How many libraries are in the United States and what percentage of them are public libraries?
There are about 117,467 libraries in the US.
About 9,207 are public libraries
About 3,653 are academic libraries
About 93,861 are School Libraries (76,807 in Public Schools)
About 9,247 are "Special Libraries" (e.g., corporate, law, etc)
About 306 are Armed Forces libraried
About 1,193 are Government Libraries.