US States: % of Total Population Living Within One Mile Segments of a Public Library +-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+ | State | 1 Mile | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 6 | > 6 Miles | +-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+ | AL | 17.9 | 23.8 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 16.0 | | AK | 16.3 | 24.8 | 19.2 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 19.8 | | AZ | 21.1 | 35.7 | 21.3 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 7.1 | | AR | 22.5 | 24.3 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 17.3 | | CA | 48.2 | 33.3 | 11.0 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | | CO | 32.5 | 34.0 | 16.9 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.9 | | CT | 41.5 | 37.9 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | DE | 25.8 | 31.4 | 19.3 | 11.0 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | | DC | 94.9 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | FL | 23.7 | 32.3 | 20.7 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 4.6 | | GA | 17.5 | 28.1 | 20.4 | 12.7 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 9.2 | | HI | 40.7 | 30.9 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 5.1 | | ID | 26.8 | 31.1 | 20.6 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 7.1 | | IL | 53.0 | 27.3 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | | IN | 31.2 | 27.5 | 17.2 | 10.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | | IA | 41.8 | 27.3 | 13.4 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | | KS | 33.9 | 28.9 | 15.5 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 5.4 | | KY | 20.3 | 25.7 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 17.2 | | LA | 29.7 | 28.9 | 16.2 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 6.5 | | ME | 30.1 | 30.3 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | | MD | 33.7 | 34.4 | 15.8 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | | MA | 53.4 | 33.2 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | | MI | 32.7 | 32.4 | 16.9 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | | MN | 34.7 | 28.6 | 13.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 9.8 | | MS | 20.3 | 21.1 | 13.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 18.5 | | MO | 29.5 | 28.7 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 13.7 | | MT | 24.3 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 21.6 | | NE | 40.1 | 29.9 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7.0 | | NV | 24.6 | 38.9 | 20.5 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3.6 | | NH | 31.8 | 38.8 | 22.2 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | NJ | 58.1 | 25.4 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | | NM | 26.4 | 30.5 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 14.7 | | NY | 67.7 | 17.5 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | | NC | 15.3 | 24.4 | 19.1 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 10.6 | | ND | 33.1 | 26.0 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 25.1 | | OH | 37.6 | 31.4 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | | OK | 23.8 | 26.0 | 16.9 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 14.2 | | OR | 34.7 | 31.0 | 14.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 5.0 | | PA | 41.7 | 23.7 | 14.6 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 | | RI | 53.5 | 33.3 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | SC | 15.4 | 23.7 | 19.7 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 11.7 | | SD | 34.6 | 23.5 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 18.6 | | TN | 17.8 | 26.0 | 18.9 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 12.5 | | TX | 24.2 | 33.2 | 16.8 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 7.3 | | UT | 35.9 | 40.4 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 3.6 | | VT | 40.8 | 30.4 | 15.4 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | | VA | 28.2 | 32.1 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 7.8 | | WA | 35.9 | 31.2 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | | WV | 23.2 | 21.3 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 11.8 | | WI | 36.8 | 26.4 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 | | WY | 31.8 | 24.3 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 14.4 | +-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+ Sources: 2010 Census population by block groups, 2010 fiscal year ILMS public library data files. See metadata for details. Created by F. Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian, Baruch College CUNY, for project referenced in: Donnelly, F.P. (2015). Regional variations in average distance to public libraries in the United States. Library and Information Science Research, 37, 280-289.