The Largest Libraries in the U.S.
Rank | Institution | Volumes held |
---|---|---|
1. | Library of Congress | 29,550,914 |
2. | Harvard University | 15,181,349 |
3. | Boston Public Library | 14,933,349 |
4. | Yale University | 11,114,308 |
5. | Chicago Public Library | 10,745,608 |
6. | University of Illinois?Urbana-Champaign | 10,015,321 |
7. | The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County | 9,885,359 |
8. | Queens Borough Public Library | 9,691,126 |
9. | University of California?Berkeley | 9,572,462 |
10. | County of Los Angeles Public Library | 9,185,321 |
11. | University of Texas?Austin | 8,322,944 |
12. | Stanford University | 8,000,000 |
13. | University of Michigan | 7,800,389 |
14. | Columbia University | 7,697,488 |
15. | University of California?Los Angeles | 7,576,790 |
16. | Detroit Public Library | 7,265,306 |
17. | University of Wisconsin?Madison | 7,232,850 |
18. | Cornell University | 7,120,301 |
19. | University of Chicago | 6,977,186 |
20. | New York Public Library | 6,777,587 |
21. | Indiana University | 6,647,355 |
22. | University of Washington | 6,436,960 |
23. | The Free Library of Philadelphia | 6,388,077 |
24. | Princeton University | 6,224,270 |
25. | University of Minnesota | 6,200,669 |
26. | Dallas Public Library | 5,916,549 |
27. | Brooklyn Public Library | 5,845,212 |
28. | Ohio State University | 5,674,784 |
29. | Los Angeles Public Library | 5,554,904 |
30. | University of North Carolina?Chapel Hill | 5,492,451 |
31. | Duke University | 5,360,303 |
32. | University of Pennsylvania | 5,273,887 |
33. | University of Arizona | 5,040,584 |
34. | University of Virginia | 4,921,442 |
35. | Pennsylvania State University Libraries | 4,779,165 |
36. | Michigan State University | 4,582,004 |
37. | University of Oklahoma | 4,427,670 |
38. | University of Pittsburgh | 4,420,970 |
39. | University of Iowa | 4,380,734 |
40. | Houston Public Library | 4,339,128 |
41. | Northwestern University Library | 4,315,314 |
42. | King County Library System | 4,213,810 |
43. | New York University | 4,176,065 |
44. | Rutgers University | 4,050,009 |
45. | University of Florida | 4,021,629 |
46. | Cleveland Public Library | 3,999,771 |
47. | Miami-Dade Public Library System | 3,998,192 |
48. | University of Kansas | 3,980,589 |
49. | University of Georgia | 3,955,004 |
50. | Arizona State University Libraries | 3,856,561 |
51. | University of Southern California | 3,800,702 |
52. | Washington University?St. Louis | 3,608,538 |
53. | Johns Hopkins University | 3,572,375 |
54. | Buffalo & Erie County Public Library | 3,539,038 |
55. | Cuyahoga County Public Library | 3,465,469 |
56. | University of South Carolina | 3,374,496 |
57. | Brigham Young University | 3,373,793 |
58. | University of California?Davis | 3,365,689 |
59. | St. Louis Public Library | 3,360,942 |
60. | State University of New York?Buffalo | 3,330,476 |
61. | Wayne State University | 3,323,580 |
62. | University of Colorado | 3,314,432 |
63. | University of Hawaii | 3,294,184 |
64. | Hawaii State Public Library System | 3,281,117 |
65. | Brown University | 3,257,242 |
66. | North Carolina State University | 3,236,096 |
67. | Louisiana State University | 3,213,314 |
68. | University of Rochester | 3,185,231 |
69. | San Diego Public Library | 3,169,565 |
70. | University of Connecticut | 3,168,617 |
71. | University of Missouri?Columbia | 3,149,211 |
72. | University of Massachusetts | 3,132,418 |
73. | University of Utah | 3,128,547 |
74. | Mid-Continent Public Library | 3,120,544 |
75. | University of Notre Dame | 3,054,075 |
76. | University of Kentucky | 3,053,726 |
77. | University of Maryland | 3,016,940 |
78. | Texas A&M University Libraries | 3,016,358 |
79. | Milwaukee Public Library | 2,989,081 |
80. | University of Cincinnati Libraries | 2,977,475 |
81. | Montgomery County Dept. of Public Libraries | 2,959,184 |
82. | Columbus Metropolitan Library | 2,955,569 |
83. | University of California?San Diego | 2,953,024 |
84. | Enoch Pratt Free Library | 2,906,821 |
85. | Temple University | 2,900,832 |
86. | Syracuse University | 2,900,448 |
87. | Vanderbilt University | 2,882,057 |
88. | University of Tennessee?Knoxville | 2,880,949 |
89. | Broward County Libraries Division | 2,825,077 |
90. | Orange County Public Library | 2,794,942 |
91. | Southern Illinois University?Carbondale | 2,791,775 |
92. | St. Louis County Library District | 2,781,301 |
93. | University of Nebraska?Lincoln | 2,767,320 |
94. | University of California?Santa Barbara | 2,765,756 |
95. | Emory University | 2,755,929 |
96. | Auburn University | 2,724,011 |
97. | Fairfax County Public Library | 2,712,212 |
98. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2,707,849 |
99. | Toledo-Lucas County Public Library | 2,689,922 |
100. | Kent State University Libraries | 2,634,374 |
Source: American Library Association, www.ala.org , Aug. 2005.
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