About Houston Public Library

Statistical facts about your library in Fiscal Year 2011:
Population Served -  2.1 million
Square Miles Served - 652
Days Open in Year -  298
Holdings  - 3.6 million items
Average Daily Circulation -  24,647
Number of public access computers - 1,579
Full-time Employees on Staff  - 460
Program Attendance  - 204,731
Visits  - 4.7 million

Registered Borrowers
Youth - 204,210
Adult - 555,168
Total  - 759,378

Items Checked Out
Central Library - 1 million
Branches - 6.3 million
Total - 7.3 million

Reference Questions Answered
Central Library & Special Collections - 168,912
Branches - 511,045
Total 679,957

Electronic Use
Visits to HPL web site  - 4.9 million
Database Retrievals - 1.3 million

Interlibrary Loans
Requests Filled by HPL - 19,065
Requests Filled by Other Libraries - 18,172