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2017 State Aid to Public Libraries in Nebraska

The formula for direct state aid to public libraries for 2017 is as follows:

--------Service Population*-------- --------Amount--------
0-7,999 $565 + $0.073 per capita
8,000 and Above $0.141 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 2017 state aid payments, service population is that of the main funding source, based on official U.S. Census.

City Library Name Total 2017 State Aid Payment 2017 State Aid per Capita
Ainsworth Ainsworth Public Library $1,193 $0.74
Albion Albion Public Library $882 $0.55
Alliance Alliance Public Library $1,601 $0.19
Alma Hoesch Memorial Library $859 $0.74
Arapahoe Arapahoe Public Library $839 $0.82
Ashland Ashland Public Library $950 $0.37
Atkinson Atkinson Public Library $1,057 $0.84
Auburn Auburn Memorial Library $1,012 $0.30
Aurora Alice M. Farr Memorial Library $1,091 $0.24
Axtell Axtell Public Library $661 $0.73
Bancroft Bancroft Public Library $630 $1.31
Bassett Rock County Public Library $870 $0.60
Battle Creek Lied Battle Creek Public Library $1,132 $0.95
Beatrice Beatrice Public Library $2,130 $0.18
Beaver City Beaver City Public Library $809 $1.36
Beemer Karlen Memorial Library $844 $1.27
Bellevue Bellevue Public Library $7,805 $0.14
Benkelman Dundy County Library $904 $0.48
Bennington Bennington Public Library $1,411 $0.52
Blair Blair Public Library $1,548 $0.19
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library $877 $0.89
Blue Hill Blue Hill Public Library $831 $0.92
Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Library $1,008 $0.71
Broadwater Broadwater Public Library $574 $4.63
Broken Bow Broken Bow Public Library $1,219 $0.35
Brunswick Brunswick Public Library $599 $4.40
Cambridge Butler Memorial Library $640 $0.61
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library $617 $1.66
Central City Central City Public Library $1,231 $0.43
Ceresco Ceresco Community Library $631 $0.70
Chadron Chadron Public Library $1,386 $0.24
Chappell Chappell Memorial Library & Art Gallery $633 $0.68
Clarkson Clarkson Public Library $853 $1.35
Clay Center Clay Center Public Library $818 $1.12
Clearwater Clearwater Public Library $819 $2.05
Columbus Columbus Public Library $6,071 $0.19
Cozad Wilson Public Library $1,051 $0.27
Crawford Crawford Public Library $836 $0.86
Creighton Creighton Public Library $885 $0.81
Crete Crete Public Library $1,278 $0.18
Culbertson Culbertson Public Library $608 $1.03
Dakota City Dakota City Public Library $718 $0.38
David City Hruska Memorial Public Library $976 $0.34
Deshler Jennifer Reinke Public Library $621 $0.81
Dewitt Bob and Wauneta Burkley Library $802 $1.59
Dodge John Rogers Memorial Library $809 $1.35
Elgin Elgin Public Library $866 $1.37
Elmwood Elmwood Public Library $612 $0.96
Elwood Elwood Public Library $703 $1.03
Emerson Emerson Public Library $825 $1.01
Exeter Exeter Public Library $606 $1.08
Fairbury Fairbury Public Library $843 $0.22
Fairmont Fairmont Public Library $604 $1.12
Falls City Falls City Library and Arts Center $1,191 $0.30
Farnam Farnam Public Library $622 $4.74
Franklin Franklin Public Library $834 $0.88
Fremont Keene Memorial Library $3,991 $0.15
Friend Gilbert Public Library $966 $0.97
Fullerton Fullerton Public Library $869 $0.70
Geneva Geneva Public Library $921 $0.43
Genoa Genoa Public Library $847 $0.89
Gering Gering Public Library $1,360 $0.16
Gibbon Gibbon Public Library $903 $0.48
Gordon Gordon City Library $1,007 $0.65
Gothenburg Gothenburg Public Library $1,024 $0.29
Grand Island Grand Island Public Library $7,624 $0.15
Grant Hastings Memorial Library $867 $0.77
Greenwood Greenwood Public Library $807 $1.41
Gretna Gretna Public Library $1,395 $0.24
Hartington Hartington Public Library $1,135 $0.75
Hastings Hastings Public Library $6,330 $0.20
Hebron Hebron Secrest Library $879 $0.56
Hemingford Hemingford Public Library $624 $0.77
Hildreth Hildreth Public Library $991 $2.79
Holdrege Holdrege Area Public Library $2,995 $0.33
Hooper Hooper Public Library $626 $0.75
Howells Howells Public Library $1,047 $1.90
Humboldt Bruun Memorial Library $827 $0.97
Hyannis Grant County Library $1,298 $2.10
Imperial Lied Imperial Public Library $916 $0.44
Kearney Kearney Public Library $7,271 $0.22
Kimball Kimball Public Library $1,032 $0.43
La Vista La Vista Public Library $2,687 $0.15
Laurel Laurel Community Learning Center $864 $0.92
Leigh Leigh Public Library $524 $1.49
Lexington Lexington Public Library $1,631 $0.16
Lincoln Lincoln City Libraries $53,892 $0.18
Lodgepole Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library $588 $1.85
Louisville Louisville Public Library $649 $0.56
Loup City Loup City Public Library $1,098 $0.36
Lyman Lyman Public Library $789 $1.78
Madison Madison Public Library $831 $0.35
Mccook McCook Public Library $1,321 $0.17
Mead Mead Public Library $806 $1.44
Meadow Grove Meadow Grove Public Library $867 $2.88
Milford Webermeier Memorial Library $725 $0.33
Minden Jensen Memorial Library $1,026 $0.34
Mitchell Mitchell Public Library $687 $0.41
Morrill Morrill Public Library $632 $0.69
Nebraska City Morton-James Public Library $1,295 $0.18
Neligh Neligh Public Library $1,107 $0.73
Nelson Nelson Public Library $599 $1.27
Newman Grove Newman Grove Public Library $898 $1.23
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library $3,647 $0.15
North Bend North Bend Public Library $855 $0.69
North Platte North Platte Public Library $5,660 $0.16
Oakdale Lois Johnson Memorial Library $812 $2.71
Oakland Oakland Public Library $867 $0.72
Ogallala Goodall City Library $1,255 $0.27
Omaha Omaha Public Library $88,450 $0.17
O'Neill O'Neill Public Library $927 $0.28
Orchard Orchard Public Library $816 $2.30
Ord Ord Township Library $944 $0.39
Orleans Cordelia B. Preston Memorial Library $611 $1.25
Osceola Osceola Public Library $847 $0.99
Oshkosh Oshkosh Public Library $625 $0.76
Osmond Osmond Public Library $866 $1.13
Oxford Oxford Public Library $631 $0.82
Palisade Palisade Public Library $792 $2.24
Palmyra Palmyra Memorial Library $805 $1.46
Papillion Sump Memorial Library $3,681 $0.16
Pawnee City Pawnee City Public Library $827 $0.98
Paxton Paxton Public Library $827 $1.64
Pender House Memorial Library $641 $0.62
Pierce Lied Pierce Public Library $1,137 $0.65
Pilger Pilger Public Library $840 $2.47
Plainview Plainview Public Library $899 $0.73
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library $1,439 $0.22
Polk Polk Public Library $808 $2.61
Ponca Ponca Carnegie Library $833 $0.89
Ralston Baright Public Library $2,457 $0.27
Randolph Lied Randolph Public Library $1,092 $1.19
Ravenna Ravenna Public Library $865 $0.63
Red Cloud Auld Public Library $836 $0.86
Rushville Rushville Public Library $828 $0.97
Schuyler Schuyler Public Library $1,340 $0.22
Scottsbluff Lied Scottsbluff Public Library $2,497 $0.17
Scribner Scribner Public Library $627 $0.74
Seward Seward Memorial Library $1,485 $0.21
Shelby Shelby Community Library $1,036 $1.49
Shickley Virgil Biegert Public Library $789 $2.40
Sidney Sidney Public Library $2,531 $0.25
South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library $2,484 $0.19
Springfield Springfield Memorial Library $883 $0.54
St. Paul St. Paul Public Library $895 $0.40
Stanton Stanton Public Library $906 $0.60
Stromsburg Stromsburg Public Library $669 $0.58
Superior Superior Public Library $904 $0.48
Sutton Sutton Memorial Library $670 $0.46
Syracuse Syracuse Public Library $908 $0.46
Tecumseh Tecumseh Public Library $684 $0.42
Tekamah Lied Tekamah Public Library $907 $0.52
Tilden Raymond A. Whitwer Tilden Public Library $1,139 $1.21
Trenton Trenton Public Library $579 $1.08
Ulysses Ulysses Township Library $588 $1.85
Valentine Valentine Public Library $1,966 $0.34
Valley Valley Public Library $1,022 $0.44
Valparaiso Valparaiso Public Library $805 $1.45
Verdigre Verdigre Public Library $645 $1.17
Wahoo Wahoo Public Library $1,292 $0.29
Wakefield Gardner Public Library $868 $0.62
Walthill Walthill Public Library $821 $1.07
Waterloo Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library $957 $0.84
Wauneta Wauneta Public Library $817 $1.42
Wausa Lied Lincoln Township Library $860 $1.13
Wayne Wayne Public Library $1,437 $0.26
Weeping Water Weeping Water Public Library $642 $0.61
West Point John A. Stahl Library $1,238 $0.37
Western Struckman-Baatz Memorial Library $582 $2.49
Wilber Dvoracek Memorial Library $901 $0.48
Wisner Wisner Public Library $880 $0.75
Wymore Wymore Public Library $703 $0.50
York Kilgore Memorial Library $1,546 $0.19
Yutan Yutan Public Library $852 $0.71

For more information, contact Sam Shaw.