Los Altos and Los Altos Hills make up a strong library oriented community which actively supports its libraries. This support is reflected in the circulation statistics.

Population: total served 40, 887

Circulation (2005): 1,673,162

Total number of volumes in collection: 290, 472

Los Altos Library: 243,552
Woodland Branch Library: 46,920

Circulation per capita: 40.26 (one of the highest in California)