The following list of Carnegie libraries in the United States provides detailed information on United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 public Carnegie libraries

Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems...

 in each state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 or other territory, including the number of Carnegie libraries in that state, and the earliest and latest dates of grant award. Click on the state name to go to a detailed listing of the individual Carnegie libraries in that state (divided into public and academic sections). Note that Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 and Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

 have no Carnegie libraries, and are thus not included in the table.

Detail table

State	Number of public grants	Number of public libraries	Number of academic libraries	Earliest grant	Latest grant	Total amount (US$)
Alabama	14	14	5			$289,840.00
Arizona	4	4	—			$64,000.00
Arkansas	4	4	—			$138,600.00
California	121	142	2			$2,836,987.00
Colorado	27

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| 1
|
|
| align=right | $779,943.00
|- align="center"
| Connecticut
| 8
| 11
| —
|
|
| align=right | $191,900.00
|- align="center"
| District of Columbia
| 1
| 4
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $732,000.00
|- align="center"
| Florida
| 10
| 10
| 4
|
|
| align=right | $254,500.00
|- align="center"
| Georgia
| 20
| 24
| 5
|
|
| align=right | $613,756.00
|- align="center"
| Idaho
| 10
| 10
| —
|
|
| align=right | $137,500.00
|- align="center"
| Illinois
| 105
| 106
| 5
|
|
| align=right | $1,751,200.00
|- align="center"
| Indiana
| 156
| 165
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $2,588,664.38
|- align="center"
| Iowa
| 99
| 101
| 7
|
|
| align=right | $1,705,706.00
|- align="center"
| Kansas
| 58
| 59
| 7
|
|
| align=right | $1,070,496.00
|- align="center"
| Kentucky
| 15
| 23
| 4
|
|
| align=right | $896,800.00
|- align="center"
| Louisiana
| 4
| 9
| —
|
|
| align=right | $380,000.00
|- align="center"
| Maine
| 18
| 18
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $311,450.00
|- align="center"
| Maryland
| 1
| 14
| —
|
|
| align=right | $500,000.00
|- align="center"
| Massachusetts
| 35
| 43
| 5
|
|
| align=right | $1,651,346.00
|- align="center"
| Michigan
| 53
| 61
| —
|
|
| align=right | $1,655,950.00
|- align="center"
| Minnesota
| 57
| 65
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $998,975.00
|- align="center"
| Mississippi
| 10
| 11
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $235,000.00
|- align="center"
| Missouri
| 26
| 33
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $1,555,143.84
|- align="center"
| Montana
| 17
| 17
| —
|
|
| align=right | $226,700.00
|- align="center"
| Nebraska
| 68
| 69
| —
|
|
| align=right | $706,288.00
|- align="center"
| Nevada
| 1
| 1
| —
|
|
| align=right | $15,000.00
|- align="center"
| New Hampshire
| 9
| 9
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $154,000.00
|- align="center"
| New Jersey
| 30
| 36
| —
|
|
| align=right | $1,066,935.03
|- align="center"
| New Mexico
| 3
| 3
| —
|
|
| align=right | $32,000.00
|- align="center"
| New York
(New York City alone)
| 41
(1)
| 106
(66)
| 3
(—)
|
|
| align=right | $6,697,149.00
|- align="center"
| North Carolina
| 9
| 10
| 6
|
|
| align=right | $294,313.71
|- align="center"
| North Dakota
| 8
| 8
| 3
|
|
| align=right | $201,100.00
|- align="center"
| Ohio
| 79
| 106
| 8
|
|
| align=right | $3,239,928.64
|- align="center"
| Oklahoma
| 24
| 24
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $494,500.00
|- align="center"
| Oregon
| 25
| 31
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $498,000.00
|- align="center"
| Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia alone)
| 27
(1)
| 59
(25)
| 9
(1)
|
|
| align=right | $5,610,587.00
|- align="center"
| Rhode Island

John Hay Library

The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Located on Prospect Street, opposite the Van Wickle Gates, it replaced the outgrown former library, now Robinson Hall, as the main library on the campus...

| —
| —
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $150,000.00
|- align="center"
| South Carolina
| 14
| 14
| 4
|
|
| align=right | $189,700.00
|- align="center"
| South Dakota
| 25
| 25
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $311,000.00
|- align="center"
| Tennessee
| 10
| 13
| 5
|
|
| align=right | $605,500.00
|- align="center"
| Texas
| 30
| 32
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $664,500.00
|- align="center"
| Utah
| 23
| 23
| —
|
|
| align=right | $255,470.00
|- align="center"
| Vermont
| 4
| 4
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $105,000.00
|- align="center"
| Virginia
| 2
| 3
| 4
|
|
| align=right | $253,000.00
|- align="center"
| Washington
| 33
| 44
| —
|
|
| align=right | $1,046,000.00
|- align="center"
| West Virginia
| 3
| 3
| 1
|
|
| align=right | $101,500.00
|- align="center"
| Wisconsin
| 60
| 63
| 2
|
|
| align=right | $1,149,511.50
|- align="center"
| Wyoming
| 16
| 16
| —
|
|
| align=right | $257,500.00
|- align="center"
| Hawaii
| 1
| 1
| —
|
|
| align=right | $100,000.00
|- align="center"
| Puerto Rico
| 1
| 1
| —
|
|
| align=right | $100,000.00
|- align="center" class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"
| Totals
| 1,419
| 1,687
| 108
|
|
| align=right | $45,865,440.10
|-
|}

• A: Owing to confusion from Old Colorado City
  Old Colorado City
  Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, is a national historic district in the city of Colorado Springs. Its approximate boundaries are U.S...
  
  's incorporation into Colorado Springs
  Colorado Springs, Colorado
  Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
  
  , Jones counts a library twice and reports this figure as 36.
• B: Bobinski and Miller do not list Gardiner
  Gardiner, Maine
  Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,198 at the 2000 census. Popular with tourists, Gardiner is noted for its culture and old architecture.-History:...
  
   as having received a full grant because its grant was to complete an unfinished building (noted in Anderson and Miller); Anderson and Jones include it.
• C: Jones erroneously reports this number as 64, while Bobinski reports the number of grants at 58. However, all four references list 65 libraries in their gazetteers; Anderson, Jones, and Miller list 57 grants.
• D: No reference tallies this number correctly for the public libraries. The amount is reported as $962,475 by Anderson, who for unknown reasons omits Walker
  Walker, Minnesota
  As of the census of 2000, there were 1,069 people, 449 households, and 258 families residing in the city. The population density was 734.3 people per square mile . There were 517 housing units at an average density of 355.1 per square mile...
  
   from his list. Bobinski and Miller list Walker, but sum to $969,375. However, their gazetteers sum to $968,975 which, when added to $30,000 grant for the academic library in Saint Paul
  Saint Paul, Minnesota
  Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
  
  , confirms the above figure.
• E: Bobinski and Miller do not list Orange
  Orange, New Jersey
  The City of Orange is a city and township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 30,134...
  
  's library in summary tables, but note in their full listings that the community received a small grant toward the purchase of a branch library.
• F: Bobinski and Miller summarize 105 Ohio libraries, though Miller's summary details 107. Jones, who investigated the branch libraries of Cleveland and Cincinnati, arrives at 106, the most authoritative number.
• G: This figure includes the cost of the central library in Pittsburgh, which Miller does not include.
• H: Bobinski and Miller claim there are just 43 libraries in Washington but detail 44 in their summary tables, which matches the other references.

Map

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