2008 State Aid to Public Libraries in Nebraska
The formula for direct state aid to public libraries for 2008 is as follows:
| --------Service Population*-------- |
--------Amount-------- |
| 0-7,999 |
$625 + $0.10 per capita |
| 8,000 and Above** |
$0.18 per capita |
| Incentive aid for libraries that receive additional tax-based funding from a public entity
| 1% of the amount of additional funding |
*For purposes of state aid payments, service population is that of the main funding source, based on revised 2004 census figures.
| Town |
Library |
Total State
Aid Payment |
State Aid Payment
Per Capita |
|
|
|
|
| Ainsworth |
Ainsworth Public Library |
$
1,627 |
$
0.90 |
| Albion |
Albion Public Library |
$
821 |
$
0.48 |
| Alliance |
Alliance Public Library |
$
1,894 |
$
0.22 |
| Alma |
Hoesch Memorial |
$
1,552 |
$
1.32 |
| Arapahoe |
Arapahoe Public Library |
$
1,075 |
$
1.08 |
| Ashland |
Ashland Public Library |
$
872 |
$
0.37 |
| Atkinson |
Atkinson Public Library |
$
1,544 |
$
1.30 |
| Auburn |
Auburn Public Library |
$
1,288 |
$
0.41 |
| Aurora |
Alice M Farr |
$
1,050 |
$
0.25 |
| Axtell |
Axtell Public Library |
$
712 |
$
0.99 |
| Bancroft |
HR Jordan Memorial Library |
$
698 |
$
1.39 |
| Bassett |
Rock County Public Library |
$
1,134 |
$
0.71 |
| Battle Creek |
Battle Creek Public Library |
$
1,602 |
$
1.37 |
| Beatrice |
Beatrice Public Library |
$
3,318 |
$
0.26 |
| Beemer |
Karlen Memorial |
$
1,071 |
$
1.46 |
| Bellevue |
Bellevue Public Library |
$
8,412 |
$
0.18 |
| Bennington |
Bennington Public Library |
$
1,273 |
$
0.89 |
| Blair |
Blair Public Library |
$
1,755 |
$
0.23 |
| Bloomfield |
Bloomfield Public Library |
$
763 |
$
0.71 |
| Blue Hill |
Blue Hill Public Library |
$
708 |
$
0.85 |
| Bridgeport |
Bridgeport Public Library |
$
779 |
$
0.51 |
| Broadwater |
Broadwater Public Library |
$
639 |
$
4.70 |
| Broken Bow |
Broken Bow Public Library |
$
1,314 |
$
0.39 |
| Brunswick |
Brunswick Public Library |
$
671 |
$
3.90 |
| Cambridge |
Butler Memorial |
$
1,076 |
$
1.06 |
| Central City |
Central City Public Library |
$
1,340 |
$
0.45 |
| Ceresco |
Ceresco Community |
$
724 |
$
0.81 |
| Chadron |
Chadron Public Library |
$
1,985 |
$
0.35 |
| Chappell |
Chappell Memorial Lib |
$
721 |
$
0.75 |
| Clarks |
Clarks Public Library |
$
675 |
$
1.93 |
| Clarkson |
Clarkson Public Library |
$
1,081 |
$
1.59 |
| Clay Center |
Clay Center Public Library |
$
1,059 |
$
1.26 |
| Cozad |
Wilson Public Library |
$
1,048 |
$
0.25 |
| Crawford |
Crawford Public Library |
$
1,082 |
$
1.01 |
| Crete |
Crete Public Library |
$
1,607 |
$
0.25 |
| Curtis |
Klyte Burt Memorial |
$
702 |
$
0.91 |
| David City |
Hruska Memorial |
$
1,687 |
$
0.64 |
| Deshler |
Deshler Public Library |
$
707 |
$
0.86 |
| DeWitt |
Bob & Wauneta Burkley Library |
$
683 |
$
1.18 |
| Dodge |
John Rogers Memorial |
$
693 |
$
1.02 |
| Elgin |
Elgin Public Library |
$
717 |
$
1.02 |
| Elmwood |
Elmwood Public Library |
$
696 |
$
0.98 |
| Elwood |
Elwood Public Library |
$
766 |
$
1.04 |
| Emerson |
Emerson Public Library |
$
707 |
$
0.86 |
| Exeter |
Exeter Public Library |
$
694 |
$
1.01 |
| Fairbury |
Fairbury Public Library |
$
1,036 |
$
0.25 |
| Fairmont |
Fairmont Public Library |
$
1,044 |
$
1.56 |
| Franklin |
Franklin Public Library |
$
724 |
$
0.73 |
| Fremont |
Keene Memorial |
$
4,958 |
$
0.19 |
| Friend |
Gilbert Public Library |
$
743 |
$
0.63 |
| Geneva |
Geneva Public Library |
$
1,198 |
$
0.55 |
| Genoa |
Genoa Public Library |
$
721 |
$
0.80 |
| Gering |
Gering Public Library |
$
1,758 |
$
0.22 |
| Gibbon |
Gibbon Public Library |
$
804 |
$
0.45 |
| Gordon |
Gordon City |
$
1,138 |
$
0.70 |
| Gothenburg |
Gothenburg Public Library |
$
1,338 |
$
0.37 |
| Grand Island |
Grand Island Public Library |
$
9,019 |
$
0.21 |
| Greenwood |
Greenwood Public Library |
$
683 |
$
1.18 |
| Gretna |
Gretna Public Library |
$
1,367 |
$
0.35 |
| Hartington |
Hartington Public Library |
$
1,136 |
$
0.71 |
| Hastings |
Hastings Public Library |
$
7,732 |
$
0.24 |
| Hebron |
Hebron Secrest Lib. |
$
772 |
$
0.53 |
| Hemingford |
Hemingford Public Library |
$
720 |
$
0.76 |
| Hildreth |
Hildreth Public Library |
$
661 |
$
1.86 |
| Holdrege |
Public Library Library System |
$
3,465 |
$
0.36 |
| Hooper |
Hooper Public Library |
$
784 |
$
0.98 |
| Howells |
Howells Public Library |
$
726 |
$
1.15 |
| Humboldt |
Bruun Memorial |
$
1,064 |
$
1.20 |
| Hyannis |
Grant County |
$
692 |
$
1.03 |
| Imperial |
Imperial Public Library |
$
1,212 |
$
0.62 |
| Kearney |
Kearney Public Library & Info Ctr |
$
6,840 |
$
0.24 |
| Kimball |
Kimball Public Library |
$
1,265 |
$
0.53 |
| Laurel |
Laurel Com. Learning Ctr |
$
719 |
$
0.77 |
| LaVista |
LaVista Public Library |
$
2,851 |
$
0.21 |
| Leigh |
Leigh Public Library |
$
705 |
$
1.62 |
| Lexington |
Lexington Public Library |
$
1,820 |
$
0.18 |
| Lincoln |
Lincoln |
$
53,955 |
$
0.21 |
| Lodgepole |
Nancy Fawcett Memorial |
$
660 |
$
1.87 |
| Loup City |
Loup City Library |
$
718 |
$
0.77 |
| Lyman |
Lyman Public Library |
$
666 |
$
1.62 |
| Lyons |
Lyons Public Library |
$
1,082 |
$
1.17 |
| McCook |
McCook Public Library |
$
1,410 |
$
0.18 |
| Mead |
Mead Public Library |
$
695 |
$
1.15 |
| Meadow Grove |
Meadow Grove Public Library |
$
720 |
$
2.34 |
| Milford |
Webermeier Memorial |
$
1,632 |
$
0.79 |
| Minden |
Jensen Memorial |
$
990 |
$
0.34 |
| Mitchell |
Mitchell Public Library |
$
1,605 |
$
0.89 |
| Morrill |
Morrill Public Library |
$
719 |
$
0.77 |
| Mullen |
Hooker County |
$
991 |
$
1.33 |
| Nebraska City |
Morton-James Public Library |
$
1,336 |
$
0.19 |
| Neligh |
Neligh Public Library |
$
1,610 |
$
1.01 |
| Nelson |
Nelson Public Library |
$
681 |
$
1.22 |
| Niobrara |
Niobrara Public Library |
$
692 |
$
1.87 |
| Norfolk |
Norfolk Public Library |
$
4,681 |
$
0.19 |
| North Bend |
North Bend Public Library |
$
745 |
$
0.62 |
| North Platte |
North Platte Public Library |
$
4,598 |
$
0.19 |
| Oakland |
Oakland Public Library |
$
1,121 |
$
0.86 |
| Ogallala |
Goodall City |
$
1,607 |
$
0.34 |
| Omaha |
Omaha |
$
98,105 |
$
0.21 |
| O'Neill |
O'Neill Public Library |
$
1,785 |
$
0.50 |
| Orchard |
Orchard Public Library |
$
1,030 |
$
2.77 |
| Ord |
Ord Twnshp |
$
1,447 |
$
0.58 |
| Orleans |
Cordelia B Preston Mem. |
$
675 |
$
1.69 |
| Osceola |
Osceola Public Library |
$
737 |
$
0.80 |
| Oshkosh |
Oshkosh Public Library |
$
709 |
$
0.84 |
| Osmond |
Osmond Public Library |
$
733 |
$
0.95 |
| Oxford |
Oxford Municipal Lib. |
$
710 |
$
0.84 |
| Papillion |
Sump Mem. Lib. |
$
3,559 |
$
0.20 |
| Pawnee City |
Carnegie Public Library |
$
1,072 |
$
1.11 |
| Paxton |
Paxton Pl |
$
706 |
$
1.26 |
| Pender |
House Memorial |
$
1,089 |
$
0.96 |
| Pierce |
Pierce Public Library |
$
1,180 |
$
0.67 |
| Pilger |
Pilger Public Library |
$
688 |
$
1.83 |
| Plainview |
Plainview Carnegie |
$
1,136 |
$
0.86 |
| Plattsmouth |
Plattsmouth Public Library |
$
2,128 |
$
0.30 |
| Polk |
Polk Public Library |
$
676 |
$
2.21 |
| Ponca |
Ponca Public Library |
$
728 |
$
0.71 |
| Ralston |
Ralston Public Library |
$
2,512 |
$
0.32 |
| Randolph |
Randolph Public Library |
$
716 |
$
0.79 |
| Ravenna |
Ravenna Public Library |
$
1,106 |
$
0.85 |
| Rushville |
Rushville Public Library |
$
718 |
$
0.77 |
| Schuyler |
Schuyler Public Library |
$
1,277 |
$
0.24 |
| Scottsbluff |
Scottsbluff Public Library |
$
2,659 |
$
0.18 |
| Scribner |
Scribner Public Library |
$
1,519 |
$
1.61 |
| Seward |
Seward Public Library |
$
1,650 |
$
0.24 |
| Shelby |
Shelby Public Library |
$
1,061 |
$
1.60 |
| Shickley |
Virgil Biegert Public Library |
$
661 |
$
1.83 |
| Sidney |
Sidney Public Library |
$
3,486 |
$
0.35 |
| South Sioux City |
South Sioux City Public Library |
$
2,175 |
$
0.18 |
| Springfield |
Springfield Public Library |
$
773 |
$
0.52 |
| St. Edward |
St. Edward Public Library |
$
726 |
$
0.96 |
| St. Paul |
St. Paul Public Library |
$
1,551 |
$
0.69 |
| Stanton |
Stanton Public Library |
$
1,165 |
$
0.71 |
| Stromsburg |
Stromsburg Public Library |
$
1,113 |
$
0.94 |
| Superior |
Superior Carnegie Public Library |
$
1,170 |
$
0.60 |
| Sutton |
Sutton Memorial |
$
768 |
$
0.54 |
| Syracuse |
Syracuse Public Library |
$
806 |
$
0.44 |
| Tecumseh |
Tecumseh Public Library |
$
796 |
$
0.47 |
| Tekamah |
Tekamah Public Library |
$
1,174 |
$
0.64 |
| Tilden |
Tilden Public Library |
$
1,611 |
$
1.49 |
| Trenton |
Trenton Public Library |
$
675 |
$
1.38 |
| Ulysses |
Ulysses Twnshp |
$
1,020 |
$
2.27 |
| Valentine |
Valentine Public Library |
$
1,913 |
$
0.69 |
| Valparaiso |
Valparaiso Public Library |
$
691 |
$
1.20 |
| Verdigre |
Verdigre Public Library |
$
705 |
$
1.41 |
| Wahoo |
Wahoo Public Library |
$
1,035 |
$
0.26 |
| Wakefield |
Gardner Public Library |
$
759 |
$
0.57 |
| Waterloo |
Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library |
$
750 |
$
0.60 |
| Wausa |
Lincoln Twn.Lib |
$
728 |
$
0.99 |
| Wayne |
Wayne Public Library |
$
1,564 |
$
0.29 |
| Weeping Water |
Weeping Water Public Library |
$
738 |
$
0.65 |
| West Point |
John A Stahl |
$
1,350 |
$
0.38 |
| Western |
Struckman-Baatz Mem |
$
1,004 |
$
3.50 |
| Wilber |
Dvoracek Mem.Library |
$
804 |
$
0.45 |
| Winside |
Lied Winside Public Library |
$
704 |
$
1.59 |
| Wisner |
Wisner Public Library |
$
1,120 |
$
0.92 |
| Wymore |
Wymore Public Library |
$
815 |
$
0.50 |
| York |
Kilgore Memorial |
$
2,262 |
$
0.29 |
| Yutan |
Yutan Public Library |
$
754 |
$
0.63 |
For a more information about the state aid to Nebraska's public libraries, or other statistical data regarding Nebraska's libraries, contact:
Sam Shaw, Planning and Data Services Coordinator