Largest U.S. Libraries
Institution Volumes Held

Library of Congress
24.6 million (volumes)
Harvard University
14.4 million(Volumes)
Chicago Public Library
11.0 million
New York Public Library
10.6 million
Yale University
10.5 million
Queens Borough Public Library
10.4 million
Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
10.0 million
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
9.5 million
University of California, Berkeley
9.1 million
Los Angeles Public Library, County of
8.3 million
King County Library System
8.1 million
University of Texas, Austin
7.9 million
Boston Public Library
7.7 million
University of California, Los Angeles
7.5 million
University of Michigan
7.3 million
Stanford University
7.3 million
Columbia University
7.3 million
Brooklyn Public Library
7.2 million
Cornell University
6.6 million
University of Chicago
6.6 million
Indiana University
6.3 million
Free Library of Philadelphia
6.2 million
University of Wisconsin, Madison
6.1 million
University of Washington
6.1 million
Los Angeles Public Library
6.0 million
Princeton University
5.9 million
University of Minnesota
5.9 million
Ohio State University
5.4 million
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
5.1 million
San Diego Public Library
5.0 million
Duke University
5.0 million
University of Pennsylvania
5.0 million
Dallas Public Library
4.7 million
University of Arizona
4.7 million
University of Virginia
4.7 million
Pennsylvania State University
4.5 million
Houston Public Library
4.4 million
Michigan State University
4.4 million
University of Oklahoma
4.2 million
University of Pittsburgh
4.2 million
University of Iowa
4.1 million
Northwestern University
4.1 million
New York University
3.9 million
Cleveland Public Library
3.9 million
Rutgers University
3.8 million
University of Kansas
3.8 million
University of Georgia
3.7 million
University of Southern California
3.6 million
University of Florida
3.6 million
Miami-Dade Public Library System
3.5 million
Arizona State University
3.5 million
St. Louis Public Library
3.5 million
Washington University, St. Louis
3.4 million
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
3.4 million
Johns Hopkins University
3.4 million
Hawaii State Public Library System
3.3 million
Cuyahoga County Public Library
3.2 million
University of South Carolina
3.2 million
State University of New York, Buffalo
3.2 million
University of California, Davis
3.2 million
Minneapolis Public Library
3.1 million
University of Hawaii
3.1 million
Wayne State University
3.1 million
Louisiana State University
3.1 million
Detroit Public Library
3.1 million
Brown University
3.1 million
University of Rochester
3.1 million
Mid-Continent Public Library
3.0 million
University of Massachusetts
3.0 million
University of Connecticut
3.0 million
University of Missouri, Columbia
3.0 million
Milwaukee Public Library
3.0 million
North Carolina State University
2.9 million
Columbus Metropolitan Library
2.9 million
University of Colorado
2.9 million
Cleveland Public Library
2.9 million
University of Kentucky
2.9 million
University of Maryland
2.9 million
University of Utah
2.8 million
Syracuse University
2.8 million
University of Notre Dame
2.8 million
District of Columbia Public Library
2.8 million
Texas A&M University
2.7 million
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
2.7 million
University of Cincinnati Libraries
2.7 million
University of California, San Diego
2.7 million
Enoch Pratt Free Library
2.6 million
Vanderbilt University
2.6 million
University of California, Santa Barbara
2.6 million
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2.6 million
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2.6 million
Fairfax County Public Library
2.6 million
Emory University
2.6 million
Auburn University
2.6 million
Montgomery County Public Library
2.6 million
Brigham Young University
2.6 million
St. Louis County Library District
2.5 million
Temple University
2.5 million
Kent State University
2.5 million
Georgetown University
2.5 million
Source: American Library Association, 2002.