2022 Impact Report: Statistical & Financial Summaries
View details about our budget, collections, circulation and programs.
2022 Statistical & Financial Summaries
Facilities: Central Library, 26 neighborhood branches and Mobile Services
Staffing: 650 (part- and full-time)
Circulation
| Physical items* | |
| 4.6 million (35% increase) | |
| Media (CDs, DVDs, audiobooks) | 1.3 million (22% increase) |
| Equipment (laptops, tablets, Wi-Fi hotspots, Kill A Watt power meters) | 31,000 |
| Total physical circulation | 6 million (32% increase) |
| Digital items | |
| E-books and e-audiobooks | 4.7 million |
| Streaming and downloadable media | 1.6 million |
| Total digital circulation | 6.4 million |
| Total Circulation | 12.4 million (14% increase) |
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| Holds placed | |
| Physical items | 2.3 million |
| Digital items | 2.7 million |
| Total Holds | 5 million |
Collection Size
| Central Library | 1.01 million |
| Branches and other | 760,000 |
| Total physical collection* | 1.83 million |
| E-collection | 911,000 |
| Total Collection | 2.7 million |
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Active patrons
| Patrons active in the last 12 months | 246,000 (22% increase) |
| Patrons active in the last three years | 347,000 |
| New Library cardholders | 59,000 |
Social media engagement
| Facebook fans | 56,000 |
| Twitter followers | 26,000 |
| YouTube Subscribers | 2,490 |
| Pinterest followers | 2,400 |
| Instagram followers | 43,000 |
Service Levels and Programs
| Assisted Information questions answered | 370,000 |
| Database sessions | 238,000 |
| Classes, events or activities | 800 |
| Public computer and Wi-Fi sessions | 1.4 million (113% increase) |
Operating Budget
| Personnel | $67.8 million |
| Books and materials | $10.5 million |
| Maintenance, security and utilities | $4.8 million |
| Equipment | $1.4 million |
| Supplies | $716,000 |
| Other (City Central costs, software, training and programming support) | $6.3 million |
| Total Operating Budget | $91.5 million |
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**The Library’s operating budget figures include gifts from The Seattle Public Library Foundation, which accounted for 4.5% of the budget in 2022. Note that the amount and conditions of Foundation grants are at the sole discretion of The Seattle Public Library Foundation’s independent Board of Directors.
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