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Public libraries in Connecticut

102 public libraries in Connecticut, 27th among the states. Public library systems in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey run by a city, county, library district, school district, tribe or other government (nonprofit association libraries are not included).

Public libraryCityCountyLibrarians (FTE)
New Haven Free Public LibraryNew HavenNew Haven31.9
Bridgeport Public LibraryBridgeportFairfield19.38
Bristol Public LibraryBristolHartford18.63
Lucy Robbins Welles LibraryNewingtonHartford17.73
Fairfield Public LibraryFairfieldFairfield17.15
West Hartford Public LibraryWest HartfordHartford16.3
Norwalk Public LibraryNorwalkFairfield15.85
Silas Bronson LibraryWaterburyNew Haven15
Manchester Public LibraryManchesterHartford13.13
Hamden Public LibraryHamdenNew Haven13.1
Meriden Public LibraryMeridenNew Haven12.6
East Hartford Public LibraryEast HartfordHartford11.9
Trumbull LibraryTrumbullFairfield11.5
Southington Public LibrarySouthingtonHartford10.7
Cheshire Public LibraryCheshireNew Haven10.5
Welles-Turner Memorial LibraryGlastonburyHartford10.1
Windsor Public LibraryWindsorHartford10
Groton Public LibraryGrotonNew London9.88
North Haven Memorial LibraryNorth HavenNew Haven8.13
Bloomfield Public LibraryBloomfieldHartford8
Danbury Public LibraryDanburyFairfield7.88
Wethersfield Public LibraryWethersfieldHartford7.58
Plainville Public LibraryPlainvilleHartford7.55
Simsbury Public LibrarySimsburyHartford7.5
South Windsor Public LibrarySouth WindsorHartford7.25
Killingly Public LibraryKillinglyWindham7.08
Berlin-Peck Memorial LibraryBerlinHartford6.83
Case Memorial LibraryOrangeNew Haven6.81
East Haddam Free Public LibraryEast HaddamMiddlesex6.73
Kent Memorial LibrarySuffieldHartford6.43
Enfield Public LibraryEnfieldHartford6.38
New Milford Public LibraryNew MilfordLitchfield6.35
North Branford Library DepartmentNorth BranfordNew Haven6.2
Edith Wheeler Memorial LibraryMonroeFairfield6.18
Plumb Memorial LibrarySheltonFairfield6.13
Woodbridge Town LibraryWoodbridgeNew Haven6.05
Brookfield LibraryBrookfieldFairfield5.88
Burlington Public LibraryBurlingtonHartford5.88
Woodbury Public LibraryWoodburyLitchfield5.85
Cromwell Belden Public LibraryCromwellMiddlesex5.75
Milford Public LibraryMilfordNew Haven5.63
Cora J. Belden LibraryRocky HillHartford5.3
Canton Public LibraryCantonHartford5.25
Portland Public LibraryPortlandMiddlesex5.25
Rockville Public Library, Inc.VernonTolland5
Ledyard Public LibrariesLedyardNew London4.75
Seymour Public LibrarySeymourNew Haven4.63
Weston Public LibraryWestonFairfield4.55
Durham Public LibraryDurhamMiddlesex4.5
Middlebury Public LibraryMiddleburyNew Haven4.5
Oxford Public LibraryOxfordNew Haven4.49
Bethel Public LibraryBethelFairfield4.38
Putnam Public LibraryPutnamWindham4.38
Southbury Public LibrarySouthburyNew Haven4.38
Thomaston Public LibraryThomastonLitchfield4.38
Easton Public LibraryEastonFairfield4.33
Mansfield Public LibraryMansfieldTolland4.2
Wolcott Public LibraryWolcottNew Haven4
Derby Public LibraryDerbyNew Haven3.89
Acton Public LibraryOld SaybrookMiddlesex3.85
Willington Public LibraryWillingtonTolland3.84
Ansonia LibraryAnsoniaNew Haven3.83
Hall Memorial LibraryEllingtonTolland3.65
East Hampton Public LibraryEast HamptonMiddlesex3.5
Granby Public LibraryGranbyHartford3.5
Somers Public LibrarySomersTolland3.5
New Fairfield Free Public LibraryNew FairfieldFairfield3.28
Stafford LibraryStafford SpringsTolland3.2
Harwinton Public LibraryHarwintonLitchfield3.18
Deep River Public LibraryDeep RiverMiddlesex3.05
Douglas Library of HebronHebronTolland3
Willimantic Public LibraryWillimanticWindham3
Cragin Memorial LibraryColchesterNew London2.9
Willoughby Wallace Memorial LibraryStony CreekNew Haven2.85
Tolland Public LibraryTollandTolland2.75
Westbrook Public LibraryWestbrookMiddlesex2.75
Beacon Falls Public LibraryBeacon FallsNew Haven2.63
Terryville Public LibraryTerryvilleLitchfield2.63
Chester Public LibraryChesterMiddlesex2.38
Goshen Public LibraryGoshenLitchfield2.33
Morris Public LibraryMorrisLitchfield2.23
Bentley Memorial LibraryBoltonTolland2.18
Bethlehem Public LibraryBethlehemLitchfield2.08
Canterbury Public LibraryCanterburyWindham2.05
Prospect Public LibraryProspectNew Haven2
Sprague Public LibraryBalticNew London1.88
Jonathan Trumbull LibraryLebanonNew London1.8
Thompson Public LibraryNorth GrosvenordWindham1.68
Lyme Public LibraryLymeNew London1.63
Babcock LibraryAshfordWindham1.25
Douglas LibraryNorth CanaanLitchfield1.25
Scotland Public LibraryScotlandWindham1.2
Sterling Public LibraryOnecoWindham1.1
Chaplin Public LibraryChaplinWindham0.95
Salem Free Public LibrarySalemNew London0.93
Minor Memorial LibraryRoxburyLitchfield0.88
Janet Carlson Calvert LibraryFranklinNew London0.7
Pomfret Public LibraryPomfretWindham0.7
Andover Public LibraryAndoverTolland0.65
Eastford Public LibraryEastfordWindham0.65
Voluntown Public LibraryVoluntownNew London0.5
Union Free Public LibraryUnionTolland0.4

Largest first by librarians (FTE), as each employer reports it to its federal registry.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2024. Data captured October 2, 2026.

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