26 Facts about Hillsboro Public Library in 2026

What is the most popular item at the Hillsboro Public Library in 2025? Most popular event?

Get the answer from our list of 26 facts and see if anything surprises you.

1. Total circulation in 2025: 2,630,027 checkouts and renewals. After adjusting for hours open, this was a 2.2% increase over 2024 and a 7.2% increase from 2023.
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3. Total digital circulation in 2025: 795,888 checkouts. This was an increase of 14.6% over 2024, and a 41.1% increase from two years ago.
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5. There were more than 1.8 million checkouts and renewals of physical items in 2025.
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7. Hillsboro Public Library had the highest number of physical checkouts in the WCCLS system.
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9. For digital checkouts, Hillsboro ranked second in the WCCLS system.
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11. There are more than 70,000 library card holders in Hillsboro Public Library's service area.
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13. The top circulating item was a Hillsboro Public Library tote bag, which was checked out 2,396 times. Did you know we have tote bags you can check out when you have a lot of items to carry?
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15. The top circulating book in 2025 was the children's graphic novel, Dog Man, Big Jim Begins with nearly 600 checkouts.
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17. The second highest circulating book was another graphic novel, Wings of Fire, Book Seven, Winter Turning.
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19. The third highest circulating book was Dog Man, Fetch-22, also a graphic novel. It was a big year for graphic novels!
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21. July was the busiest month with over 165,000 checkouts and renewals.
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23. Spanish was the top non-English language with 35,025 checkouts and renewals, followed by Japanese (7,406), Chinese (5,782), Korean (2,541), and French (2,024).
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25. Traffic counts continue to rebound from the pandemic with a 2% increase in visits (661,200) over 2024.
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27. The busiest day in 2025 was Saturday, April 26, when 3,370 people visited the libraries.
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29. The most attendees at one event was the End of the Summer Reading Program party on August 23, 2025, with 556 attendees.
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31. The second most attended event was Día de los Niños on April 26, 2025, with 426 attendees.
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33. Study Rooms continue to gain popularity with 23,764 hours reserved.
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35. There were nearly 60,000 computer logons by patrons, totaling 48,629 computer hours of usage.
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37. Hillsboro Public Library held 1,066 events and programs with attendance totaling 28,681.
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39. There were 107 outreach events attended by more than 12,000 people total.
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41. Our amazing volunteers gave 22,309 hours of their time to help at the library.
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43. The Shelf Talk eNewsletter is sent out at the beginning of each month to all library card holders and interested community members, more than 70,000 community members in total.
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45. There were nine I Blame My Shelf podcasts posted by staff in 2025.
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47. Two additional StoryWalks were installed in 2025, bringing the total number to four across the community. StoryWalks are generously funded by the Library Foundation of Hillsboro.
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49. Due to the general support of the Friends of the Hillsboro Public Library and the Library Foundation of Hillsboro, a total of 9,681 books were given away (for free) for the Summer Reading Program and 690 during Banned Books Week.
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51. Hillsboro Reads is celebrating its 11th annual event in March.

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