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2005 State Aid to Public Libraries in Nebraska

The formula** for direct state aid to public libraries for 2005 is as follows:

--------Service Population*-------- --------Amount--------
0-4,999 $625 + $0.10 per capita
5,000 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 2000 census figures.

**Formulas for some libraries are adjusted for maximum eligible payments.

Town
Library
 Total State
Aid Payment		 State Aid Payment
Per Capita
Ainsworth Ainsworth Public Library $951
$0.51
AlbionAlbion Public Library   
AllianceAlliance Public Library $1,613
$0.18
Alma Hoesch Memorial Library $746$0.61
Arapahoe Arapahoe Public Library   
Arlington Arlington Public Library $747$0.66
Ashland Ashland Public Library $861
$0.38
Atkinson Atkinson Township Library $749
$0.60
Auburn Auburn Public Library $960
$0.29
Aurora Alice M. Farr Memorial Library $1,269
$0.30
AxtellAxtell Public Library   
BancroftH.R. Jordan Memorial Library   
Bartley Bartley Public Library $661
$1.86
Bassett Rock County Public Library $801
$0.46
Battle Creek Battle Creek Public Library $741
$0.64
Beatrice Beatrice Public Library $2,461
$0.20
Beaver CityBeaver City Public Library $689
$1.08
Beemer Karlen Memorial Library $725
$0.94
BellevueBellevue Public Library $7,989
$0.18
Bennington Bennington Public Library $1,140
$0.30
Blair Blair Public Library$1,376
$0.18
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library          
Blue Hill Blue Hill Public Library   
Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Library $784
$0.49
Broken Bow Broken Bow Public Library $974
$0.28
Brunswick Brunswick Public Library $669
$3.74
Cambridge Butler Memorial Library $729
$0.70
Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids Public Library $693
$1.70
Central City Central City Public Library $1,141
$0.38
CerescoCeresco Community Library $726
$0.79
Chadron Chadron Public Library $1,188
$0.21
ChappellChappell Memorial Library $823 $0.84
Clarks Clarks Public Library $677
$1.88
ClarksonClarkson Public Library $730
$1.07
Clay Center Clay Center Public Library $711
$0.83
Columbus Columbus Public Library $6,868
$0.23
Cozad Wilson Public Library $1,041
$0.25
Crawford Crawford Public Library $752
$0.59
Creighton Creighton Public Library $782
$0.62
Crete Crete Public Library$1,228
$0.20
Crofton Eastern Township Library $812
$0.77
Culbertson Culbertson Public Library $685
$1.15
Curtis Klyte Burt Memorial Library   
Dakota City Dakota City Public Library $807
$0.44
David City Hruska Memorial Library $908
$0.35
DeshlerDeshler Public Library $713$0.81
DeWitt Bob & Wauneta Burkley Public Library $682
$1.19
DodgeJohn Rogers Memorial Library $695$0.99
Elgin Elgin Public Library$718
$0.98
Elkhorn Bess Johnson Elkhorn Library $4,595
$0.21
Elmwood Elmwood Public Library $726
$1.09
Elwood Elwood Public Library $760
$1.00
EmersonEmerson Public Library $707
$0.86
Exeter Exeter Public Library $696
$0.98
Fairbury Fairbury Public Library $1,051
$0.25
Fairfield Fairfield Public Library $689 $1.47
Fairmont Fairmont Public Library $694
$1.00
Falls City Lydia Bruun Woods Memorial Library $1,092
$0.23
FranklinFranklin Public Library $728 $0.71
FremontKeene Memorial Library $4,601
$0.18
Friend Gilbert Memorial Library $742
$0.63
Fullerton Fullerton Public Library $773
$0.56
GenevaGeneva Public Library $854
$0.38
Genoa Genoa Public Library$733
$0.75
Gering Gering Public Library $1,400
$0.18
Gibbon Gibbon Public Library 801
$0.46
Gordon Gordon City Library$807
$0.46
Gothenburg Gothenburg Public Library $960
$0.29
Grand Island Grand Island Public Library $8,418
$0.20
Grant Hastings Memorial Library   
GreenwoodGreenwood Public Library $679
$1.25
Gretna Gretna Public Library $861
$0.37
Hartington Hartington Public Library $789
$0.48
Hastings Hastings Public Library $7,048
$0.23
Hebron Hebron Secrest Library $782
$0.50
HemingfordHemingford Public Library    
Hildreth Hildreth Public Library $662
$1.79
Holdrege Public Library System $2,954
$0.30
HooperHooper Public Library$708
$0.86
HowellsHowells Public Library $725
$1.15
HumboldtBruun Memorial Library $725
$0.72
Humphrey Humphrey Public Library   
Hyannis Grant County Library$700
$0.94
Imperial Imperial Public Library $863
$0.44
Indianola Indianola Public Library $689
$1.07
Kearney Kearney Public Library & Inf. Center $6,481
$0.24
KimballKimball Public Library $931
$0.36
LaVista LaVista Public Library $2,106
$0.18
LaurelLaurel Community Learning Center $724 $0.73
Leigh Leigh Public Library$704
$1.59
Lexington Lexington Public Library $1,802
$0.18
Lincoln Lincoln City Libraries $50,916
$0.20
LodgepoleNancy Fawcett Memorial Library $660
$1.90
LouisvilleLouisville Public Library $730
$0.70
LyonsLyons Public Library Public Library $736
$0.76
McCook McCook Public Library $1,449
$0.18
MeadMead Public Library$691
$1.22
Meadow GroveMeadow Grove Public Library $716
$2.30
MilfordWebermeier Memorial Library $832
$0.40
Minden Jensen Memorial Library $951
$0.32
Mitchell Mitchell Public Library $808
$0.44
MorrillMorrill Public Library $776
$0.81
MullenHooker County Library$703
$0.90
Nebraska City Morton-James Public Library $1,405
$0.19
Neligh Neligh Public Library $814
$0.49
NelsonNelson Public Library$684 $1.16
Newman Grove Newman Grove Public Library $765
$.96
NiobraraNiobrara Public Library $693
$1.83
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library $4,233
$0.18
North Bend North Bend Public Library $746
$0.62
North Platte North Platte Public Library $4,557
$0.19
O'Neill O'Neill Public Library $998
$0.27
OakdaleOakdale Public Library $677
$1.96
OaklandOakland Public Library$762
$0.56
Ogallala Goodall City Library $1,258
$0.26
Omaha Omaha Public Libraries $88,813
$0.21
Orchard Orchard Public Library $682
$1.74
Ord Ord Township Library$885
$0.34
Orleans Cordelia B. Preston Memorial Library $677
$1.30
Osceola Osceola Public Library $732
$0.79
Oshkosh Oshkosh Public Library $714
$0.80
Osmond Osmond Public Library $732
$0.92
Oxford Oxford Public Library $713
$0.81
Papillion Sump Memorial Library $2,945
$0.18
Pawnee CityCarnegie Public Library    
PaxtonPaxton Public Library$711 $1.16
Pender House Memorial Library $740
$0.64
PierceLied Pierce Public Library $830
$0.47
Pilger Pilger Public Library   
Plainview Plainview Carnegie Library $788
$0.58
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library $1,314
$0.19
Polk Polk Public Library$672
$2.09
Ponca Ponca Public Library $861
$0.81
RalstonBaright Public Library $1,702
$0.18
Randolph Randolph Public Library $721
$0.75
RavennaRavenna Public Library $761
$0.57
Red Cloud Auld Public Library $738
$0.65
Schuyler Schuyler Public Library $1,273
$0.24
Scottsbluff Scottsbluff Public Library $2,652
$0.18
Scribner Scribner Public Library $722
$0.74
Seward Seward Public Library $1,257
$0.20
Shelby Shelby Public Library $694
$1.01
Shelton Shelton Township Library   
Shickley Virgil Biegert Public Library $663
$1.76
Sidney Sidney Public Library $2,669
$0.27
South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library $2,147
$0.18
SpringfieldSpringfield Public Library $770
$0.53
St. EdwardSt. Edward Public Library $705
$0.89
St. PaulSt. Paul Public Library $1,250
$0.39
Stanton Stanton Public Library $813
$0.50
Stromsburg Stromsburg Public Library $763
$0.62
Superior Superior Carnegie Public Library $831$0.40
Sutton Sutton Memorial Library $770
$0.53
SyracuseSyracuse Public Library    
Tecumseh Tecumseh Public Library $797
$0.46
Tekamah Tekamah Public Library $829
$0.44
Tilden Tilden Public Library $810
$0.75
TrentonTrenton Public Library $677
$1.33
UlyssesUlysses Township Library $671$1.47
Valentine Valentine Public Library $1,840
$0.30
ValleyValley Public Library$941
$0.39
ValparaisoValparaiso Public Library $691
$1.23
Verdigre Verdigre Public Library $707
$1.36
WahooWahoo Public Library $1,029
$0.26
Wakefield Graves Public Library $766
$0.54
WaterlooAgnes Robinson Waterloo Library $784
$.65
WausaLincoln Township Library $732
$0.95
Wayne Wayne Public Library$1,183
$0.21
Weeping WaterWeeping Water Public Library $735
$0.67
West Point John A. Stahl Library $1,011
$0.28
Western Struckman-Baatz Memorial Library $654
$2.28
Wilber Dvoracek Memorial Library $801
$0.45
Wilsonville Wilsonville Public Library    
WinsideLied Winside Public Library $672
$1.44
WisnerWisner Public Library$772
$0.61
Wymore Wymore Public Library $824
$0.50
York Kilgore Memorial Library $2,476
$0.31
Yutan Yutan Public Library$756
$0.62

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

For more information, contact Sam Shaw.