Table 1.

Characteristics of library systems that did not and did respond to the survey

	Did not respond (N = 195)	Responded (N = 56)	OVERALL (N = 251)	p-value
NCES locale code				0.99
Rural	46 (23.6%)	12 (21.4%)	58 (23.1%)
Town	82 (42.1%)	25 (44.6%)	107 (42.6%)
Suburban	55 (28.2%)	16 (28.6%)	71 (28.3%)
City	12 (6.2%)	3 (5.4%)	15 (6.0%)
Branches in system				0.15
Mean (SD)	2.77 (4.62)	3.18 (4.16)	2.86 (4.51)
Median [Min, Max]	1.00 [1.00, 41.0]	1.00 [1.00, 23.0]	1.00 [1.00, 41.0]
Total staff (FTE)				0.03
Mean (SD)	33.9 (80.9)	45.0 (93.3)	36.4 (83.8)
Median [Min, Max]	12.5 [0.880, 668]	21.4 [1.86, 641]	13.9 [0.880, 668]
Total income (1000 USD)				0.07
Mean (SD)	3080 (8230)	4650 (11,800)	3430 (9140)
Median [Min, Max]	934 [64.8, 65,500]	1390 [96.1, 77,900]	1030 [64.8, 77,900]

All characteristics as reported by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) survey (2019). Total staff is full time equivalent (FTE) paid staff