6.2.7.1. Public libraries (2000–)*(1/2)

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Name Level 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
of territorial units
Number of service unitsa
Budapest capital, regionb 79 112 75 71 68 67 63 63 63 75
Pest county, regionc 198 189 200 221 230 218 195 205 189 187
Central Hungary large regiond 277 301 275 292 298 285 258 268 252 262
Fejér county 120 145 124 124 121 119 114 113 109 110
Komárom-Esztergom county 87 126 86 103 104 103 62 64 85 87
Veszprém county 251 246 235 238 233 233 218 233 244 243
Central Transdanubia region 458 517 445 465 458 455 394 410 438 440
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 188 197 205 202 195 198 188 105 199 219
Vas county 203 232 203 196 202 206 48 233 233 236
Zala county 243 243 242 239 235 236 108 236 270 274
Western Transdanubia region 634 672 650 637 632 640 344 574 702 729
Baranya county 166 231 203 186 185 243 117 77 250 249
Somogy county 230 232 233 234 240 231 182 245 247 249
Tolna county 116 114 118 118 119 112 111 37 117 119
Southern Transdanubia region 512 577 554 538 544 586 410 359 614 617
Transdanubia large region 1 604 1 766 1 649 1 640 1 634 1 681 1 148 1 343 1 754 1 786
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 230 239 235 229 241 258 209 372 336 442
Heves county 125 122 127 132 121 122 115 120 122 173
Nógrád county 120 124 120 120 121 120 116 126 102 122
Northern Hungary region 475 485 482 481 483 500 440 618 560 737
Hajdú-Bihar county 112 116 111 110 108 110 108 106 102 113
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 113 138 113 110 108 106 107 107 117 141
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 215 261 232 228 218 217 207 191 212 207
Northern Great Plain region 440 515 456 448 434 433 422 404 431 461
Bács-Kiskun county 137 134 136 138 141 143 121 128 122 122
Békés county 87 103 93 103 99 87 82 79 81 85
Csongrád-Csanád county 112 126 109 107 103 101 103 125 127 134
Southern Great Plain region 336 363 338 348 343 331 306 332 330 341
Great Plain and North large region 1 251 1 363 1 276 1 277 1 260 1 264 1 168 1 354 1 321 1 539
Total country 3 132 3 430 3 200 3 209 3 192 3 230 2 574 2 965 3 327 3 587
Library units, thousand
Budapest capital, regionb 3 978 4 325 3 857 3 760 3 713 3 631 3 462 3 493 3 514 3 499
Pest county, regionc 3 752 3 753 3 855 3 987 3 941 3 998 4 007 3 813 4 023 4 040
Central Hungary large regiond 7 730 8 078 7 712 7 747 7 654 7 629 7 469 7 306 7 537 7 539
Fejér county 1 788 2 061 1 895 1 914 1 916 1 917 1 962 1 944 1 982 2 034
Komárom-Esztergom county 1 510 1 624 1 526 1 550 1 569 1 571 1 524 1 585 1 611 1 610
Veszprém county 2 328 2 142 2 287 2 292 2 309 2 323 2 358 2 242 2 072 2 299
Central Transdanubia region 5 627 5 827 5 708 5 756 5 794 5 811 5 845 5 771 5 665 5 942
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 1 910 2 113 2 138 2 176 2 123 2 120 2 026 1 691 2 110 2 068
Vas county 1 513 1 618 1 539 1 540 1 540 1 550 1 410 1 408 1 357 1 229
Zala county 1 991 1 999 2 016 2 014 2 019 2 023 1 366 1 663 1 709 1 973
Western Transdanubia region 5 414 5 730 5 693 5 730 5 682 5 693 4 802 4 762 5 176 5 270
Baranya county 2 082 2 290 2 166 2 174 2 185 2 131 1 842 1 765 2 055 1 974
Somogy county 2 098 2 145 2 167 2 150 2 188 2 195 2 398 1 780 2 212 2 205
Tolna county 1 458 1 508 1 528 1 485 1 521 1 498 1 426 1 387 1 001 1 358
Southern Transdanubia region 5 638 5 943 5 861 5 809 5 894 5 824 5 666 4 933 5 268 5 536
Transdanubia large region 16 679 17 500 17 262 17 295 17 370 17 328 16 312 15 466 16 109 16 748
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 3 347 3 428 3 445 3 484 3 543 3 550 3 069 2 933 3 247 3 339
Heves county 1 516 1 494 1 525 1 545 1 541 1 532 1 404 1 325 1 496 1 458
Nógrád county 1 220 1 265 1 226 1 247 1 228 1 242 1 233 1 098 1 030 1 253
Northern Hungary region 6 083 6 187 6 196 6 276 6 312 6 324 5 706 5 356 5 773 6 050
Hajdú-Bihar county 1 837 1 903 1 879 1 885 1 880 1 891 1 868 1 906 1 898 1 913
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 2 507 2 670 2 542 2 544 2 531 2 529 2 508 2 525 2 463 2 477
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 2 510 2 553 2 680 2 636 2 636 2 644 2 381 2 443 2 413 2 660
Northern Great Plain region 6 855 7 126 7 101 7 065 7 047 7 064 6 757 6 873 6 774 7 050
Bács-Kiskun county 2 651 2 670 2 680 2 684 2 711 2 731 2 717 2 750 2 699 2 692
Békés county 1 753 1 793 1 780 1 773 1 757 1 754 1 728 1 711 1 546 1 658
Csongrád-Csanád county 2 156 2 263 2 176 2 191 2 207 2 218 2 213 2 215 2 183 2 208
Southern Great Plain region 6 559 6 726 6 636 6 648 6 675 6 703 6 658 6 676 6 428 6 558
Great Plain and North large region 19 497 20 039 19 933 19 989 20 034 20 091 19 121 18 905 18 975 19 659
Total country 43 906 45 617 44 907 45 031 45 058 45 048 42 902 41 677 42 621 43 946
Number of library units lent, thousands
Budapest capital, regionb 6 165 6 584 6 597 6 357 5 707 4 975 4 819 4 652 4 722 4 944
Pest county, regionc 3 089 3 162 3 393 3 539 3 468 3 474 3 193 2 800 2 593 2 593
Central Hungary large regiond 9 254 9 746 9 990 9 896 9 175 8 449 8 013 7 452 7 315 7 537
Fejér county 1 357 1 527 1 398 1 404 1 376 1 330 1 321 1 159 1 095 1 116
Komárom-Esztergom county 844 900 814 751 716 701 676 589 562 617
Veszprém county 1 342 1 284 1 292 1 223 1 185 1 092 1 105 996 985 1 002
Central Transdanubia region 3 543 3 711 3 504 3 378 3 277 3 123 3 103 2 744 2 642 2 735
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 1 275 1 222 1 235 1 180 1 190 1 205 1 168 1 021 1 058 1 097
Vas county 1 022 995 942 1 008 1 036 1 054 1 132 1 044 930 1 000
Zala county 1 063 1 012 1 032 998 1 035 981 934 913 909 975
Western Transdanubia region 3 360 3 229 3 209 3 186 3 261 3 240 3 234 2 977 2 897 3 072
Baranya county 1 245 1 349 1 270 1 231 1 137 1 111 1 136 1 101 1 027 1 053
Somogy county 1 289 1 295 1 324 1 214 1 173 1 201 1 221 1 101 973 1 011
Tolna county 687 662 651 644 653 654 555 519 373 491
Southern Transdanubia region 3 221 3 306 3 245 3 089 2 963 2 966 2 912 2 722 2 373 2 556
Transdanubia large region 10 124 10 246 9 958 9 653 9 501 9 329 9 248 8 444 7 912 8 363
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 2 640 2 466 2 438 2 354 2 237 2 265 2 475 2 138 2 069 2 149
Heves county 1 098 1 090 1 097 1 081 1 057 983 963 775 797 763
Nógrád county 593 565 583 558 523 497 439 373 384 420
Northern Hungary region 4 331 4 121 4 118 3 993 3 817 3 745 3 877 3 286 3 250 3 331
Hajdú-Bihar county 2 156 2 067 2 032 1 915 1 843 1 757 1 669 1 592 1 646 1 618
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 1 908 1 963 1 814 1 788 1 769 1 675 1 456 1 372 1 327 1 343
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 1 810 2 093 1 757 1 617 1 463 1 422 1 434 1 324 1 205 1 244
Northern Great Plain region 5 874 6 123 5 603 5 320 5 075 4 854 4 559 4 288 4 178 4 205
Bács-Kiskun county 1 747 1 705 1 809 1 751 1 664 1 673 1 605 1 399 1 412 1 455
Békés county 1 492 1 525 1 403 1 316 1 301 1 284 1 193 986 965 847
Csongrád-Csanád county 1 672 1 555 1 509 1 627 1 549 1 421 1 339 1 313 1 228 1 205
Southern Great Plain region 4 911 4 785 4 721 4 694 4 514 4 378 4 137 3 698 3 605 3 508
Great Plain and North large region 15 116 15 029 14 442 14 007 13 406 12 977 12 574 11 273 11 033 11 044
Total country 34 494 35 021 34 390 33 556 32 082 30 755 29 835 27 168 26 260 26 943
Number of registered users in public libraries, thousand
Budapest capital, regionb 163 195 193 214 216 239 293 290 281 299
Pest county, regionc 127 126 134 146 140 142 144 137 134 137
Central Hungary large regiond 290 321 327 360 356 381 437 427 415 436
Fejér county 59 66 65 66 63 61 60 59 58 56
Komárom-Esztergom county 36 41 37 37 40 39 32 30 32 32
Veszprém county 70 67 66 66 63 59 62 54 56 62
Central Transdanubia region 165 174 168 169 166 159 154 143 146 151
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 55 53 55 58 56 59 56 52 71 81
Vas county 34 35 36 37 38 38 38 34 38 42
Zala county 52 52 52 53 52 50 42 41 48 51
Western Transdanubia region 141 140 143 148 146 147 136 127 157 173
Baranya county 51 56 53 55 52 48 43 40 47 50
Somogy county 54 56 58 63 60 59 53 46 51 55
Tolna county 34 34 35 34 36 35 33 25 20 30
Southern Transdanubia region 139 146 146 152 148 142 129 112 118 135
Transdanubia large region 445 460 457 469 460 448 419 382 421 459
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 85 87 92 97 97 94 95 92 106 103
Heves county 46 46 48 50 50 46 47 37 41 40
Nógrád county 33 31 38 39 38 36 34 28 30 33
Northern Hungary region 164 164 178 186 185 176 176 158 177 177
Hajdú-Bihar county 89 83 82 81 78 77 75 73 72 74
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 66 70 72 75 72 70 67 66 66 67
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 81 88 84 88 76 71 79 73 68 72
Northern Great Plain region 236 241 238 244 226 218 221 212 206 213
Bács-Kiskun county 85 89 91 90 89 90 89 86 85 89
Békés county 68 70 68 70 68 70 63 56 49 58
Csongrád-Csanád county 69 71 66 68 68 71 84 83 77 76
Southern Great Plain region 222 230 225 228 225 231 236 225 211 223
Great Plain and North large region 622 635 641 658 636 625 633 595 594 613
Total country 1 357 1 416 1 425 1 487 1 452 1 454 1 489 1 404 1 430 1 509
*Data on operating libraries.  aNumber of independent libraries together with member institutes of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library from 2019.  bPlanning and statistical region and capital according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly capital.  cPlanning and statistical region and county according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly county.  dStatistical large region according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly planning and statistical region and statistical large region. 

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