george Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 172,008
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $4.4M
  3. #3
    Jackson/hinds Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 214,870
    Expenditures $3.4M
    Revenue $4.6M
  4. #4
    Harrison County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 210,612
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $3.2M
  5. #5
    Madison County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 112,511
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $2.7M
  6. #6
    Central Mississippi Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 227,738
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $3.6M
  7. #7
    Hancock County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 46,159
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.1M
  8. #8
    Mid-mississippi Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 81,410
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $2.2M
  9. #9
    THE Library OF Hattiesburg, Petal & Forrest C
    FY 2023 pop. 78,208
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.2M
  10. #10
    Lee-itawamba Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 106,892
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.7M
  11. #11
    Meridian-lauderdale County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 70,527
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.1M
  12. #12
    Warren County-vicksburg Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 42,298
    Expenditures $965K
    Revenue $904K
  13. #13
    Lamar County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 66,217
    Expenditures $958K
    Revenue $965K
  14. #14
    Pearl River County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 57,978
    Expenditures $916K
    Revenue $840K
  15. #15
    Pike-amite-walthall Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 65,699
    Expenditures $900K
    Revenue $884K
  16. #16
    Laurel-jones County Library System, INC.
    FY 2023 pop. 66,250
    Expenditures $878K
    Revenue $1.1M
  17. #17
    Columbus-lowndes Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 57,283
    Expenditures $854K
    Revenue $894K
  18. #18
    Washington County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 41,946
    Expenditures $832K
    Revenue $886K
  19. #19
    Northeast Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 99,064
    Expenditures $823K
    Revenue $841K
  20. #20
    Lincoln-lawrence-franklin Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 54,053
    Expenditures $819K
    Revenue $917K
  21. #21
    Starkville-oktibbeha County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 51,203
    Expenditures $773K
    Revenue $764K
  22. #22
    Dixie Regional Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 61,086
    Expenditures $688K
    Revenue $750K
  23. #23
    Bolivar County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,968
    Expenditures $686K
    Revenue $708K
  24. #24
    Sunflower County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 24,468
    Expenditures $628K
    Revenue $750K
  25. #25
    South Mississippi Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,193
    Expenditures $506K
    Revenue $523K
  26. #26
    Tombigbee Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 61,803
    Expenditures $461K
    Revenue $458K
  27. #27
    Greenwood-leflore Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 26,378
    Expenditures $451K
    Revenue $471K
  28. #28
    Carnegie Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,077
    Expenditures $444K
    Revenue $580K
  29. #29
    Judge Armstrong Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,746
    Expenditures $415K
    Revenue $430K
  30. #30
    EAST Mississippi Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,241
    Expenditures $396K
    Revenue $470K
  31. #31
    Waynesboro-wayne County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 19,703
    Expenditures $386K
    Revenue $446K
  32. #32
    LONG Beach Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,101
    Expenditures $347K
    Revenue $393K
  33. #33
    Marshall County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 34,123
    Expenditures $325K
    Revenue $302K
  34. #34
    Copiah-jefferson Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 34,605
    Expenditures $325K
    Revenue $394K
  35. #35
    Elizabeth Jones Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,065
    Expenditures $324K
    Revenue $360K
  36. #36
    Yazoo Library Association
    FY 2023 pop. 25,796
    Expenditures $300K
    Revenue $304K
  37. #37
    Covington County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 18,059
    Expenditures $287K
    Revenue $304K
  38. #38
    Union County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 28,284
    Expenditures $275K
    Revenue $388K
  39. #39
    PINE Forest Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 43,672
    Expenditures $263K
    Revenue $268K
  40. #40
    Kemper-newton Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,603
    Expenditures $256K
    Revenue $288K
  41. #41
    Neshoba County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 28,789
    Expenditures $207K
    Revenue $396K
  42. #42
    Choctaw County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 8,088
    Expenditures $169K
    Revenue $248K
  43. #43
    Sharkey-issaquena County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,592
    Expenditures $167K
    Revenue $163K
  44. #44
    Wilkinson County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 8,053
    Expenditures $161K
    Revenue $160K
  45. #45
    Tallahatchie County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,837
    Expenditures $151K
    Revenue $145K
  46. #46
    Marks-quitman County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,546
    Expenditures $143K
    Revenue $117K
  47. #47
    Noxubee County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,914
    Expenditures $130K
    Revenue $142K
  48. #48
    Harriette Person Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,617
    Expenditures $130K
    Revenue $120K
  49. #49
    Yalobusha County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,386
    Expenditures $110K
    Revenue $146K
  50. #50
    Humphreys County Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 7,216
    Expenditures $109K
    Revenue $131K
  51. #51
    Benton County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,438
    Expenditures $103K
    Revenue $174K
  52. #52
    Blackmur Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,380
    Expenditures $90K
    Revenue $91K
  53. #53
    Carroll County Public Library System
    FY 2023 pop. 9,535
    Expenditures $84K
    Revenue $118K