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2009 State Aid to Public Libraries in Nebraska

The formula for direct state aid to public libraries for 2009 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   $     1,582   $     0.87
Albion Albion Public Library   $        821   $     0.48
Alliance Alliance Public Library   $     1,769   $     0.21
Arapahoe Arapahoe Public Library   $        950   $     0.95
Ashland Ashland Public Library   $        872   $     0.37
Atkinson Atkinson Public Library   $     1,419   $     1.19
Auburn Auburn Public Library   $     1,163   $     0.37
Aurora Alice M Farr Library   $     1,050   $     0.25
Axtell Axtell Public Library   $        839   $     1.16
Bancroft HR Jordan Memorial Library   $        698   $     1.39
Bassett Rock County Public Library   $     1,009   $     0.63
Battle Creek Battle Creek Public Library   $     1,481   $     1.27
Beatrice Beatrice Public Library   $     3,214   $     0.25
Beemer Karlen Memorial Library   $        946   $     1.29
Bellevue Bellevue Public Library   $     8,412   $     0.18
Benkelman Dundy County Library   $        997   $     0.46
Bennington Bennington Public Library   $     1,130   $     0.79
Blair Blair Public Library   $     1,630   $     0.21
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   $     1,189   $     0.35
Brunswick Brunswick Public Library   $        896   $     5.21
Cambridge Butler Memorial Library   $        951   $     0.94
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library   $        688   $     1.80
Central City Central City Public Library   $     1,215   $     0.41
Ceresco Ceresco Community Library   $        724   $     0.81
Chadron Chadron Public Library   $     1,860   $     0.33
Chappell Chappell Memorial Library   $        721   $     0.75
Clarks Clarks Public Library   $        675   $     1.93
Clarkson Clarkson Public Library   $        957   $     1.41
Clay Center Clay Center Public Library   $     1,384   $     1.65
Columbus Columbus Public Library   $     7,114   $     0.23
Cozad Wilson Public Library   $     1,048   $     0.25
Crawford Crawford Public Library   $        957   $     0.89
Creighton Creighton Public Library   $        777   $     0.64
Crete Crete Public Library   $     1,482   $     0.23
Crofton Eastern Township Library   $        750   $     2.55
Curtis Klyte Burt Memorial Library   $        702   $     0.91
David City Hruska Memorial Public Library   $     1,562   $     0.60
Deshler Deshler Public Library   $        707   $     0.86
DeWitt Bob & Wauneta Burkley Library   $        683   $     1.18
Dodge John Rogers Memorial Library   $        693   $     1.02
Elgin Elgin Public Library   $        717   $     1.02
Elmwood Elmwood Public Library   $        696   $     0.98
Elwood Elwood Public Library   $        768   $     1.04
Emerson Emerson Public Library   $        707   $     0.86
Exeter Exeter Public Library   $        694   $     1.01
Fairfield Fairfield Public Library   $        671   $     1.47
Fairmont Fairmont Public Library   $        919   $     1.38
Falls City Falls City Library & Arts Center   $     1,063   $     0.24
Farnam Farnam Public Library   $        648   $     2.85
Franklin Franklin Public Library   $        724   $     0.73
Fremont Keene Memorial Library   $     4,836   $     0.19
Friend Gilbert Public Library   $        743   $     0.63
Fullerton Fullerton Public Library   $       759   $     0.59
Geneva Geneva Public Library   $       848   $     0.39
Genoa Genoa Public Library   $       721   $     0.80
Gering Gering Public Library   $     1,633   $     0.21
Gibbon Gibbon Public Library   $       804   $     0.45
Gordon Gordon City Library   $     1,013   $     0.62
Gothenburg Gothenburg Public Library   $     1,213   $     0.33
Grand Island Grand Island Public Library   $     9,177   $     0.21
Grant Hastings Memorial Library   $        741   $     0.64
Greenwood Greenwood Public Library   $        908   $     1.57
Gretna Gretna Public Library   $     1,242   $     0.32
Hartington Hartington Public Library   $     1,011   $     0.63
Hastings Hastings Public Library   $     7,686   $     0.23
Hebron Hebron Secrest Library   $        772   $     0.53
Hemingford Hemingford Public Library   $        720   $     0.76
Hildreth Hildreth Public Library   $       661   $     1.86
Holdrege Holdrege Area Public Library   $     3,365   $     0.35
Hooper Hooper Public Library   $       782   $     0.98
Howells Howells Public Library   $       727   $     1.15
Humboldt Bruun Memorial Library   $       939   $     1.06
Hyannis Grant County Library   $       692   $     1.03
Imperial Lied Imperial Public Library   $     1,087   $     0.55
Kearney Kearney Public Library   $     7,565   $     0.27
Kimball Kimball Public Library   $     1,140   $     0.48
Laurel Laurel Community Learning Center   $        719   $     0.77
LaVista LaVista Public Library   $     2,726   $     0.20
Leigh Leigh Public Library   $        705   $     1.62
Lexington Lexington Public Library   $     1,820   $     0.18
Lincoln Lincoln City Libraries   $   53,804   $     0.21
Lodgepole Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library   $        660   $     1.87
Louisville Louisville Public Library   $        731   $     0.69
Loup City Loup City Library   $        718   $     0.77
Lyman Lyman Public Library   $        666   $     1.62
Lyons Lyons Public Library   $        957   $     1.04
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 Library   $     1,507   $     0.73
Minden Jensen Memorial Library   $        990   $     0.34
Mitchell Mitchell Public Library   $     1,480   $     0.82
Mullen Hooker County Library   $       700   $     0.94
Nebraska City Morton-James Public Library   $     1,336   $     0.19
Neligh Neligh Public Library   $     1,485   $     0.93
Nelson Nelson Public Library   $        681   $     1.22
Newman Grove Newman Grove Public Library   $        993   $     1.26
Niobrara Niobrara Public Library   $        692   $     1.87
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library   $     4,556   $     0.19
North Bend North Bend Public Library   $        745   $     0.62
North Platte North Platte Public Library   $     4,609   $     0.19
Oakdale Oakdale Public Library   $       678   $     2.05
Oakland Oakland Public Library   $       996   $     0.76
Ogallala Goodall City Library   $     1,932   $     0.40
Omaha Omaha Public Library   $   97,544   $     0.21
O'Neill O'Neill Public Library   $     1,660   $     0.46
Orchard Orchard Public Library   $        907   $     2.44
Ord Ord Township Library   $     1,321   $     0.53
Orleans Cordelia B Preston Memorial Library   $        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 Library   $        723   $     0.85
Papillion Sump Memorial Library   $     3,434   $     0.19
Pawnee City Pawnee City Carnegie Public Library   $        947   $     0.98
Paxton Paxton Public Library   $        706   $     1.26
Pender House Memorial Library   $        964   $     0.85
Pierce Lied Pierce Public Library   $     1,056   $     0.60
Pilger Pilger Public Library   $        688   $     1.83
Plainview Plainview Carnegie Library   $     1,011   $     0.77
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library   $     2,003   $     0.28
Polk Polk Public Library   $        676   $     2.21
Ponca Ponca Public Library   $        953   $     0.92
Ralston Ralston Public Library   $     2,241   $     0.28
Randolph Lied Randolph Public Library   $        943   $     1.04
Ravenna Ravenna Public Library   $        981   $     0.75
Red Cloud Auld Public Library   $        731   $     0.69
Rushville Rushville Public Library   $        718   $     0.77
Schuyler Schuyler Public Library   $     1,279   $     0.24
Scottsbluff Scottsbluff Public Library   $     2,659   $     0.18
Scribner Scribner Public Library   $     1,394   $     1.48
Seward Seward Public Library   $     1,525   $     0.23
Shelby Shelby Public Library   $        936   $     1.41
Shickley Virgil Biegert Public Library   $        661   $     1.83
Sidney Sidney Public Library   $     3,406   $     0.34
South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library   $     2,565   $     0.21
Springfield Springfield Public Library   $        998   $     0.67
St. Edward St. Edward Public Library   $        726   $     0.96
St. Paul St. Paul Public Library   $     1,076   $     0.48
Stanton Stanton Public Library   $     1,040   $     0.63
Stromsburg Stromsburg Public Library   $        988   $     0.84
Superior Superior Carnegie Public Library   $     1,045   $     0.54
Sutton Sutton Memorial Library   $        768   $     0.54
Syracuse Syracuse Public Library   $        806   $     0.44
Tecumseh Tecumseh Public Library   $        796   $     0.47
Tekamah Tekamah Public Library   $     1,049   $     0.57
Tilden Raymond A Whitwer Tilden Public Library   $     1,492   $     1.38
Trenton   Trenton Public Library   $        675   $     1.38
Ulysses Ulysses Township Library   $        895   $     1.99
Valentine Valentine Public Library   $     1,833   $     0.66
Valley Valley Public Library   $        916   $     0.43
Valparaiso Valparaiso Public Library   $        690   $     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   $        968   $     0.77
Wausa Lincoln Township Library   $       698   $     0.95
Wayne   Wayne Public Library   $     1,439   $     0.27
Weeping Water Weeping Water Public Library   $       738   $     0.65
West Point John A Stahl Library   $     1,227   $     0.35
Western Struckman-Baatz Public Library   $        654   $     2.28
Wilber Dvoracek Memorial Library   $        804   $     0.45
Winside Lied Winside Public Library   $        704   $     1.59
Wisner Wisner Public Library   $        995   $     0.81
Wymore Wymore Public Library   $        818   $     0.50
York Kilgore Memorial Library   $     2,137   $     0.27
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

For more information, contact Sam Shaw.