The following list of Carnegie libraries in the United States provides detailed information on public Carnegie libraries in each state or other territory in the United States, 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 and Delaware have no Carnegie libraries, and are thus not included in the table.
| State | Number of public grants[1] |
Number of public libraries[1] |
Number of academic libraries[2] |
Earliest grant[3] |
Latest grant[3] |
Total amount (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 14 | 14 | 5 | Feb 13, 1901 | May 15, 1916 | $289,840.00 |
| Arizona | 4 | 4 | — | Jul 4, 1899 | Sep 14, 1917 | $64,000.00 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 4 | — | Mar 24, 1906 | Sep 20, 1915 | $138,600.00 |
| California | 121 | 142 | 2 | Jul 7, 1899 | Sep 14, 1917 | $2,836,987.00 |
| Colorado | 27 | 35[A] | 1 | Dec 21, 1899 | Feb 3, 1917 | $779,943.00 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 11 | — | Aug 16, 1901 | Sep 25, 1914 | $191,900.00 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mar 16, 1899 | Mar 16, 1899 | $732,000.00 |
| Florida | 10 | 10 | 4 | Dec 30, 1901 | Feb 3, 1917 | $254,500.00 |
| Georgia | 20 | 24 | 5 | Oct 3, 1898 | Jun 11, 1914 | $613,756.00 |
| Idaho | 10 | 10 | — | Feb 12, 1903 | Mar 11, 1914 | $137,500.00 |
| Illinois | 105 | 106 | 5 | Aug 8, 1900 | Sep 29, 1915 | $1,751,200.00 |
| Indiana | 156 | 165 | 2 | Jan 15, 1901 | Mar 11, 1918 | $2,588,664.38 |
| Iowa | 99 | 101 | 7 | Jan 15, 1892 | Nov 7, 1917 | $1,705,706.00 |
| Kansas | 58 | 59 | 7 | Jan 3, 1900 | Nov 9, 1916 | $1,070,496.00 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 23 | 4 | Oct 30, 1899 | Apr 13, 1914 | $896,800.00 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 9 | — | Oct 17, 1901 | Apr 8, 1907 | $380,000.00 |
| Maine | 18[B] | 18 | 2 | Jan 15, 1901 | Feb 15, 1912 | $311,450.00 |
| Maryland | 1 | 14 | — | Nov 10, 1906 | Nov 10, 1906 | $500,000.00 |
| Massachusetts | 35 | 43 | 5 | Mar 8, 1901 | Feb 3, 1917 | $1,651,346.00 |
| Michigan | 53 | 61 | — | Feb 6, 1901 | Apr 16, 1918 | $1,655,950.00 |
| Minnesota | 57 | 65[C] | 1 | Oct 7, 1899 | Nov 7, 1917 | $998,975.00[D] |
| Mississippi | 10 | 11 | 2 | Dec 2, 1904 | Nov 22, 1923 | $235,000.00 |
| Missouri | 26 | 33 | 2 | Oct 28, 1899 | May 2, 1921 | $1,555,143.84 |
| Montana | 17 | 17 | — | Jun 21, 1901 | Oct 29, 1918 | $226,700.00 |
| Nebraska | 68 | 69 | — | Dec 20, 1899 | Sep 14, 1917 | $706,288.00 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 14, 1902 | Mar 14, 1902 | $15,000.00 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 9 | 1 | Mar 14, 1902 | Dec 13, 1907 | $154,000.00 |
| New Jersey | 30[E] | 36[E] | — | Jan 18, 1900 | Apr 3, 1917 | $1,066,935.03 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 3 | — | Mar 14, 1902 | Jan 23, 1911 | $32,000.00 |
| New York (New York City alone) |
41 (1) |
106 (66) |
3 (—) |
Dec 8, 1899 | Dec 22, 1922 | $6,697,149.00 |
| North Carolina | 9 | 10 | 6 | Mar 12, 1901 | Sep 14, 1917 | $294,313.71 |
| North Dakota | 8 | 8 | 3 | Mar 6, 1901 | Jan 28, 1916 | $201,100.00 |
| Ohio | 79[F] | 106[F] | 7 | Jun 30, 1899 | May 2, 1921 | $3,239,928.64 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | 24 | 1 | Oct 27, 1899 | Mar 31, 1916 | $494,500.00 |
| Oregon | 25 | 31 | 1 | Feb 21, 1901 | Jan 6, 1915 | $498,000.00 |
| Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) (Philadelphia alone) |
27 (12) (1) |
59 (19) (25) |
9 (2) (1) |
1886 | May 3, 1917 | $5,610,587.00[G] |
| Rhode Island | — | — | 1 | Mar 30, 1905 | Mar 30, 1905 | $150,000.00 |
| South Carolina | 14 | 14 | 4 | Jan 13, 1903 | May 15, 1916 | $189,700.00 |
| South Dakota | 25 | 25 | 2 | Jan 24, 1901 | May 3, 1917 | $311,000.00 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 13 | 7 | Dec 27, 1900 | Jan 11, 1917 | $605,500.00 |
| Texas | 30 | 32 | 1 | Apr 30, 1898 | Apr 19, 1915 | $664,500.00 |
| Utah | 23 | 23 | — | Mar 9, 1901 | Sep 26, 1919 | $255,470.00 |
| Vermont | 4 | 4 | 1 | Jul 25, 1901 | Mar 18, 1911 | $105,000.00 |
| Virginia | 2 | 3 | 4 | Mar 8, 1901 | Dec 14, 1921 | $253,000.00 |
| Washington | 33 | 44[H] | — | Jan 6, 1901 | Nov 9, 1916 | $1,046,000.00 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1 | Dec 30, 1901 | Apr 8, 1907 | $101,500.00 |
| Wisconsin | 60 | 63 | 2 | Feb 13, 1901 | Sep 29, 1915 | $1,149,511.50 |
| Wyoming | 16 | 16 | — | Dec 27, 1899 | Apr 3, 1917 | $257,500.00 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 29, 1909 | Nov 29, 1909 | $100,000.00 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | — | October 4, 1901 | October 4, 1901 | $100,000.00 |
| Totals | 1,419 | 1,687 | 109 | 1886 | Nov 22, 1923 | $45,865,440.10 |
Alternately, click on the state in the map below to go to the list of Carnegie libraries in that state.
Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.
