As of the fiscal year of 2019, the District of Columbia public libraries had the highest number of weekly service hours, with an average of 60.5 hours per week. D.C. was followed by New Jersey, Ohio, and Maryland. The state of Maine's public libraries had the lowest number of public service hours with an average of 29.6 hours.
Public libraries average weekly service hours per outlet in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state
The source adds: These data are derived from the total public service hours per year and the total outlets (central, branch, and bookmobile) of public libraries.
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