Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library, serving an area of 10,000 residents, has a collection of 25,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 84 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 2 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $5,000. Patrons make 16,800 visits annually, and check out materials 21,000 times. Eleven percent of all check-outs are children's materials.