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 The presence of retail book stores is positively associated with the quality of libraries.  So, it is not a question of whether people buy books or check them out: they do both or neither.

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Rank

 Overall Ranking
1  St. Louis, MO 15
2  Cleveland, OH 18
3  Kansas City, MO 14
4  Denver, CO 6
5  Columbus, OH 12
6  Minneapolis, MN 2
7.5  Cincinnati, OH 9.5
7.5  Seattle, WA 1
9  Toledo, OH 26
10  Pittsburgh, PA 8
 Top 10
 Library Support, Holdings, and Utilization
 These five variables were indexed to determine a total score and consequent ranking:   
  1. Number of school media personnel per 1,000 public school students
  2. Number of branch libraries per 10,000 library service population
  3. Volumes held in the library per capita of library service population
  4. Number of circulations per capita of library service population
  5. Number of library professional staff per 10,000 library service population

These numbers were then divided by the city population in order to calculate ratios of
library services and resources available to the population.