Fiscal Year 2026 - Year to Date

Physical and Digital Checkouts. Graph comparing total digital and physical checkouts month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

This includes physical checkouts and digital checkouts/borrows from our digital platforms. In June, DPL had 637,570 checkouts. Total circulation through Q3 is 5,416,120 at a +5.87% compared to FY25 during the same time.

Physical Checkouts. Graph comparing physical checkouts month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

Patrons completed 476,163 checkouts in June. Through Q3, there has been 4,042,063 checkouts with a +5.80% compared to FY25 during the same time.

Digital Checkouts. Graph comparing total digital checkouts month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

Digital checkouts consists of Hoopla and Overdrive digital checkouts/borrows. There were 161,407 checkouts/borrows in June. Through Q3, there have been 1,374,057 digital checkouts/borrows and +6.08% compared to FY25 during the same time.

Library Cards Issued. Graph compares the number of library cards issued month by month up to the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and 2026.

Dallas Public Library issued 4,514 library cards in June. Through Q3, there have been 30,613 library card issurances with a +0.82% compared to FY25 during the same time.

Visitors. Graph comparing total visitors month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 ad fiscal year 2026.

Dallas Public Library welcomed 208,451 patrons in June. Through Q3, DPL has had 1,619,383 visitors at a +15.97% compared to FY25 during the same time.

The following branches did not have working gate counters most of FY25:

-Hampton-illinois

-Highland Hills

-Lochwood

-Skyline

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

-Renner Frankford

Manual entries were included in January 2026 for these locations.

Counters were recently added mid-May at Highland Hills and Skyline.

Programming & Services

Program & Services Attendance. Graph compares program and services attendance month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

43,624 patrons participated in 2,273 events in June. An overall average of 19 patrons per event in June.

Through Q3, DPL has presented 14,098 events and 215,747 patrons have attended since June 2026.

Top 5 Titles with the most Holds

(physical material types with the same title were combinated)

1. Yesteryear: a novel- 712

2. The calamity club- 427

3. Whistler : a novel- 298

4. Strangers: a memoir of marriage- 287

5. The Correspondent: a novel- Theo of golden : a novel - 276

Top 5 E-Content Titles with the most Holds

(material types with the same title were combinated from Overdrive)

1. Yesterday- 2,950

2. Whistler -925

3. Into the Blue: A Love Song- 686

4. Dolly All the Time-659

5. Famesick: A Memoir-297

Adult Learning Attendance. Graph comparing Adult Learning attendance month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

This includes physical checkouts and digital checkouts/borrows from our digital platforms. In June, DPL had 637,570 checkouts. Total circulation through Q3 is 5,416,120 at a +5.87% compared to FY25 during the same time.

Computer Sessions. Graph comparing the number of computer sessions month by month up to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026.

Patrons requested 27,900 computer sessions in June. Through Q3, there has been 234,734 computer sessions at -10.15% compared to FY25 during the same time.

FY 26 - Quarterly Data

Statistic	Q1	% Change from FY25 Q1	Q2	% Change from FY25 Q2	APR	MAY	JUN	Q3	% Change from FY25 Q3	FY26-YTD Total	% YTD
Physical Checkouts	1,323,768	14.7%	1,336,287	7.2%	451,200	454,645	476,163	1,382,008	-2.63%	4,042,063	5.8%
Digital Checkouts	440,910	-0.7%	460,909	4.9%	151,419	159,412	161,407	472,238	14.65%	1,374,057	6.1%
In-person visitors	456,403	1.9%	556,516	33.0%	191,050	206,963	208,451	606,464	14.46%	1,619,383	16.0%
Virtual visitors	584,023	40.6%	1,076,611	111.1%	168,256	221,965	163,144	553,365	8.46%	2,213,999	54.2%
New cardholders	9,162	-1.5%	9,822	-6.0%	3,128	3,987	4,514	11,629	9.55%	30,613	0.8%
Number of programs	4,289	27.5%	4,514	-7.5%	1,647	1,375	2,273	5,295	-2.20%	14,098	3.2%
Program attendance	62,204	34.5%	64,526	-7.9%	23,661	21,732	43,624	89,017	5.63%	215,747	7.5%
Adult learning participation	4,560	-15.7%	5,270	-19.0%	1,464	638	1,983	4,085	-7.47%	13,915	-14.8%
Community Outreach	40,636	59.3%	19,086	80.8%	9,520	14,991	4,034	28,545	16.25%	88,267	45.6%
Computer Sessions	76,839	-8.6%	75,629	-11.7%	27,893	26,473	27,900	82,266	-10.12%	234,734	-10.2%
Volunteer Hours	2,980	-21.5%	3,247	-22.5%	1,023.3	1,015.6	1,441.3	3,480.2	-6.34%	9,707.9	-17.0%

FY26-YTD Circulation

Location Type	FY25 Q1	FY26 Q1	% Change to FY25 Q1	FY25 Q2	FY26 Q2	% Change to FY25 Q2	FY25 Q3	FY26 Q3	FY25-YTD	FY26-YTD	% Change to FY25 YTD
Neighborhood Library	1,052,042	1,177,815	12%	1,121,867	1,184,690	6%	1,269,056	1,230,501	2,173,909	3,593,006	65%
Central Library	102,014	145,953	43%	125,033	151,597	21%	150,306	151,507	377,353	449,057	19%
Total Physical Checkouts	1,154,056	1,323,768	15%	1,246,900	1,336,287	7%	1,419,362	1,382,008	2,551,262	4,042,063	58%
Digital Checkouts	444,180	440,910	-1%	439,212	460,909	5%	411,879	472,238	883,392	1,374,057	56%
Systemwide	1,598,236	1,764,678	10%	1,686,112	1,797,196	7%	1,831,241	1,854,246	3,434,654	5,416,120	58%

Neighborhood Library	FY25 Q1	FY26 Q1	% Change to FY25 Q1	FY26 Q2	FY25 Q2	% Change to FY25 Q2	FY25 Q3	FY26 Q3	FY25-YTD	FY26-YTD	% Change to FY25 YTD
Arcadia Park	23,055	16,315	-29%	15,923	19,955	-20%	12,851	10,778	55,861	43,016	-23%
Audelia Road	87,228	105,588	21%	103,860	95,240	9%	109,468	113,140	291,936	322,588	10%
Bachman Lake	21,297	22,328	5%	22,158	20,530	8%	23,316	24,378	65,143	68,864	6%
Dallas West	22,767	23,608	4%	24,752	23,253	6%	26,361	27,656	72,381	76,016	5%
Forest Green	41,057	44,468	8%	43,116	42,570	1%	46,495	46,643	130,122	134,227	3%
Fretz Park	99,226	121,852	23%	122,311	107,613	14%	128,612	124,843	335,451	369,006	10%
Grauwyler Park	9,790	9,439	-4%	9,682	8,922	9%	9,907	10,233	28,619	29,354	3%
Hampton Illinois	56,169	62,257	11%	64,509	56,247	15%	52,844	57,849	165,260	184,615	12%
Highland Hills	10,872	11,794	8%	11,774	12,666	-7%	12,526	13,723	36,064	37,291	3%
Kleberg Rylie	14,662	16,599	13%	13,082	14,520	-10%	15,773	11,041	44,955	40,722	-9%
Lakewood	84,125	113,462	35%	118,067	96,968	22%	112,292	125,567	293,385	357,096	22%
Lochwood	71,792	77,450	8%	75,962	75,104	1%	81,901	82,185	228,797	235,597	3%
Martin Luther King, Jr.	17,840	10,800	-39%	10,861	17,259	-37%	20,647	10,720	55,746	32,381	-42%
Mountain Creek	18,710	26,006	39%	25,591	19,199	33%	23,970	26,580	61,879	78,177	26%
North Park	10,921	14,786	35%	16,523	13,260	25%	14,624	16,897	38,805	48,206	24%
North Oak Cliff	26,163	48,975	87%	49,687	31,650	57%	42,372	49,246	100,185	147,908	48%
Oak Lawn	40,309	53,382	32%	52,792	46,649	13%	54,829	52,973	141,787	159,147	12%
Park Forest	27,616	33,275	20%	32,698	28,950	13%	36,553	32,893	93,119	98,866	6%
Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest	10,293	12,404	21%	12,047	10,393	16%	11,285	13,172	31,971	37,623	18%
Pleasant Grove	13,833	14,867	7%	15,274	15,110	1%	17,236	18,538	46,179	48,679	5%
Polk Wisdom	16,903	18,890	12%	18,903	17,514	8%	18,419	18,993	52,836	56,786	7%
Prairie Creek	26,696	26,223	-2%	29,562	27,580	7%	29,502	28,631	83,778	84,416	1%
Preston Royal	83,335	96,042	15%	98,260	92,077	7%	105,919	106,319	281,331	300,621	7%
Renner Frankford	50,833	64,181	26%	64,173	54,075	19%	65,558	66,282	170,466	194,636	14%
Skillman Southwestern	54,707	-	-100%	-	60,177	-100%	71,809	-	186,693	-	-100%
Skyline	13,565	17,023	25%	16,695	13,852	21%	15,966	17,737	43,383	51,455	19%
Timberglen	35,416	45,120	27%	43,988	35,807	23%	40,741	45,198	111,964	134,306	20%
Vickery Park	20,761	27,972	35%	27,762	22,164	25%	23,669	32,544	66,594	88,278	33%
White Rock Hills	42,101	42,709	1%	44,678	42,563	5%	43,611	45,742	128,275	133,129	4%

Digital platforms	FY25 Q1	FY26 Q1	% Change to FY25 Q1	FY25 Q2	FY26 Q2	% Change to FY25 Q2	FY25 Q3	FY26 Q3	FY25-YTD	FY26- YTD	% Change to FY25 YTD
Hoopla	45,649	49,687	9%	46,229	49,267	7%	45,862	51,075	137,740	150,029	9%
OverDrive	398,531	391,223	-2%	392,983	411,642	5%	366,017	421,163	1,157,531	1,224,028	6%

Visitors FY26 Quarterly data

Location Type	FY25 Q1	FY26 Q1	% Change from FY25 Q1	FY26 Q2	FY25 Q2	% Change from FY25 Q2	FY25 YTD	FY26 YTD	% Change to FY25
Neighborhood Library	375,522	348,433	-7%	446,209	335,478	33%	711,000	1,290,664	17%
Central Library	72,420	107,970	49%	110,307	83,092	33%	290,965	328,719	13%
In person total	447,942	456,403	2%	556,516	418,570	33%	1,001,965	1,619,383	16%
Virtual	415,393	584,023	41%	1,076,611	509,908	111%	1,435,482	2,213,999	54%
Systemwide	863,335	1,040,426	21%	1,633,127	928,478	76%	2,437,447	3,833,382	35%

Neighborhood Library	FY25 Q1	FY26 Q1	% Change from FY25 Q1	FY25 Q2	FY26 Q2	% Change from FY25 Q2	FY25 YTD	FY26 YTD	% Change to FY25
Arcadia Park	11,073	9,401	-15%	10,728	7,999	-25%	31,260	27,134	-13%
Audelia Road**	34,526	9,069	-74%	18,455	24,112	31%	77,041	62,259	-19%
Bachman Lake	10,515	10,590	1%	11,987	11,673	-3%	34,877	36,092	3%
Dallas West	11,122	10,808	-3%	11,227	11,472	2%	36,170	36,266	0%
Forest Green	32,845	28,417	-13%	33,815	19,048	-44%	100,370	66,250	-34%
Fretz Park	21,893	21,359	-2%	27,177	23,157	-15%	77,819	71,942	-8%
Grauwyler Park	4,784	5,487	15%	5,303	7,014	32%	17,793	21,536	21%
Hampton-Illinois*	-	21,395	N/A	-	24,140	N/A	18,282	70,420	N/A
Highland Hills*	-	4,101	N/A	-	16,329	N/A	-	34,339	N/A
Kleberg-Rylie	6,746	7,556	12%	6,902	2,024	N/A	20,018	10,964	-45%
Lakewood	18,709	20,397	9%	20,307	19,456	-4%	63,253	62,229	-2%
Lochwood*	-	6,975	N/A	-	29,516	N/A	-	68,135	N/A
Martin Luther King, Jr.*	-	-	N/A	-	27,763	N/A	-	59,398	N/A
Mountain Creek	17,032	9,135	-46%	7,260	12,349	70%	33,518	32,667	-3%
North Park	13,140	15,456	18%	12,392	12,883	4%	40,834	44,177	8%
North Oak Cliff	14,038	14,786	5%	14,509	14,925	3%	45,192	48,426	7%
Oak Lawn	35,223	20,623	-41%	16,704	27,691	66%	72,476	74,037	2%
Park Forest	9,240	8,186	-11%	9,785	9,388	-4%	29,068	27,942	-4%
Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest	19,457	12,528	-36%	10,358	17,341	67%	43,194	44,767	4%
Pleasant Grove	10,544	9,583	-9%	10,925	11,538	6%	35,349	34,473	-2%
Polk-Wisdom	11,549	12,197	6%	11,506	12,559	9%	38,635	40,119	4%
Prairie Creek	15,337	13,655	-11%	15,883	14,234	-10%	40,861	45,094	10%
Preston Royal	16,717	17,068	2%	17,829	16,830	-6%	54,561	56,610	4%
Renner Frankford*	-	9,707	N/A	-	22,004	N/A	5,872	49,829	N/A
Skillman Southwestern	11,592	-	-100%	12,554	-	-100%	37,343	-	-100%
Skyline***	2,047	1,352	-34%	1,131	1,886	67%	4,598	12,719	177%
Timberglen	10,836	11,122	3%	12,156	12,392	2%	36,554	38,443	5%
Vickery Park	23,700	25,404	7%	23,258	23,369	0%	69,611	74,531	7%
White Rock Hills	12,857	12,076	-6%	13,327	13,117	-2%	40,862	39,866	-2%

Kleberg-Rylie temporarily closed

* No working gate count during FY25. Manual count used beginning FY26 Jan

** Gate counter issue starting mid Oct 2025.

***Only has 1 working gate counter.