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Top 50 Public Libraries in the United States by Population Served Top 50 Public Libraries in the United States by Population Served

Largest U.S. Libraries

Institution Volumes Held
Library of Congress 32.1 million
Harvard University 15.8 million
Boston Public Library 15.7 million
Yale University 12.4 million
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana 10.5 million
University of California, Berkeley 10.1 million
Columbia University 9.5 million
University of Texas, Austin 9.0 million
University of Michigan 8.3 million
Stanford University 8.2 million
University of California, Los Angeles 8.2 million
University of Wisconsin, Madison 8.0 million
Los Angeles Public Library, County of 7.9 million
Cornell University 7.8 million
Detroit Public Library 7.8 million
University of Chicago 7.8 million
Indiana University 7.4 million
University of Washington 7.1 million
University of Minnesota 6.7 million
Queens Borough Public Library 6.6 million
Princeton University 6.6 million
Free Library of Philadelphia 6.3 million
Los Angeles Public Library 6.2 million
Ohio State University 6.2 million
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 6.2 million
New York Public Library, The Branch Libraries 6.0 million
University of Pennsylvania 5.9 million
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 5.8 million
Chicago Public Library 5.8 million
Duke University 5.7 million
University of Arizona 5.5 million
Dallas Public Library 5.2 million
New York University 5.1 million
University of Virginia 5.1 million
Pennsylvania State University Libraries 5.1 million
University of Oklahoma 4.9 million
University of Pittsburgh 4.9 million
Michigan State University 4.9 million
San Diego Public Library 4.7 million
Northwestern University Library 4.7 million
Brooklyn Public Library 4.7 million
University of Iowa 4.6 million
University of Georgia 4.3 million
Cleveland Public Library 4.3 million
Arizona State University Libraries 4.3 million
Rutgers University 4.2 million
University of Kansas 4.2 million
University of Florida 4.2 million
Miami-Dade Public Library System 4.1 million
University of Southern California 4.0 million
Washington University, St. Louis 3.9 million
Houston Public Library 3.9 million
Brigham Young University 3.7 million
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3.7 million
North Carolina State University 3.7 million
Johns Hopkins University 3.7 million
University of Colorado 3.6 million
University of Connecticut 3.6 million
University of Rochester 3.6 million
Texas A&M University Libraries 3.6 million
Brown University 3.6 million
University of California, Davis 3.5 million
Hawaii State Public Library System 3.5 million
University of South Carolina 3.5 million
University of Maryland 3.5 million
Louisiana State University 3.5 million
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library 3.5 million
Wayne State University 3.4 million
State University of New York, Buffalo 3.4 million
University of Hawaii 3.4 million
University of Kentucky 3.4 million
Mid-Continent Public Library 3.4 million
St. Louis Public Library 3.4 million
Cuyahoga County Public Library 3.4 million
Broward County Libraries Division 3.3 million
University of Missouri, Columbia 3.3 million
Vanderbilt University 3.3 million
University of Utah 3.3 million
King County Library System 3.2 million
University of Notre Dame 3.2 million
University of California, San Diego 3.2 million
University of Massachusetts 3.2 million
University of Cincinnati Libraries 3.2 million
Emory University 3.2 million
Syracuse University 3.2 million
University of Nebraska, Lincoln 3.1 million
Tulane 3.1 million
Temple University 3.1 million
Minneapolis Public Library 3.0 million
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 3.0 million
University of Miami 3.0 million
Montgomery County Dept. of Public Libraries 3.0 million
Auburn University 3.0 million
Milwaukee Public Library 2.9 million
Florida State University Library 2.9 million
District of Columbia Public Library 2.9 million
University of California, Santa Barbara 2.9 million
Jacksonville Public Library 2.9 million
Enoch Pratt Free Library 2.8 million
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.8 million
Source: American Library Association, 2007.
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