| Location (182) | Total # of Programs | 7.29 # of Adult Programs | 7.27 # of Young Adult Programs | # of Children's Programs (retired in 2020) | 7.23 # of Pre School Programs | 7.25 # of School Aged Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 610 | 106 | 44 | 382 | 189 | 176 |
| Total | 613,921 | 164,392 | 58,096 | 365,090 | 173,460 | 199,694 |
| Average | 3,373 | 913 | 368 | 2,017 | 974 | 1,109 |
| Maximum | 293,789 | 82,196 | 29,048 | 182,545 | 86,730 | 99,847 |
| Minimum | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| California State Library | 293,789 | 82,196 | 29,048 | 182,545 | 86,730 | 99,847 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY | 34,451 | 9,023 | 2,140 | 11,644 | 4,882 | 6,762 |
| LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY | 21,672 | 6,485 | 3,591 | 5,798 | 2,736 | 3,062 |
| LA COUNTY LIBRARY | 17,785 | 2,183 | 2,006 | 13,596 | 3,825 | 9,771 |
| SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 14,018 | 5,530 | 0 | 8,488 | 0 | 8,488 |
| SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 11,031 | 1,203 | 1,648 | 8,180 | 5,262 | 2,918 |
| MONTEREY PARK BRUGGEMEYER LIBRARY | 10,590 | 10,034 | 89 | 467 | 130 | 337 |
| SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 10,416 | 3,731 | 953 | 5,732 | 2,464 | 3,268 |
| REDWOOD CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 8,407 | 277 | 674 | 7,456 | 3,018 | 4,438 |
| ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES | 7,734 | 1,900 | 843 | 4,991 | 2,069 | 2,922 |
| ALAMEDA COUNTY LIBRARY | 7,680 | 1,000 | 2,188 | 4,492 | 2,012 | 2,480 |
| CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LIBRARY | 7,649 | 1,446 | 1,109 | 5,094 | 2,934 | 2,160 |
| SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 7,374 | 1,550 | 866 | 2,479 | 1,077 | 1,402 |
| RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM | 7,205 | 2,896 | 573 | 3,736 | 2,602 | 1,134 |
| SAN MATEO COUNTY LIBRARIES | 6,726 | 1,404 | 616 | 4,706 | 2,836 | 1,870 |
| ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY | 6,180 | 150 | 202 | 2,914 | 688 | 2,226 |
| LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY | 5,502 | 2,488 | 645 | 2,369 | 831 | 1,538 |
| OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | 5,342 | 902 | 779 | 3,661 | 1,557 | 2,104 |
| NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 4,246 | 248 | 8 | 3,990 | 0 | 3,990 |
| SOLANO COUNTY LIBRARY | 3,726 | 687 | 380 | 2,659 | 1,599 | 1,060 |
| SANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY | 3,545 | 927 | 418 | 2,200 | 1,278 | 922 |
| SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY | 3,193 | 3,028 | 0 | 165 | 2,007 | 2,190 |
| STANISLAUS COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 2,638 | 522 | 82 | 2,034 | 1,170 | 864 |
| SUTTER COUNTY LIBRARY | 2,611 | 1,483 | 32 | 1,096 | 424 | 672 |
| SAN LUIS OBISPO CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY | 2,444 | 275 | 35 | 1,067 | 652 | 415 |
| YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY | 2,421 | 535 | 235 | 1,651 | 799 | 852 |
| HAYWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY | 2,399 | 826 | 391 | 1,182 | 801 | 381 |
| STOCKTON-SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 2,325 | 247 | 165 | 1,913 | 818 | 1,095 |
| MONTEREY COUNTY FREE LIBRARIES | 2,230 | 392 | 81 | 1,757 | 680 | 1,077 |
| FRESNO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 2,220 | 742 | 133 | 1,345 | 747 | 598 |
| SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 2,219 | 105 | 1,612 | 502 | 90 | 412 |
| KERN COUNTY LIBRARY | 2,144 | 459 | 118 | 1,567 | 797 | 770 |
| VENTURA COUNTY LIBRARY | 2,057 | 480 | 101 | 1,476 | 607 | 869 |
| SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 2,052 | 684 | 153 | 1,215 | 761 | 454 |
| MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 2,044 | 684 | 115 | 1,245 | 889 | 356 |
| SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,944 | 369 | 97 | 1,478 | 781 | 697 |
| SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,827 | 213 | 43 | 1,571 | 911 | 660 |
| CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY | 1,809 | 475 | 115 | 1,219 | 864 | 355 |
| GLENDALE LIBRARY, ARTS & CULTURE | 1,773 | 721 | 28 | 1,024 | 393 | 631 |
| TULARE COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 1,746 | 78 | 36 | 1,632 | 1,347 | 285 |
| PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,735 | 626 | 62 | 1,047 | 707 | 340 |
| EL DORADO COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,679 | 253 | 268 | 1,158 | 793 | 365 |
| BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,598 | 497 | 261 | 840 | 569 | 271 |
| BUTTE COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,510 | 390 | 85 | 1,035 | 769 | 266 |
| HUNTINGTON BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,503 | 246 | 14 | 1,243 | 675 | 568 |
| MERCED COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,485 | 101 | 102 | 641 | 265 | 376 |
| RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,326 | 11 | 45 | 1,270 | 517 | 753 |
| BEAUMONT LIBRARY DISTRICT | 1,289 | 196 | 0 | 1,093 | 888 | 205 |
| SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,250 | 276 | 19 | 955 | 464 | 491 |
| NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,224 | 421 | 20 | 783 | 654 | 129 |
| NAPA COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,206 | 113 | 47 | 1,046 | 612 | 434 |
| PALOS VERDES LIBRARY DISTRICT | 1,159 | 227 | 83 | 849 | 706 | 143 |
| PLACER COUNTY LIBRARY | 1,125 | 108 | 82 | 935 | 559 | 376 |
| ALTADENA LIBRARY DISTRICT | 1,109 | 752 | 24 | 333 | 132 | 201 |
| MONO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 1,077 | 348 | 0 | 729 | 312 | 417 |
| PALO ALTO CITY LIBRARY | 1,074 | 62 | 60 | 476 | 295 | 181 |
| RANCHO MIRAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,041 | 693 | 5 | 343 | 181 | 162 |
| RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,016 | 146 | 32 | 838 | 359 | 479 |
| ROSEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,002 | 104 | 104 | 794 | 569 | 225 |
| SAN RAFAEL PUBLIC LIBRARY | 981 | 195 | 11 | 775 | 295 | 480 |
| PLEASANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | 937 | 58 | 26 | 853 | 64 | 789 |
| ARCADIA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 935 | 557 | 143 | 235 | 128 | 107 |
| PLACENTIA LIBRARY DISTRICT | 902 | 78 | 60 | 382 | 184 | 198 |
| SAN MATEO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 900 | 260 | 20 | 620 | 452 | 168 |
| OXNARD PUBLIC LIBRARY | 895 | 123 | 66 | 706 | 539 | 167 |
| OCEANSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 876 | 227 | 174 | 475 | 302 | 173 |
| SUNNYVALE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 873 | 197 | 156 | 520 | 331 | 189 |
| CAMARILLO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 847 | 220 | 96 | 531 | 107 | 424 |
| PORTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 835 | 81 | 34 | 360 | 129 | 231 |
| SHASTA PUBLIC LIBRARIES | 825 | 196 | 245 | 384 | 325 | 59 |
| MILL VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 818 | 180 | 71 | 567 | 249 | 318 |
| WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY | 797 | 46 | 37 | 714 | 114 | 600 |
| BELVEDERE-TIBURON LIBRARY | 791 | 470 | 88 | 233 | 135 | 98 |
| TUOLUMNE COUNTY LIBRARY | 781 | 156 | 8 | 617 | 555 | 62 |
| SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES | 777 | 197 | 48 | 532 | 325 | 207 |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY | 774 | 120 | 96 | 558 | 434 | 124 |
| SANTA CLARITA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 773 | 23 | 30 | 720 | 408 | 312 |
| CITY OF COMMERCE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 739 | 140 | 59 | 540 | 110 | 430 |
| THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY | 738 | 113 | 172 | 453 | 268 | 185 |
| YORBA LINDA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 737 | 71 | 117 | 549 | 201 | 348 |
| HUMBOLDT COUNTY LIBRARY | 734 | 33 | 0 | 701 | 403 | 298 |
| ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY | 713 | 245 | 11 | 457 | 304 | 153 |
| DALY CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 708 | 30 | 6 | 672 | 502 | 170 |
| GLENDORA LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER | 705 | 28 | 18 | 659 | 346 | 313 |
| ONTARIO CITY LIBRARY | 689 | 128 | 100 | 461 | 265 | 196 |
| CHULA VISTA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 665 | 307 | 57 | 301 | 143 | 158 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS CITY LIBRARY | 646 | 81 | 3 | 562 | 49 | 513 |
| RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY | 636 | 23 | 69 | 544 | 356 | 188 |
| CORONADO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 631 | 33 | 88 | 510 | 204 | 306 |
| SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 622 | 87 | 85 | 450 | 248 | 202 |
| ST. HELENA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 611 | 192 | 16 | 403 | 168 | 235 |
| UPLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | 609 | 24 | 41 | 272 | 132 | 140 |
| BENICIA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 605 | 116 | 164 | 325 | 176 | 149 |
| FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | 602 | 128 | 27 | 447 | 225 | 222 |
| SAN LEANDRO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 598 | 77 | 60 | 461 | 287 | 174 |
| CERRITOS PUBLIC LIBRARY | 593 | 121 | 31 | 441 | 176 | 265 |
| BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY | 589 | 82 | 65 | 442 | 236 | 206 |
| BANNING LIBRARY DISTRICT | 572 | 113 | 52 | 407 | 80 | 327 |
| ALHAMBRA CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY | 558 | 90 | 39 | 429 | 185 | 244 |
| CALABASAS CITY LIBRARY | 555 | 124 | 112 | 319 | 193 | 126 |
| TORRANCE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 531 | 118 | 33 | 380 | 306 | 74 |
| LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 529 | 116 | 31 | 382 | 269 | 113 |
| SANTA CLARA CITY LIBRARY | 523 | 212 | 46 | 265 | 126 | 139 |
| INGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY | 515 | 74 | 7 | 217 | 39 | 178 |
| BUENA PARK LIBRARY DISTRICT | 507 | 154 | 68 | 285 | 90 | 195 |
| SOUTH PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 497 | 138 | 0 | 359 | 150 | 209 |
| MONROVIA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 489 | 66 | 145 | 278 | 172 | 106 |
| REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY | 467 | 107 | 33 | 327 | 186 | 141 |
| FOLSOM PUBLIC LIBRARY | 466 | 46 | 48 | 372 | 271 | 101 |
| CORONA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 447 | 140 | 35 | 272 | 182 | 90 |
| BEVERLY HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY | 440 | 60 | 1 | 379 | 250 | 129 |
| LODI PUBLIC LIBRARY | 429 | 42 | 15 | 372 | 188 | 184 |
| SALINAS PUBLIC LIBRARY | 426 | 80 | 10 | 336 | 51 | 285 |
| ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 421 | 52 | 28 | 341 | 248 | 93 |
| NEVADA COUNTY LIBRARY | 420 | 4 | 0 | 416 | 292 | 124 |
| MONTEREY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 410 | 53 | 125 | 232 | 144 | 88 |
| BURBANK PUBLIC LIBRARY | 407 | 69 | 15 | 323 | 218 | 105 |
| A. K. SMILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 404 | 85 | 0 | 319 | 151 | 168 |
| PACIFIC GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 404 | 49 | 29 | 326 | 122 | 204 |
| TULARE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 399 | 96 | 36 | 267 | 104 | 163 |
| MENLO PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY | 394 | 20 | 24 | 350 | 283 | 67 |
| CAMARENA MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY | 385 | 75 | 21 | 289 | 62 | 227 |
| COLTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | 375 | 169 | 50 | 156 | 134 | 22 |
| LOS GATOS LIBRARY | 364 | 77 | 11 | 276 | 177 | 99 |
| VICTORVILLE CITY LIBRARY | 363 | 198 | 0 | 165 | 57 | 108 |
| COALINGA-HURON LIBRARY DISTRICT | 353 | 37 | 63 | 253 | 136 | 117 |
| MOORPARK CITY LIBRARY | 349 | 65 | 78 | 206 | 75 | 131 |
| SAN BENITO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 348 | 126 | 6 | 216 | 110 | 106 |
| MADERA COUNTY LIBRARY | 337 | 35 | 13 | 289 | 206 | 83 |
| WATSONVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 326 | 45 | 18 | 263 | 180 | 83 |
| LOMPOC PUBLIC LIBRARY | 324 | 38 | 5 | 281 | 146 | 135 |
| CROWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY | 309 | 98 | 20 | 191 | 121 | 70 |
| YUBA COUNTY LIBRARY | 301 | 37 | 56 | 208 | 100 | 108 |
| KINGS COUNTY LIBRARY | 300 | 88 | 24 | 188 | 74 | 114 |
| AZUSA CITY LIBRARY | 296 | 108 | 27 | 161 | 28 | 133 |
| SAN ANSELMO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 285 | 34 | 14 | 237 | 156 | 81 |
| MENDOCINO COUNTY LIBRARY | 284 | 85 | 0 | 199 | 129 | 70 |
| IMPERIAL COUNTY LIBRARY | 279 | 184 | 4 | 91 | 17 | 74 |
| SISKIYOU COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 268 | 43 | 10 | 215 | 130 | 85 |
| MISSION VIEJO LIBRARY | 265 | 37 | 9 | 219 | 135 | 84 |
| PLUMAS COUNTY LIBRARY | 265 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 190 | 75 |
| LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY | 258 | 46 | 0 | 212 | 84 | 128 |
| POMONA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 253 | 57 | 0 | 196 | 58 | 138 |
| MARIPOSA COUNTY LIBRARY | 244 | 20 | 52 | 172 | 120 | 52 |
| SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 235 | 73 | 32 | 130 | 87 | 43 |
| PASO ROBLES CITY LIBRARY | 231 | 19 | 3 | 209 | 172 | 37 |
| ESCONDIDO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 220 | 6 | 56 | 158 | 106 | 52 |
| MORENO VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 217 | 6 | 1 | 210 | 194 | 16 |
| SIGNAL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY | 214 | 56 | 14 | 144 | 101 | 43 |
| TEHAMA COUNTY LIBRARY | 210 | 24 | 0 | 93 | 74 | 19 |
| SAN BRUNO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 209 | 3 | 4 | 202 | 157 | 45 |
| WOODLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY | 206 | 1 | 18 | 187 | 145 | 42 |
| PALM SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY | 203 | 107 | 36 | 60 | 44 | 16 |
| PALO VERDE VALLEY LIBRARY DISTRICT | 201 | 53 | 44 | 104 | 38 | 66 |
| COLUSA COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 199 | 7 | 9 | 183 | 1 | 182 |
| LARKSPUR PUBLIC LIBRARY | 197 | 56 | 0 | 141 | 80 | 61 |
| CALAVERAS COUNTY LIBRARY | 189 | 14 | 0 | 175 | 130 | 45 |
| ORLAND FREE LIBRARY | 179 | 1 | 16 | 162 | 127 | 35 |
| COVINA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 176 | 29 | 7 | 140 | 73 | 67 |
| BLANCHARD/SANTA PAULA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT | 170 | 12 | 26 | 132 | 56 | 76 |
| EL SEGUNDO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 166 | 24 | 23 | 119 | 59 | 60 |
| LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY | 166 | 10 | 10 | 146 | 114 | 32 |
| SAUSALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY | 161 | 38 | 2 | 121 | 50 | 71 |
| MURRIETA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 157 | 15 | 22 | 120 | 98 | 22 |
| WILLOWS PUBLIC LIBRARY | 144 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 109 | 33 |
| DIXON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT | 142 | 42 | 17 | 83 | 34 | 49 |
| HARRISON MEMORIAL LIBRARY | 138 | 18 | 17 | 103 | 70 | 33 |
| DOWNEY CITY LIBRARY | 123 | 17 | 15 | 91 | 86 | 5 |
| HEMET PUBLIC LIBRARY | 123 | 75 | 2 | 46 | 36 | 10 |
| LASSEN LIBRARY DISTRICT | 120 | 44 | 5 | 71 | 53 | 18 |
| MODOC COUNTY LIBRARY | 116 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 47 | 62 |
| SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY | 116 | 6 | 21 | 89 | 57 | 32 |
| AMADOR COUNTY LIBRARY | 110 | 46 | 0 | 64 | 47 | 17 |
| IRWINDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 106 | 17 | 3 | 86 | 21 | 65 |
| ALPINE COUNTY LIBRARY/ARCHIVES | 101 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 17 | 32 |
| PALMDALE CITY LIBRARY | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| INYO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 68 | 13 | 0 | 55 | 49 | 6 |
| BRAWLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| IMPERIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY | 42 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 27 |
| TRINITY COUNTY FREE LIBRARY | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| DEL NORTE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CITY LIBRARY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |