How far is the nearest library?

Public library buildings from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Public Libraries Survey for fiscal 2024 (central libraries and branches, bookmobile stops and outreach units excluded), with each system's hours, visits and budget. Distance is straight-line miles from the ZIP's population-weighted center. The distance counts Ohio libraries only, since any Ohio resident can get a free card at any of them while a library across the state line may charge an Ohioan for one; where one over the line is nearer, the card names it.

1,229 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 1.6 mi.

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Under 1 mile · 415 1 to 2 miles · 262 2 to 4 miles · 171 4 to 7 miles · 270 7 miles or more · 111 No data · 4

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IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library (Ohio libraries only: any Ohio resident can get a free card at any of them, while a library across the state line may charge an Ohioan for one; where one in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania or Michigan is nearer, the card names it, with miles to Kentucky and West Virginia measured through the nearest Ohio River bridge); IMLS Museum Data Files 2018 (museums, historical societies, gardens, zoos with coordinates), 1,214 Ohio entries

IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files

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