2024: Library in Review 

All statistics are from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, except where otherwise noted.
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Library Visitors

The Library welcomed 2,261,354 visitors through its doors.

Library Members

By the end of Fiscal Year 2024, 341,412 people were active library cardholders, having used their account within the past two years. 

Total Materials Borrowed

Library users borrowed 8,675,973 items. 

Digital Materials Borrowed

The Library's digital formats were very popular with customers, who circulated 3,971,326 items.

Programs

The Library encouraged the love of reading and learning by offering 20, 670 programs with a total attendance of 475,057. 

Pre-Third-Grade Literacy Impact

The Library has made a commitment to partner with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to expand literacy programming for pre-third-grade students.  Attendance for these library programs was 373,940 participants.

Job Help

The Job Help Center hosted 564 job help-themed programs to help people in the community develop skills and prepare for career-readiness, advancement, placement and more.

Summer Break: A fresh take on Summer Reading

The Library's Summer Break program engages participants with learning and literacy over the summer, when they’re most at risk of losing academic gains made throughout the school year. Summer Break encourages kids to participate in a variety of activities over the summer, in addition to reading.  

• Total minutes read - 9,543,228  
• Summer Break total accounts - 12,479
• Earned badges - 148,538

Get Social: Social Media Followers

Staying connected to the community in a variety of formats is important as a trusted community institution, and how we get news about the Library's phenomenal programs, resources and programs is important. 22,066 people followed us on Facebook in Fiscal Year 2024. Another 11,236 followed us on Instagram, 6,448 followed us on LinkedIn and 11,200 followed us on Twitter (X).

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