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Rhode Island 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 48
Median expenditures $762K
25th–75th percentile $295K  –  $1.3M
Total spend $61.2M
  1. #1
    Providence Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 59,190
    Expenditures $8.9M
    Revenue $7.9M
  2. #2
    Providence Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 131,744
    Expenditures $6.1M
    Revenue $6.0M
  3. #3
    Warwick Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 73,192
    Expenditures $4.4M
    Revenue $4.5M
  4. #4
    Cranston Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 82,934
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $4.0M
  5. #5
    Newport Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 25,163
    Expenditures $2.8M
    Revenue $2.6M
  6. #6
    Pawtucket Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 75,604
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.7M
  7. #7
    Westerly Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,359
    Expenditures $2.5M
    Revenue $2.8M
  8. #8
    EAST Providence Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 47,139
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.7M
  9. #9
    Cumberland Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 36,405
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.9M
  10. #10
    Barrington Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,153
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.9M
  11. #11
    North Kingstown FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,821
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $1.6M
  12. #12
    Lincoln Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,529
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.4M
  13. #13
    South Kingstown Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,931
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.4M
  14. #14
    Coventry Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 35,688
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  15. #15
    Woonsocket Harris Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 43,240
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  16. #16
    Greenville Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,642
    Expenditures $1.2M
    Revenue $1.2M
  17. #17
    WEST Warwick Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 31,012
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.2M
  18. #18
    Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (narragansett)
    FY 2023 pop. 14,532
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.1M
  19. #19
    Rogers FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,493
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.2M
  20. #20
    Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,330
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.0M
  21. #21
    Mayor Salvatore Mancini Union FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 34,114
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.0M
  22. #22
    Middletown Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,075
    Expenditures $904K
    Revenue $906K
  23. #23
    EAST Greenwich FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,312
    Expenditures $779K
    Revenue $811K
  24. #24
    Tiverton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,359
    Expenditures $768K
    Revenue $776K
  25. #25
    EAST Smithfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,476
    Expenditures $757K
    Revenue $780K
  26. #26
    Portsmouth FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 17,871
    Expenditures $729K
    Revenue $738K
  27. #27
    Island FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,410
    Expenditures $621K
    Revenue $628K
  28. #28
    Marian J. MOHR Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 29,568
    Expenditures $619K
    Revenue $634K
  29. #29
    Jamestown Philomenian Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,559
    Expenditures $578K
    Revenue $619K
  30. #30
    North Smithfield Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,588
    Expenditures $499K
    Revenue $503K
  31. #31
    North Scituate Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,154
    Expenditures $411K
    Revenue $385K
  32. #32
    Cross' Mills Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,997
    Expenditures $401K
    Revenue $424K
  33. #33
    George HAIL FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,147
    Expenditures $391K
    Revenue $420K
  34. #34
    HOPE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,230
    Expenditures $330K
    Revenue $377K
  35. #35
    Louttit Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,528
    Expenditures $314K
    Revenue $355K
  36. #36
    Exeter Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,460
    Expenditures $301K
    Revenue $348K
  37. #37
    Harmony Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,485
    Expenditures $275K
    Revenue $279K
  38. #38
    Brownell Library, HOME OF Little Compton
    FY 2023 pop. 3,616
    Expenditures $262K
    Revenue $249K
  39. #39
    Adams Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 22,583
    Expenditures $237K
    Revenue $227K
  40. #40
    Glocester Manton FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,489
    Expenditures $234K
    Revenue $251K
  41. #41
    Libraries OF Foster
    FY 2023 pop. 4,469
    Expenditures $228K
    Revenue $231K
  42. #42
    Clark Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,020
    Expenditures $162K
    Revenue $185K
  43. #43
    Pontiac FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,631
    Expenditures $149K
    Revenue $136K
  44. #44
    Pascoag FREE Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,828
    Expenditures $149K
    Revenue $146K
  45. #45
    Ashaway FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,778
    Expenditures $131K
    Revenue $112K
  46. #46
    Langworthy Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,620
    Expenditures $126K
    Revenue $145K
  47. #47
    Willett FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,920
    Expenditures $110K
    Revenue $127K
  48. #48
    Davisville FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,991
    Expenditures $93K
    Revenue $104K