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Public libraries in Massachusetts

337 public libraries in Massachusetts, 7th 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)
Cambridge Public LibraryCambridgeMiddlesex49.3
Worcester Public LibraryWorcesterWorcester41.5
Springfield City LibrarySpringfieldHampden36
Newton Free LibraryNewtonMiddlesex27.5
Framingham Public LibraryFraminghamMiddlesex26.2
Somerville Public LibrarySomervilleMiddlesex25.8
Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public LibraryMedfordMiddlesex20.7
Thomas Crane Public LibraryQuincyNorfolk20.1
Brookline Public LibraryBrooklineNorfolk19.8
Watertown Free Public LibraryWatertownMiddlesex18.8
Taunton Public LibraryTauntonBristol17.5
Cary Memorial LibraryLexingtonMiddlesex17.1
Morse Institute LibraryNatickMiddlesex16.1
Haverhill Public LibraryHaverhillEssex15.7
Wellesley Free LibraryWellesleyNorfolk15.7
Morrill Memorial LibraryNorwoodNorfolk15.5
Salem Public LibrarySalemEssex15.4
Needham Free Public LibraryNeedhamNorfolk15.3
Beverly Public LibraryBeverlyEssex15
Memorial Hall LibraryAndoverEssex14.8
Belmont Public LibraryBelmontMiddlesex14
Robbins LibraryArlingtonMiddlesex13.9
Leominster Public LibraryLeominsterWorcester12.9
Reading Public LibraryReadingMiddlesex12.9
Waltham Public LibraryWalthamMiddlesex12.8
Chicopee Public LibraryChicopeeHampden12.5
Milford Town LibraryMilfordWorcester12.2
Newburyport Public LibraryNewburyportEssex12.2
Shrewsbury Free Public LibraryShrewsburyWorcester12.2
Weymouth Public LibrariesWeymouthNorfolk12.2
Peabody Institute LibraryPeabodyEssex11.8
Nantucket AtheneumNantucketNantucket11.5
Peabody Institute LibraryDanversEssex11.5
Lucius Beebe Memorial LibraryWakefieldMiddlesex11.4
Brockton Public LibraryBrocktonPlymouth11.3
Chelmsford Public LibraryChelmsfordMiddlesex11.3
Winchester Public LibraryWinchesterMiddlesex11.3
Samuel S. Pollard Memorial LibraryLowellMiddlesex11.1
Acton Memorial LibraryActonMiddlesex10.9
Agawam Public LibraryAgawamHampden10.5
Hingham Public LibraryHinghamPlymouth10.5
Falmouth Public LibraryFalmouthBarnstable10.3
Burlington Public LibraryBurlingtonMiddlesex10.1
New Bedford Free Public LibraryNew BedfordBristol10
Forbes LibraryNorthamptonHampshire9.9
Marlborough Public LibraryMarlboroughMiddlesex9.7
Westwood Public LibraryWestwoodNorfolk9.7
Billerica Public LibraryBillericaMiddlesex9.6
J. V. Fletcher LibraryWestfordMiddlesex9.3
Jones Library, Inc.AmherstHampshire9.3
Bedford Free Public LibraryBedfordMiddlesex9.1
Malden Public LibraryMaldenMiddlesex9.1
Stevens Memorial LibraryNorth AndoverEssex9
Hamilton-Wenham Public LibrarySouth HamiltonEssex8.8
Wilmington Memorial LibraryWilmingtonMiddlesex8.7
Attleboro Public LibraryAttleboroBristol8.6
Dedham Public LibraryDedhamNorfolk8.6
Weston Public LibraryWestonMiddlesex8.5
Fitchburg Public LibraryFitchburgWorcester8.4
Flint Public LibraryMiddletonEssex8.4
Lynnfield Public LibraryLynnfieldEssex8.4
Plymouth Public LibraryPlymouthPlymouth8.4
Westborough Public LibraryWestboroughWorcester8.4
Goodnow LibrarySudburyMiddlesex8.3
Milton Public LibraryMiltonNorfolk8.2
Wayland Free Public LibraryWaylandMiddlesex8.1
Duxbury Free LibraryDuxburyPlymouth8
Sandwich Free Public LibrarySandwichBarnstable8
West Springfield Public LibraryWest SpringfieldHampden8
Woburn Public LibraryWoburnMiddlesex7.9
Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free LibGloucesterEssex7.8
Palmer Public LibraryPalmerHampden7.8
Everett Public LibrariesEverettMiddlesex7.5
Sharon Public LibrarySharonNorfolk7.5
Hyannis Public Library Assoc.HyannisBarnstable7
Lawrence Public LibraryLawrenceEssex7
Thayer Public LibraryBraintreeNorfolk7
Lynn Public LibraryLynnEssex6.9
Norfolk Public LibraryNorfolkNorfolk6.9
Gale Free LibraryHoldenWorcester6.8
Melrose Public LibraryMelroseMiddlesex6.7
Lincoln Public LibraryLincolnMiddlesex6.6
Mashpee Public LibraryMashpeeBarnstable6.6
Yarmouth Town LibrariesSouth YarmouthBarnstable6.6
Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Lib.DracutMiddlesex6.5
Topsfield Town LibraryTopsfieldEssex6.5
Northborough Free LibraryNorthboroughWorcester6.4
Swampscott Public LibrarySwampscottEssex6.4
Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc.North EastonBristol6.3
Canton Public LibraryCantonNorfolk6.2
Stoughton Public LibraryStoughtonNorfolk6.2
Brooks Free LibraryHarwichBarnstable6.1
David & Joyce Milne Public LibraryWilliamstownBerkshire6.1
Dover Town LibraryDoverNorfolk6.1
Fall River Public LibraryFall RiverBristol6.1
Franklin Public LibraryFranklinNorfolk6.1
Hudson Public LibraryHudsonMiddlesex6.1
Wilbraham Public LibraryWilbrahamHampden6.1
Ashland Public LibraryAshlandMiddlesex6
Harvard Public LibraryHarvardWorcester6
Mason LibraryGreat BarringtonBerkshire6
Tewksbury Public LibraryTewksburyMiddlesex6
Seekonk Public LibrarySeekonkBristol5.9
Ventress Memorial LibraryMarshfieldPlymouth5.9
Abbot Public LibraryMarbleheadEssex5.8
Bellingham Public LibraryBellinghamNorfolk5.8
Dartmouth Public LibrariesDartmouthBristol5.8
Middleborough Public LibraryMiddleboroughPlymouth5.8
Revere Public LibraryRevereSuffolk5.8
Amesbury Public LibraryAmesburyEssex5.7
Lawrence LibraryPepperellMiddlesex5.7
East Longmeadow Public LibraryEast LongmeadowHampden5.6
Greenfield Public LibraryGreenfieldFranklin5.6
Medfield Memorial LibraryMedfieldNorfolk5.6
Norwell Public LibraryNorwellPlymouth5.6
Richards Memorial LibraryNorth AttleboroughBristol5.6
Winthrop Public Library & MuseumWinthropSuffolk5.6
Groton Public LibraryGrotonMiddlesex5.5
Saugus Public LibrarySaugusEssex5.5
Edgartown Free Public LibraryEdgartownDukes5.4
Georgetown Peabody LibraryGeorgetownEssex5.4
West Bridgewater Public LibraryWest BridgewaterPlymouth5.4
West Tisbury Free Public LibraryWest TisburyDukes5.4
Boyden LibraryFoxboroughNorfolk5.3
Grafton Public LibraryGraftonWorcester5.2
Paul Pratt Memorial LibraryCohassetNorfolk5.2
Stoneham Public LibraryStonehamMiddlesex5.2
Ipswich Public LibraryIpswichEssex5.1
Levi Heywood Memorial LibraryGardnerWorcester5.1
Maynard Public LibraryMaynardMiddlesex5.1
Sherborn LibrarySherbornMiddlesex5.1
Flint Memorial LibraryNorth ReadingMiddlesex5
Lenox LibraryLenoxBerkshire5
Lunenburg Public LibraryLunenburgWorcester4.8
Oxford Free Public LibraryOxfordWorcester4.8
Avon Public LibraryAvonNorfolk4.7
Oak Bluffs Public LibraryOak BluffsDukes4.7
Osterville Village LibraryOstervilleBarnstable4.7
Pembroke Public LibraryPembrokePlymouth4.7
Salisbury Public LibrarySalisburyEssex4.7
Jacob Edwards LibrarySouthbridgeWorcester4.6
North Adams Public LibraryNorth AdamsBerkshire4.6
Richard Salter Storrs LibraryLongmeadowHampden4.6
Rockport Public LibraryRockportEssex4.6
South Hadley Public LibrarySouth HadleyHampshire4.6
Southwick Public LibrarySouthwickHampden4.6
Beaman Memorial Public LibraryWest BoylstonWorcester4.5
Bridgewater Public LibraryBridgewaterPlymouth4.5
Reuben Hoar LibraryLittletonMiddlesex4.5
Richard Sugden Public LibrarySpencerWorcester4.5
Somerset Public LibrarySomersetBristol4.5
Holliston Public LibraryHollistonMiddlesex4.4
Holmes Public LibraryHalifaxPlymouth4.4
Walpole Public LibraryWalpoleNorfolk4.4
East Bridgewater Public LibraryEast BridgewaterPlymouth4.3
Eastham Public LibraryEasthamBarnstable4.3
Kingston Public LibraryKingstonPlymouth4.3
Norton Public LibraryNortonBristol4.3
Scituate Town LibraryScituatePlymouth4.3
Snow LibraryOrleansBarnstable4.3
Wellfleet Public LibraryWellfleetBarnstable4.3
Gleason Public LibraryCarlisleMiddlesex4.2
Sturgis LibraryBarnstableBarnstable4.2
Blackstone Free Public LibraryBlackstoneWorcester4.1
Dennis Public LibraryDennis PortBarnstable4.1
Manchester-By-The-Sea Pub. LibraryManchester-By-The-SeEssex4.1
Stockbridge Library AssociationStockbridgeBerkshire4
Thayer Memorial LibraryLancasterWorcester4
Vineyard Haven Public LibraryVineyard HavenDukes4
Ayer LibraryAyerMiddlesex3.9
Cotuit LibraryCotuitBarnstable3.9
Meekins Public LibraryWilliamsburgHampshire3.9
Eldredge Public LibraryChathamBarnstable3.8
Merrimac Public LibraryMerrimacEssex3.8
Wareham Free LibraryWarehamPlymouth3.8
Jonathan Bourne Public LibraryBourneBarnstable3.7
Athol Public LibraryAtholWorcester3.6
Auburn Free Public LibraryAuburnWorcester3.6
Boxford Town LibraryBoxfordEssex3.6
Gladys E. Kelly Public LibraryWebsterWorcester3.6
Joshua Hyde Public LibrarySturbridgeWorcester3.6
Mattapoisett Free Public LibraryMattapoisettPlymouth3.6
Newbury Town LibraryByfieldEssex3.6
Fiske Public LibraryWrenthamNorfolk3.5
John Curtis Free LibraryHanoverPlymouth3.5
Mansfield Public LibraryMansfieldBristol3.5
Turner Free LibraryRandolphNorfolk3.5
Whitman Public LibraryWhitmanPlymouth3.5
Woods Memorial LibraryBarreWorcester3.5
Chilmark Free Public LibraryChilmarkDukes3.4
Dighton Public LibraryDightonBristol3.4
Bolton Public LibraryBoltonWorcester3.3
G. A. R. Memorial LibraryWest NewburyEssex3.3
Pearle L. Crawford Memorial LibraryDudleyWorcester3.3
Sargent Memorial LibraryBoxboroughMiddlesex3.3
Hadley Public LibraryHadleyHampshire3.2
Raynham Public LibraryRaynhamBristol3.2
Carver Public LibraryCarverPlymouth3.1
Hanson Public LibraryHansonPlymouth3.1
Stevens Memorial LibraryAshburnhamWorcester3.1
Abington Public LibraryAbingtonPlymouth3
Charlton Public LibraryCharltonWorcester3
Hull Public LibraryHullPlymouth3
Medway Public LibraryMedwayNorfolk3
Southborough Public LibrarySouthboroughWorcester3
Tilton LibraryDeerfieldFranklin3
Upton Town LibraryUptonWorcester3
Richards Memorial LibraryPaxtonWorcester2.9
Simon Fairfield Public LibraryDouglasWorcester2.9
Truro Public LibraryNorth TruroBarnstable2.9
Conant Free Public LibrarySterlingWorcester2.8
Elizabeth Taber LibraryMarionPlymouth2.8
Forbush Memorial LibraryWestminsterWorcester2.8
Holbrook Public LibraryHolbrookNorfolk2.8
Hubbard Memorial LibraryLudlowHampden2.8
Nahant Public LibraryNahantEssex2.8
Plainville Public LibraryPlainvilleNorfolk2.8
Townsend Public LibraryTownsendMiddlesex2.8
Centerville Public LibraryCentervilleBarnstable2.7
Edwards Public LibrarySouthamptonHampshire2.7
Hazen Memorial LibraryShirleyMiddlesex2.7
Langley Adams LibraryGrovelandEssex2.7
Provincetown Public LibraryProvincetownBarnstable2.7
Tyngsborough Public LibraryTyngsboroughMiddlesex2.7
West Falmouth Library, Inc.West FalmouthBarnstable2.7
Adams Free LibraryAdamsBerkshire2.6
Bigelow Free Public LibraryClintonWorcester2.6
Boylston Public LibraryBoylstonWorcester2.6
Granby Free Public LibraryGranbyHampshire2.6
James White Memorial Lib.East FreetownBristol2.6
Montague Public LibrariesTurners FallsFranklin2.6
Rockland Memorial LibraryRocklandPlymouth2.6
Rowley Public LibraryRowleyEssex2.6
Sutton Free Public LibrarySuttonWorcester2.6
Swansea Free Public LibrarySwanseaBristol2.6
Berkley Public LibraryBerkleyBristol2.5
Bushnell-Sage LibrarySheffieldBerkshire2.5
Rutland Free Public LibraryRutlandWorcester2.5
Sunderland Public LibrarySunderlandFranklin2.5
Erving Public LibraryErvingFranklin2.4
Merriam-Gilbert Public LibraryWest BrookfieldWorcester2.4
Randall LibraryStowMiddlesex2.4
Millbury Public LibraryMillburyWorcester2.3
Dennis Memorial Library Assoc.DennisBarnstable2.2
Marstons Mills Public LibraryMarstons MillsBarnstable2.2
Becket Athenaeum, Inc.BecketBerkshire2.1
Hampden Free Public LibraryHampdenHampden2.1
T.O.H.P. Burnham Free LibraryEssexEssex2.1
Brimfield Public LibraryBrimfieldHampden2
Dunstable Free Public LibraryDunstableMiddlesex2
Lakeville Free Public LibraryLakevillePlymouth2
Uxbridge Free Public LibraryUxbridgeWorcester2
Westport Free Public LibraryWestportBristol2
Dalton Free Public LibraryDaltonBerkshire1.9
Bancroft Memorial LibraryHopedaleWorcester1.8
Merrick Public LibraryBrookfieldWorcester1.8
Millis Public LibraryMillisNorfolk1.8
Berlin Public LibraryBerlinWorcester1.7
Chelsea Public LibraryChelseaSuffolk1.7
Dickinson Memorial LibraryNorthfieldFranklin1.7
Lee Library AssociationLeeBerkshire1.7
Leicester Public LibraryLeicesterWorcester1.7
Leverett LibraryLeverettFranklin1.7
Taft Public LibraryMendonWorcester1.7
Wheeler Memorial LibraryOrangeFranklin1.7
Acushnet Public LibraryAcushnetBristol1.6
Hatfield Public LibraryHatfieldHampshire1.6
Fobes Memorial LibraryOakhamWorcester1.5
M. N. Spear Memorial LibraryShutesburyFranklin1.5
Haston Free Public LibraryNorth BrookfieldWorcester1.4
Boynton Public LibraryTempletonWorcester1.3
Plympton Public LibraryPlymptonPlymouth1.3
Westhampton Public LibraryWesthamptonHampshire1.3
Clarksburg Town LibraryClarksburgBerkshire1.2
East Brookfield Public LibraryEast BrookfieldWorcester1.2
Jacob Sears Memorial LibraryEast DennisBarnstable1.2
Lanesborough Public LibraryLanesboroughBerkshire1.2
Arms LibraryShelburne FallsFranklin1.1
Monterey LibraryMontereyBerkshire1.1
Pelham LibraryPelhamHampshire1.1
West Warren Library AssociationWest WarrenWorcester1.1
Beals Memorial LibraryWinchendonWorcester1
Hubbardston Public LibraryHubbardstonWorcester1
Joseph H. Plumb Memorial LibraryRochesterPlymouth1
New Marlborough Town LibraryMill RiverBerkshire1
Otis Library and MuseumOtisBerkshire1
Florida Public LibraryFloridaBerkshire0.9
Granville Public LibraryGranvilleHampden0.9
Hamilton Memorial LibraryChesterHampden0.9
Paige Memorial LibraryHardwickWorcester0.9
Phinehas S. Newton LibraryRoyalstonWorcester0.9
Richmond Free Public LibraryRichmondBerkshire0.9
Rowe Town LibraryRoweFranklin0.9
West Stockbridge Public LibraryWest StockbridgeBerkshire0.9
Hinsdale Public LibraryHinsdaleBerkshire0.8
Porter Memorial LibraryBlandfordHampden0.8
Russell Public LibraryRussellHampden0.8
South Dennis Free Public LibrarySouth DennisBarnstable0.8
Wendell Free LibraryWendellFranklin0.8
Chesterfield Public LibraryChesterfieldHampshire0.7
Griswold Memorial LibraryColrainFranklin0.7
Aquinnah Public LibraryAquinnahDukes0.6
Ashby Free Public LibraryAshbyMiddlesex0.6
Buckland Public LibraryBucklandFranklin0.6
Heath Free Public LibraryHeathFranklin0.6
Wales Public LibraryWalesHampden0.6
Worthington LibraryWorthingtonHampshire0.6
Belding Memorial LibraryAshfieldFranklin0.5
Bryant Free LibraryCummingtonHampshire0.5
Egremont Free LibrarySouth EgremontBerkshire0.5
Field Memorial LibraryConwayFranklin0.5
Gilbertville Public LibraryGilbertvilleWorcester0.5
Grace Hall Memorial LibraryMontgomeryHampden0.5
Holland Public LibraryHollandHampden0.5
Huntington Public LibraryHuntingtonHampshire0.5
S. White Dickinson Memorial LibraryWhatelyFranklin0.5
Warwick Free Public LibraryWarwickFranklin0.5
West Dennis Free Public LibraryWest DennisBarnstable0.5
New Salem Public LibraryNew SalemFranklin0.4
Robertson Memorial LibraryLeydenFranklin0.4
Sandisfield Public LibrarySandisfieldBerkshire0.4
Shelburne Free Public LibraryShelburneFranklin0.4
Slate Memorial LibraryGillFranklin0.4
Tyler Memorial LibraryCharlemontFranklin0.4
Goshen Free Public LibraryGoshenHampshire0.3
Harwich Port Library Assoc.Harwich PortBarnstable0.3
L. Pollard Memorial LibraryNew BraintreeWorcester0.3
Middlefield Public LibraryMiddlefieldHampshire0.3
Millville Free Public LibraryMillvilleWorcester0.3
Peru LibraryPeruBerkshire0.3
Phillips Free Public LibraryPhillipstonWorcester0.3
Shaw Memorial LibraryPlainfieldHampshire0.3
Taylor Memorial LibraryHancockBerkshire0.3
Tolland Public LibraryTollandHampden0.3
Mount Washington Public LibraryMount WashingtonBerkshire0.2
Tyringham Free Public LibraryTyringhamBerkshire0.2
South Chatham Public LibrarySouth ChathamBarnstable0.1

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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