Grainger County Public Library, serving an area of 20,000 residents, has a collection of 8,400 books and periodicals. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.

Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $3,600. Patrons make 5,000 visits annually, and check out materials 7,200 times. Thirty-five percent of all check-outs are children's materials.