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Community Vitality

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Source: New York State Library

What does this measure?

The number of registered borrowers with library cards as a share of total population in an area.

Why is this important?

Community libraries have evolved into much more than a place to just borrow books. For many, libraries provide crucial online access for students, job seekers or others who may need information. Libraries also provide free or low-cost children's programming that builds early literacy skills and foster a life-long love of learning and community. Many libraries have become community gathering places for senior citizen groups, civic organizations and sometimes serve as satellite offices for easy access to state and local government functions, such as renewing a driver's license or applying for a passport.

How is our region performing?

In 2020, 55% of the region was registered as a borrower among their respective county library system, higher than the 52% statewide but a decline from the rate of 64% in 2015 and 65% in 2000. Within the region, Genesee (70%), Monroe (62%) and the City of Rochester (61%) had the highest rates, while Livingston (33%) and Wyoming (29%) had the least. Collectively, the surrounding counties had a 35-point decrease in registration since 2000, in contrast to the 4-point increase in Monroe County over the same timeframe. Most counties experienced a decrease in borrowers in 2020 likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdowns.

Notes about the data

This indicator only includes library cards held by residents of the library service area. Total population reflects the population within the library service areas in the city, county or region.

Registered Library Borrowers

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
NYS	52%	50%	49%	44%	51%	51%	52%	50%	50%	51%	47%	52%	52%	54%	56%	57%	57%	56%	62%	60%	52%
NYS (excluding NYC)	61%	62%	60%	54%	58%	59%	59%	58%	56%	58%	57%	63%	62%	62%	61%	61%	59%	56%	56%	56%	54%
Region	65%	66%	65%	51%	56%	57%	59%	61%	59%	62%	62%	61%	65%	62%	62%	64%	63%	61%	59%	58%	55%
Monroe	58%	67%	74%	57%	62%	63%	64%	68%	66%	68%	70%	58%	63%	64%	67%	70%	69%	67%	66%	65%	62%
Surrounding Counties	78%	65%	48%	41%	45%	44%	48%	48%	47%	51%	47%	66%	68%	57%	52%	53%	51%	49%	48%	47%	43%
Genesee	92%	84%	90%	76%	70%	64%	64%	48%	37%	42%	46%	72%	76%	67%	66%	75%	78%	72%	73%	74%	70%
Livingston	69%	53%	36%	27%	27%	33%	38%	42%	43%	48%	43%	60%	64%	50%	43%	42%	40%	38%	37%	36%	33%
Ontario	80%	60%	37%	37%	44%	47%	51%	54%	53%	57%	51%	70%	69%	55%	48%	47%	46%	45%	43%	40%	37%
Orleans	56%	36%	38%	36%	34%	33%	35%	35%	38%	41%	44%	53%	59%	59%	62%	64%	65%	62%	62%	62%	55%
Seneca	68%	64%	57%	63%	81%	55%	55%	52%	55%	51%	43%	79%	58%	63%	60%	62%	52%	49%	53%	46%	43%
Wayne	91%	77%	43%	36%	44%	46%	51%	56%	56%	60%	54%	74%	79%	62%	53%	52%	50%	48%	46%	44%	39%
Wyoming	87%	87%	63%	36%	39%	31%	36%	34%	35%	38%	36%	57%	63%	49%	41%	40%	38%	37%	35%	34%	29%
Yates	56%	60%	50%	51%	55%	55%	52%	58%	45%	49%	43%	47%	58%	51%	54%	53%	54%	54%	55%	57%	58%
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	48%	69%	81%	54%	59%	62%	61%	68%	66%	65%	69%	57%	64%	64%	70%	70%	71%	69%	67%	65%	61%
Irondequoit	57%	63%	68%	59%	64%	64%	68%	63%	65%	68%	71%	58%	62%	65%	67%	69%	68%	67%	66%	70%	68%
East Rochester	56%	74%	80%	65%	69%	70%	74%	72%	70%	74%	78%	63%	67%	70%	71%	73%	70%	69%	65%	64%	61%
Perinton	85%	80%	86%	70%	76%	75%	76%	83%	74%	77%	80%	65%	69%	73%	77%	77%	77%	77%	76%	76%	74%
Gates	74%	78%	83%	66%	72%	71%	76%	57%	72%	75%	78%	63%	124%	75%	79%	81%	80%	79%	77%	76%	71%
Pittsford	86%	84%	89%	69%	76%	81%	88%	82%	79%	84%	89%	76%	76%	81%	84%	85%	83%	100%	100%	83%	80%
Mendon	68%	62%	69%	58%	63%	64%	58%	70%	60%	65%	69%	69%	59%	65%	70%	72%	72%	72%	73%	73%	71%
Greece	45%	55%	58%	45%	49%	50%	48%	60%	54%	54%	63%	50%	45%	55%	56%	62%	60%	59%	57%	55%	52%
Riga	41%	42%	44%	36%	39%	40%	42%	69%	41%	43%	45%	33%	32%	35%	36%	37%	37%	37%	34%	32%	31%
Brighton	60%	64%	68%	56%	61%	60%	64%	65%	64%	68%	72%	59%	61%	64%	66%	70%	69%	68%	68%	67%	65%
Ogden	51%	64%	68%	56%	61%	65%	62%	68%	63%	65%	68%	47%	46%	48%	50%	51%	50%	49%	48%	48%	46%
Hamlin	8%	51%	54%	44%	48%	49%	52%	55%	52%	55%	58%	52%	57%	60%	63%	65%	18%	17%	17%	17%	16%
Rush	66%	64%	67%	55%	59%	59%	60%	63%	57%	59%	62%	51%	57%	61%	65%	67%	66%	65%	62%	61%	58%
Chili	64%	64%	68%	58%	63%	62%	67%	67%	67%	72%	72%	62%	64%	67%	69%	70%	69%	67%	65%	64%	61%
Parma	64%	64%	68%	57%	61%	64%	65%	64%	64%	68%	35%	57%	61%	65%	68%	70%	68%	62%	60%	65%	56%
Henrietta	72%	74%	79%	65%	70%	72%	73%	79%	71%	77%	62%	51%	50%	53%	55%	70%	69%	54%	54%	55%	53%
Webster	71%	60%	78%	65%	74%	76%	81%	88%	83%	89%	96%	78%	76%	78%	82%	86%	85%	85%	83%	83%	80%
Clarkson	76%	77%	80%	56%	61%	61%	65%	69%	65%	70%	73%	61%	62%	85%	69%	69%	67%	64%	61%	59%	49%
Penfield	72%	66%	64%	53%	58%	58%	60%	62%	57%	59%	62%	51%	52%	54%	57%	63%	62%	64%	55%	63%	62%
Regional Cities
Batavia	108%	95%	104%	70%	52%	54%	57%	57%	63%	68%	72%	118%	124%	101%	96%	109%	114%	113%	113%	115%	114%
Canandaigua	118%	64%	26%	35%	42%	47%	52%	57%	56%	61%	54%	78%	77%	61%	53%	52%	52%	51%	51%	50%	46%
Geneva	56%	56%	44%	37%	45%	46%	50%	54%	56%	57%	50%	61%	67%	52%	45%	44%	42%	41%	39%	37%	33%

Source: New York State Library
Notes: Figures per residents living in chartered service area

Number of Registered Library Borrowers

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
NYS	4,531,725	4,608,713	4,590,069	4,100,924	6,209,877	6,317,150	6,353,932	5,540,342	5,504,802	5,710,155	5,229,112	5,766,906	5,880,383	6,120,626	6,377,729	6,436,861	6,519,798	6,369,805	7,075,747	6,789,399	5,921,129
NYS (excluding NYC)	2,764,420	2,840,397	2,777,601	2,516,904	4,422,644	4,471,059	4,441,126	3,666,937	3,602,345	3,711,212	3,659,922	4,050,197	4,080,948	4,099,189	4,026,284	4,015,694	3,908,597	3,734,464	3,737,403	3,700,716	3,580,259
Region	679,607	721,212	711,729	565,599	614,964	627,377	653,993	686,535	660,152	691,845	699,195	685,004	742,440	709,459	710,865	732,106	718,778	702,041	685,657	673,606	634,798
Monroe	411,973	489,030	540,207	413,029	448,955	460,058	469,391	498,498	478,032	492,546	510,596	422,762	461,662	474,894	496,432	515,768	507,987	498,004	484,708	477,617	454,289
Surrounding Counties	267,634	232,182	171,522	152,570	166,009	167,319	184,602	188,037	182,120	199,299	188,599	262,242	280,778	234,565	214,433	216,338	210,791	204,037	200,949	195,989	180,509
Genesee	36,330	33,457	35,957	30,383	27,827	27,944	27,794	21,156	16,254	18,380	20,141	31,260	32,607	28,904	28,333	32,434	33,431	32,710	33,029	33,517	32,091
Livingston	34,111	27,363	18,213	13,599	14,047	16,921	19,536	21,725	22,774	25,072	22,727	31,443	34,236	26,757	22,904	22,278	21,321	20,481	19,593	19,086	17,542
Ontario	66,942	53,460	32,801	32,408	38,624	42,505	47,388	51,689	50,117	53,916	48,752	66,163	71,001	56,673	49,620	48,855	47,694	46,506	45,140	43,931	40,132
Orleans	21,615	14,739	15,414	14,637	13,966	13,595	14,423	14,394	15,579	16,919	17,995	21,889	23,683	23,405	24,914	25,646	25,729	24,768	24,725	24,753	21,969
Seneca	10,437	9,456	8,470	9,305	11,970	8,050	8,113	7,683	8,035	7,452	8,204	14,986	13,745	15,055	14,319	14,762	12,319	11,584	12,616	10,945	10,275
Wayne	64,832	57,578	32,017	27,322	32,702	34,706	41,770	45,199	45,850	52,018	47,088	64,165	68,833	53,683	46,526	45,363	43,744	41,851	39,987	38,072	33,909
Wyoming	22,088	23,248	17,978	13,853	15,025	11,804	13,669	12,903	13,225	14,359	13,860	21,608	23,210	18,285	15,230	14,746	14,114	13,599	13,029	12,596	11,108
Yates	11,279	12,881	10,672	11,063	11,848	11,794	11,909	13,288	10,286	11,183	9,832	10,728	13,463	11,803	12,587	12,254	12,439	12,538	12,830	13,089	13,483
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	111,575	152,586	178,029	119,559	128,649	136,394	134,876	148,370	145,406	142,814	151,721	124,376	134,757	135,794	147,744	146,358	149,675	144,946	141,200	136,045	128,083
Irondequoit	30,473	33,164	35,545	30,837	33,463	33,394	35,580	33,134	34,037	35,671	37,063	30,321	32,083	33,555	34,549	35,551	35,203	34,659	34,071	36,302	34,988
East Rochester	3,905	4,931	5,351	4,301	4,613	4,632	4,944	4,769	4,641	4,953	5,215	4,196	4,389	4,602	4,709	4,776	4,638	4,550	4,311	4,240	4,014
Perinton	31,597	32,151	34,353	28,058	30,353	30,135	30,457	33,444	29,788	30,681	32,073	26,133	27,907	29,240	30,759	30,941	30,911	30,853	30,713	30,591	29,636
Gates	21,122	22,742	24,425	19,435	21,142	20,793	22,149	16,628	20,948	21,964	22,947	18,466	35,220	21,381	22,513	23,099	22,636	22,393	21,929	21,509	20,251
Pittsford	21,050	22,826	24,275	18,864	20,744	21,994	23,998	22,429	21,489	22,935	24,195	20,704	22,233	23,782	24,834	25,076	24,536	29,387	29,274	24,319	23,594
Mendon	4,647	5,224	5,744	4,841	5,233	5,384	4,873	5,862	5,053	5,452	5,763	5,787	5,429	5,962	6,393	6,629	6,579	6,624	6,659	6,694	6,495
Greece	40,365	51,405	54,856	42,284	46,269	46,994	45,157	56,653	50,538	50,900	58,868	46,745	43,355	52,386	53,392	59,211	57,190	56,254	54,457	52,727	50,105
Riga	2,107	2,265	2,411	1,946	2,108	2,201	2,278	3,746	2,230	2,336	2,443	1,816	1,796	1,952	2,037	2,064	2,093	2,043	1,880	1,809	1,733
Brighton	20,725	22,777	24,308	19,905	21,601	21,350	22,790	23,002	22,917	24,255	25,623	21,052	22,242	23,482	24,242	25,792	25,335	24,946	24,742	24,701	23,907
Ogden	8,698	11,833	12,536	10,315	11,332	12,041	11,556	12,484	11,573	12,083	12,583	8,697	9,171	9,595	9,908	10,185	10,019	9,692	9,444	9,433	9,118
Hamlin	708	4,758	5,037	4,135	4,529	4,590	4,866	5,188	4,833	5,167	5,453	4,897	5,151	5,419	5,725	5,891	1,584	1,563	1,552	1,522	1,405
Rush	2,138	2,303	2,407	1,984	2,141	2,130	2,171	2,278	2,047	2,133	2,240	1,855	1,995	2,138	2,271	2,329	2,295	2,270	2,168	2,123	2,032
Chili	16,119	17,655	18,894	15,922	17,348	17,267	18,553	18,504	18,627	19,956	19,854	17,181	18,247	19,107	19,879	19,934	19,632	19,238	18,690	18,340	17,565
Parma	8,837	9,510	10,029	8,434	9,005	9,544	9,596	9,536	9,462	10,049	5,165	8,503	9,511	10,223	10,655	10,955	10,634	9,635	9,429	10,097	8,823
Henrietta	26,369	28,808	30,913	25,240	27,404	27,917	28,646	30,809	27,767	29,899	24,093	19,732	21,163	22,537	23,582	29,867	29,305	23,202	22,812	23,414	22,683
Webster	22,527	22,725	29,670	24,578	28,060	28,842	30,637	33,549	31,622	33,853	36,420	29,756	32,388	33,290	35,118	36,511	36,416	36,073	35,483	35,439	34,253
Clarkson	14,294	15,210	15,876	11,142	12,154	11,979	12,860	13,570	12,857	13,755	14,522	12,109	13,056	17,847	14,455	14,459	13,922	13,483	12,788	12,318	10,271
Penfield	21,820	23,024	22,203	18,472	20,011	19,941	20,723	21,485	19,629	20,498	21,472	17,724	18,683	19,559	20,546	22,942	22,334	23,039	20,030	22,947	22,429
Regional Cities
Batavia	20,669	18,323	20,002	13,472	10,082	10,321	10,892	10,924	12,040	13,047	13,863	22,776	23,565	19,213	18,222	20,852	21,805	21,461	21,520	21,900	21,776
Canandaigua	25,579	15,233	6,144	8,294	9,937	11,169	12,313	13,546	13,235	14,456	12,807	18,451	19,828	15,762	13,751	13,424	13,265	13,183	13,060	12,941	11,959
Geneva	9,653	9,539	7,444	6,312	7,675	7,720	8,968	9,616	10,017	10,171	8,970	10,947	11,789	9,033	7,797	7,686	7,421	7,176	6,799	6,386	5,705

Source: New York State Library

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