Public Libraries in Wisconsin: Full List (381)

Public library	City	County	Librarians (FTE)
Milwaukee Public Library	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	88.25
Madison Public Library	Madison	Dane	48.92
Brown County Library	Green Bay	Brown	27.4
La Crosse Public Library	La Crosse	La Crosse	20.6
Verona Public Library	Verona	Dane	20.33
Beloit Public Library	Beloit	Rock	20.2
Waukesha Public Library	Waukesha	Waukesha	17
Kenosha Public Library	Kenosha	Kenosha	16
Hedberg Public Library	Janesville	Rock	15.5
Door County Library	Sturgeon Bay	Door	15.24
Appleton Public Library	Appleton	Outagamie	15
Wauwatosa Public Library	Wauwatosa	Milwaukee	13.1
Jack Russell Memorial Library	Hartford	Washington	13.05
Middleton Public Library	Middleton	Dane	13
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library	Eau Claire	Eau Claire	12
Mead Public Library	Sheboygan	Sheboygan	12
Oshkosh Public Library	Oshkosh	Winnebago	12
Rhinelander District Library	Rhinelander	Oneida	11.92
Sun Prairie Public Library	Sun Prairie	Dane	11
West Allis Public Library	West Allis	Milwaukee	11
Elisha D. Smith Public Library	Menasha	Winnebago	10.8
Racine Public Library	Racine	Racine	10.63
La Crosse County Library	Holmen	La Crosse	10
New Berlin Public Library	New Berlin	Waukesha	9.9
Neenah Public Library	Neenah	Winnebago	9.88
Fond Du Lac Public Library	Fond Du Lac	Fond Du Lac	9.74
Oak Creek Public Library	Oak Creek	Milwaukee	9.22
Greenfield Public Library	Greenfield	Milwaukee	9
Deforest Area Public Library	Deforest	Dane	8.8
Brookfield Public Library	Brookfield	Waukesha	8.73
Carleton A. Friday Memorial Library	New Richmond	St. Croix	8.36
W.J. Niederkorn Library	Port Washington	Ozaukee	8.25
Fitchburg Public Library	Fitchburg	Dane	8
Manitowoc Public Library	Manitowoc	Manitowoc	8
T.B. Scott Free Library	Merrill	Lincoln	8
Waupaca Area Public Library	Waupaca	Waupaca	8
Franklin Public Library	Franklin	Milwaukee	7.53
Frank L. Weyenberg Library	Mequon	Ozaukee	7.5
Superior Public Library	Superior	Douglas	7.5
Pewaukee Public Library	Pewaukee	Waukesha	7.35
Delafield Public Library	Delafield	Waukesha	7.23
Community Library	Salem	Kenosha	7
Marathon County Public Library	Wausau	Marathon	7
Menomonee Falls Public Library	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha	7
Monroe Public Library	Monroe	Green	7
Reedsburg Public Library	Reedsburg	Sauk	7
Waunakee Public Library	Waunakee	Dane	6.88
Shawano County Library	Shawano	Shawano	6.6
McIntosh Memorial Library	Viroqua	Vernon	6.45
Kilbourn Public Library	Wisconsin Dells	Columbia	6.33
Pauline Haass Public Library	Sussex	Waukesha	6.3
Monona Public Library	Monona	Dane	6.2
North Shore Library	Glendale	Milwaukee	6.17
Cedarburg Public Library	Cedarburg	Ozaukee	6
E.D. Locke Public Library	McFarland	Dane	6
Matheson Memorial Library	Elkhorn	Walworth	6
McMillan Memorial Library	Wisconsin Rapids	Wood	6
Mount Horeb Public Library	Mount Horeb	Dane	6
Shorewood Public Library	Shorewood	Milwaukee	6
Watertown Public Library	Watertown	Jefferson	6
West Bend Community Memorial Library	West Bend	Washington	6
Marinette County Consolidated Public Library Service	Marinette	Marinette	5.84
U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library	Grafton	Ozaukee	5.8
Rice Lake Public Library	Rice Lake	Barron	5.75
Portage County Public Library	Stevens Point	Portage	5.7
Lester Public Library	Two Rivers	Manitowoc	5.43
Oconomowoc Public Library	Oconomowoc	Waukesha	5.43
Rusk County Community Library	Ladysmith	Rusk	5.4
Adams County Library	Adams	Adams	5.25
Whitefish Bay Public Library	Whitefish Bay	Milwaukee	5.22
Hudson Area Public Library	Hudson	St. Croix	5.2
Milton Public Library	Milton	Rock	5.06
Chippewa Falls Public Library	Chippewa Falls	Chippewa	5
Mukwonago Community Library	Mukwonago	Waukesha	5
Muskego Public Library	Muskego	Waukesha	5
Oregon Public Library	Oregon	Dane	5
River Falls Public Library	River Falls	Pierce	5
Germantown Community Library	Germantown	Washington	4.88
Minocqua Public Library	Minocqua	Oneida	4.74
Jefferson Public Library	Jefferson	Jefferson	4.64
Dodgeville Public Library	Dodgeville	Iowa	4.5
Vaughn Public Library	Ashland	Ashland	4.4
Elm Grove Public Library	Elm Grove	Waukesha	4.35
Spooner Memorial Library	Spooner	Washburn	4.13
Sheboygan Falls Memorial Library	Sheboygan Falls	Sheboygan	4.11
Burlington Public Library	Burlington	Racine	4.04
Beaver Dam Community Library	Beaver Dam	Dodge	4
Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library	Baraboo	Sauk	4
Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library	Marshfield	Wood	4
Greendale Public Library	Greendale	Milwaukee	4
Hales Corners Public Library	Hales Corners	Milwaukee	4
Hartland Public Library	Hartland	Waukesha	4
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library	Whitewater	Jefferson	4
Lake Geneva Public Library	Lake Geneva	Walworth	4
Plymouth Public Library	Plymouth	Sheboygan	4
Ruth Culver Community Library	Prairie Du Sac	Sauk	4
S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library	Keshena	Menominee	4
Town Hall Library	North Lake	Waukesha	4
St. Francis Public Library	St. Francis	Milwaukee	3.95
Menomonie Public Library	Menomonie	Dunn	3.82
Edward U. Demmer Memorial Library	Three Lakes	Oneida	3.65
Algoma Public Library	Algoma	Kewaunee	3.63
Marshall Community Library	Marshall	Dane	3.6
Brodhead Memorial Public Library	Brodhead	Green	3.59
Waterford Public Library	Waterford	Racine	3.5
Slinger Community Library	Slinger	Washington	3.4
Poynette Area Public Library	Poynette	Columbia	3.38
Brown Deer Public Library	Brown Deer	Milwaukee	3.35
Altoona Public Library	Altoona	Eau Claire	3.33
Black Earth Public Library	Black Earth	Dane	3.25
Charles & Joann Lester Library	Nekoosa	Wood	3.25
Kewaunee Public Library	Kewaunee	Kewaunee	3.2
Cudahy Family Library	Cudahy	Milwaukee	3.11
Amery Public Library	Amery	Polk	3
Berlin Public Library	Berlin	Green Lake	3
Dwight Foster Public Library	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson	3
G.E. Bleskacek Family Memorial Library	Bloomer	Chippewa	3
George Culver Community Library	Sauk City	Sauk	3
Karl Junginger Memorial Library	Waterloo	Jefferson	3
Kimberly Public Library	Kimberly	Outagamie	3
New Glarus Public Library	New Glarus	Green	3
New London Public Library	New London	Waupaca	3
Park Falls Public Library	Park Falls	Price	3
Platteville Public Library	Platteville	Grant	3
Portage Public Library	Portage	Columbia	3
Ripon Public Library	Ripon	Fond Du Lac	3
Rosemary Garfoot Public Library	Cross Plains	Dane	3
Sparta Free Library	Sparta	Monroe	3
Stoughton Public Library	Stoughton	Dane	3
Tomah Public Library	Tomah	Monroe	3
Tomahawk Public Library	Tomahawk	Lincoln	3
Oostburg Public Library	Oostburg	Sheboygan	2.97
Clintonville Public Library	Clintonville	Waupaca	2.9
Belleville Public Library	Belleville	Dane	2.88
Frederic Public Library	Frederic	Polk	2.87
Kaukauna Public Library	Kaukauna	Outagamie	2.82
Darien Public Library	Darien	Walworth	2.8
Farnsworth Public Library	Oconto	Oconto	2.75
Deerfield Public Library	Deerfield	Dane	2.73
Shell Lake Public Library	Shell Lake	Washburn	2.73
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library	Cumberland	Barron	2.73
Columbus Public Library	Columbus	Columbia	2.7
Ellsworth Public Library	Ellsworth	Pierce	2.7
Mineral Point Public Library	Mineral Point	Iowa	2.7
South Milwaukee Public Library	South Milwaukee	Milwaukee	2.7
Johnson Public Library	Darlington	Lafayette	2.65
Marion Public Library	Marion	Waupaca	2.6
Sherman & Ruth Weiss Community Library	Hayward	Sawyer	2.6
East Troy Lions Public Library	East Troy	Walworth	2.56
Sturm Memorial Library	Manawa	Waupaca	2.55
Horicon Public Library	Horicon	Dodge	2.5
Phillips Public Library	Phillips	Price	2.5
Somerset Public Library	Somerset	St. Croix	2.5
Bekkum Memorial Public Library	Westby	Vernon	2.45
St. Croix Falls Public Library	St. Croix Falls	Polk	2.43
Bayfield Carnegie Public Library	Bayfield	Bayfield	2.38
Dwight T. Parker Public Library	Fennimore	Grant	2.38
Land O' Lakes Public Library	Land O' Lakes	Vilas	2.36
Wilberg Memorial Public Library	Osceola	Polk	2.35
Grantsburg Public Library	Grantsburg	Burnett	2.2
Balsam Lake Public Library	Balsam Lake	Polk	2.19
Madeline Island Public Library	La Pointe	Ashland	2.13
Weyauwega Public Library	Weyauwega	Waupaca	2.1
McCoy Public Library	Shullsburg	Lafayette	2.06
Alice Baker Memorial Public Library	Eagle	Waukesha	2
Aram Public Library	Delavan	Walworth	2
Barrett Memorial Library	Williams Bay	Walworth	2
Barron Public Library	Barron	Barron	2
Brewer Public Library	Richland Center	Richland	2
Brillion Public Library	Brillion	Calumet	2
Carter Memorial Library	Omro	Winnebago	2
Eager Free Public Library	Evansville	Rock	2
Fontana Public Library	Fontana	Walworth	2
Hatch Public Library	Mauston	Juneau	2
Hazel Mackin Community Library	Roberts	St. Croix	2
Iola Village Library	Iola	Waupaca	2
L.D. Fargo Public Library	Lake Mills	Jefferson	2
Little Chute Public Library	Little Chute	Outagamie	2
Waupun Public Library	Waupun	Dodge	2
Albertson Memorial Library	Albany	Green	1.95
Graham Public Library	Union Grove	Racine	1.94
Montello Public Library	Montello	Marquette	1.91
Campbellsport Public Library	Campbellsport	Fond Du Lac	1.9
Crandon Public Library	Crandon	Forest	1.88
Frank B. Koller Memorial Library	Manitowish Waters	Vilas	1.88
New Holstein Public Library	New Holstein	Calumet	1.85
Edgerton Public Library	Edgerton	Rock	1.82
Neillsville Public Library	Neillsville	Clark	1.8
Plainfield Public Library	Plainfield	Waushara	1.8
Woodville Community Library	Woodville	St. Croix	1.8
Butler Public Library	Butler	Waukesha	1.76
Plum Lake Public Library	Sayner	Vilas	1.76
Rio Community Library	Rio	Columbia	1.76
Boyceville Public Library	Boyceville	Dunn	1.75
Caestecker Public Library	Green Lake	Green Lake	1.75
Colfax Public Library	Colfax	Dunn	1.75
Kewaskum Public Library	Kewaskum	Washington	1.75
Milltown Public Library	Milltown	Polk	1.73
Luck Public Library	Luck	Polk	1.68
Ted & Grace Bachhuber Memorial Library	Mayville	Dodge	1.68
Hammond Community Library	Hammond	St. Croix	1.63
Walworth Memorial Library	Walworth	Walworth	1.63
Monticello Public Library	Monticello	Green	1.6
Neuschafer Community Library	Fremont	Waupaca	1.6
Galesville Public Library	Galesville	Trempealeau	1.58
Kraemer Library & Community Center	Plain	Sauk	1.58
Spillman Public Library	North Fond Du Lac	Fond Du Lac	1.58
Barneveld Public Library	Barneveld	Iowa	1.55
Cambridge Community Library	Cambridge	Dane	1.55
Spring Green Community Library	Spring Green	Sauk	1.55
Hauge Memorial Library	Osseo	Trempealeau	1.5
Hustisford Community Library	Hustisford	Dodge	1.5
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library	Hayward	Sawyer	1.5
Rock Springs Public Library	Rock Springs	Sauk	1.5
Hazel Green Public Library	Hazel Green	Grant	1.48
Centuria Public Library	Centuria	Polk	1.35
Cornell Public Library	Cornell	Chippewa	1.33
Presque Isle Community Library	Presque Isle	Vilas	1.28
Clear Lake Public Library	Clear Lake	Polk	1.25
Scandinavia Public Library	Scandinavia	Waupaca	1.25
Soldiers Grove Public Library	Soldiers Grove	Crawford	1.2
Eckstein Memorial Library	Cassville	Grant	1.18
Lettie W. Jensen Public Library	Amherst	Portage	1.13
Endeavor Public Library	Endeavor	Marquette	1.1
Abbotsford Public Library	Abbotsford	Clark	1
Antigo Public Library	Antigo	Langlade	1
Arcadia Free Public Library	Arcadia	Trempealeau	1
Augusta Memorial Public Library	Augusta	Eau Claire	1
Baldwin Public Library	Baldwin	St. Croix	1
Black Creek Village Library	Black Creek	Outagamie	1
Black River Falls Public Library	Black River Falls	Jackson	1
Blair-Preston Public Library	Blair	Trempealeau	1
Boulder Junction Public Library	Boulder Junction	Vilas	1
Brigham Memorial Library	Sharon	Walworth	1
Calhoun Memorial Library	Chetek	Barron	1
Cameron Public Library	Cameron	Barron	1
Cashton Memorial Library	Cashton	Monroe	1
Cedar Grove Public Library	Cedar Grove	Sheboygan	1
Chilton Public Library	Chilton	Calumet	1
Clinton Public Library	Clinton	Rock	1
Colby Community Library	Colby	Clark	1
Coloma Public Library	Coloma	Waushara	1
Cuba City Public Library	Cuba City	Grant	1
D.R. Moon Memorial Library	Stanley	Chippewa	1
Durand Community Library	Durand	Pepin	1
Elkhart Lake Public Library	Elkhart Lake	Sheboygan	1
Elroy Public Library	Elroy	Juneau	1
Ethel Everhard Memorial Library	Westfield	Marquette	1
Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library	Iron River	Bayfield	1
Fox Lake Public Library	Fox Lake	Dodge	1
Frances L. Simek Memorial Library Medford	Medford	Taylor	1
Genoa City Public Library	Genoa City	Walworth	1
Gillett Public Library	Gillett	Oconto	1
Glenwood City Public Library	Glenwood City	St. Croix	1
Greenwood Area Library	Greenwood	Clark	1
Hildebrand Memorial Library	Boscobel	Grant	1
Hillsboro Public Library	Hillsboro	Vernon	1
Hortonville Public Library	Hortonville	Outagamie	1
Hutchinson Memorial Library	Randolph	Columbia	1
Independence Public Library	Independence	Trempealeau	1
Jane Morgan Memorial Library	Cambria	Columbia	1
Johnson Creek Public Library	Johnson Creek	Jefferson	1
Juneau Public Library	Juneau	Dodge	1
Kohler Public Library	Kohler	Sheboygan	1
Lakes Country Public Library	Lakewood	Oconto	1
Lakeview Community Library	Random Lake	Sheboygan	1
Larsen Family Public Library	Webster	Burnett	1
Legion Memorial Library	Mellen	Ashland	1
Lena Public Library	Lena	Oconto	1
Lester Public Library of Rome	Nekoosa	Adams	1
Lodi Woman's Club Public Library	Lodi	Columbia	1
Loyal Public Library	Loyal	Clark	1
Mazomanie Free Library	Mazomanie	Dane	1
Mercer Public Library	Mercer	Iron	1
Mill Pond Public Library	Kingston	Green Lake	1
Mondovi Public Library	Mondovi	Buffalo	1
Muehl Public Library	Seymour	Outagamie	1
New Lisbon Memorial Library	New Lisbon	Juneau	1
Oconto Falls Community Library	Oconto Falls	Oconto	1
Oneida Community Library	Oneida	Brown	1
Orfordville Public Library	Orfordville	Rock	1
Oscar Grady Public Library	Saukville	Ozaukee	1
Owen Public Library	Owen	Clark	1
Patterson Memorial Library	Wild Rose	Waushara	1
Prairie Du Chien Memorial Library	Prairie Du Chien	Crawford	1
Prescott Public Library	Prescott	Pierce	1
Princeton Public Library	Princeton	Green Lake	1
Redgranite Public Library	Redgranite	Waushara	1
Schreiner Memorial Library	Lancaster	Grant	1
Shirley M. Wright Memorial Library	Trempealeau	Trempealeau	1
Spring Valley Public Library	Spring Valley	Pierce	1
Strum Public Library	Strum	Trempealeau	1
Suring Area Public Library	Suring	Oconto	1
Thorp Public Library	Thorp	Clark	1
Turtle Lake Public Library	Turtle Lake	Barron	1
Walter E. Olson Memorial Library	Eagle River	Vilas	1
Washburn Public Library	Washburn	Bayfield	1
Wautoma Public Library	Wautoma	Waushara	1
Whitehall Community Library	Whitehall	Trempealeau	1
Winneconne Public Library	Winneconne	Winnebago	1
Powers Memorial Library	Palmyra	Jefferson	0.95
Rochester Public Library	Rochester	Racine	0.93
Iron Ridge Public Library	Iron Ridge	Dodge	0.91
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library	Stetsonville	Taylor	0.9
Angie Williams Cox Public Library	Pardeeville	Columbia	0.88
Ben Guthrie--Lac Du Flambeau Public Library	Lac Du Flambeau	Vilas	0.88
Blanchardville Public Library	Blanchardville	Lafayette	0.88
Florence County Library	Florence	Florence	0.88
Forest Lodge Library	Cable	Bayfield	0.88
Lawton Memorial Library	La Farge	Vernon	0.88
North Freedom Public Library	North Freedom	Sauk	0.88
Wonewoc Public Library	Wonewoc	Juneau	0.88
Fall Creek Public Library	Fall Creek	Eau Claire	0.85
Eleanor Ellis Public Library	Phelps	Vilas	0.82
Muscoda Public Library	Muscoda	Grant	0.82
Cadott Community Library	Cadott	Chippewa	0.8
Edith Evans Community Library	Laona	Forest	0.8
Hawkins Area Library	Hawkins	Rusk	0.8
Ogema Public Library	Ogema	Price	0.8
Plum City Public Library	Plum City	Pierce	0.8
Viola Public Library	Viola	Richland	0.79
Pittsville Community Library	Pittsville	Wood	0.78
Brandon Public Library	Brandon	Fond Du Lac	0.75
Bruce Area Library	Bruce	Rusk	0.75
Dorchester Public Library	Dorchester	Clark	0.75
Hancock Public Library	Hancock	Waushara	0.75
Kiel Public Library	Kiel	Manitowoc	0.75
Lomira Quadgraphics Community Library	Lomira	Dodge	0.75
Markesan Public Library	Markesan	Green Lake	0.75
Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library	Necedah	Juneau	0.75
Oakfield Public Library	Oakfield	Fond Du Lac	0.75
Ontario Public Library	Ontario	Vernon	0.75
Wilton Public Library	Wilton	Monroe	0.75
Neshkoro Public Library	Neshkoro	Marquette	0.73
Oxford Public Library	Oxford	Marquette	0.73
Pepin Public Library	Pepin	Pepin	0.73
Shiocton Public Library	Shiocton	Outagamie	0.73
Montfort Public Library	Montfort	Grant	0.71
Alma Public Library	Alma	Buffalo	0.7
Drummond Public Library	Drummond	Bayfield	0.7
Ettrick Public Library	Ettrick	Trempealeau	0.7
Geraldine E. Anderson Village Library	Dresser	Polk	0.7
Knutson Memorial Library	Coon Valley	Vernon	0.7
La Valle Public Library	La Valle	Sauk	0.7
Lester Public Library of Arpin	Arpin	Wood	0.7
Winter Public Library	Winter	Sawyer	0.7
Gays Mills Public Library	Gays Mills	Crawford	0.68
Granton Community Library	Granton	Clark	0.68
Brickl Memorial Library	Dickeyville	Grant	0.65
Elmwood Public Library	Elmwood	Pierce	0.65
Hurley Public Library	Hurley	Iron	0.65
Big Bend Village Library	Big Bend	Waukesha	0.63
Leon-Saxeville Township Library	Pine River	Waushara	0.63
Western Taylor County Public Library	Gilman	Taylor	0.63
Brownsville Public Library	Brownsville	Dodge	0.61
Rib Lake Public Library	Rib Lake	Taylor	0.6
Wabeno Public Library	Wabeno	Forest	0.6
Winchester Public Library	Winchester	Vilas	0.57
Kendall Public Library	Kendall	Monroe	0.55
Taylor Memorial Library	Taylor	Jackson	0.55
Withee Public Library	Withee	Clark	0.55
Allen-Dietzman Public Library	Livingston	Grant	0.53
Lone Rock Community Library	Lone Rock	Richland	0.53
Theresa Public Library	Theresa	Dodge	0.53
Benton Public Library	Benton	Lafayette	0.5
Bloomington Public Library	Bloomington	Grant	0.5
Cobb Public Library	Cobb	Iowa	0.5
De Soto Public Library	De Soto	Vernon	0.5
Deer Park Public Library	Deer Park	St. Croix	0.5
Fairchild Public Library	Fairchild	Eau Claire	0.5
John Turgeson Public Library	Belmont	Lafayette	0.5
Lester Public Library of Vesper	Vesper	Wood	0.5
Poy Sippi Public Library	Poy Sippi	Waushara	0.5
Readstown Public Library	Readstown	Vernon	0.5
Reeseville Public Library	Reeseville	Dodge	0.5
Argyle Public Library	Argyle	Lafayette	0.4
Westboro Public Library	Westboro	Taylor	0.4
Packwaukee Public Library	Packwaukee	Marquette	0.38
Clarella Hackett Johnson Public Library	Sand Creek	Dunn	0.35
Wyocena Public Library	Wyocena	Columbia	0.32
Norwalk Public Library	Norwalk	Monroe	0.25

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

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