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Number of libraries in the United States 2015, by type of library

Number of libraries in the United States as of September 2015, by type of library

The data displays the number of libraries in the U.S. as of September 2015, by type of library. The biggest library category in the U.S. was school libraries. There were 98,460 school libraries in the United States as of September 2015.

School libraries	98460
Public libraries (administrative units)	9082
Special libraries	6966
Academic libraries	3793
Government libraries	934
Armed forces libraries	252

Number of libraries in the United States 2015, by type of library

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