Colfax Public Library, serving an area of 2,200 residents, has a collection of 8,400 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 84 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 176 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $10,000. Patrons make 6,900 visits annually, and check out materials 7,800 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
