Total number of patrons entering and exiting the library. In-house library visits are collected and calculated monthly using electronic gate counters. All libraries gather patron counts using the 3M / Bibliotheca security gates which count patrons as they enter and exit the library. Due to technical issues with the gate counters,Due to technical issues with the gate counters, the following numbers have been removed from the dataset.
- 1/8/2019 Express Library removed a count of 8,392,559
- 3/7/2019 Main Library removed in count 62089 and out count 61916
- 7/3/2019 Dobson Ranch Library removed in count 276404 and out count 163364

**No longer updated: see current data at https://data.mesaaz.gov/Community-Services/Unsheltered-Point-in-Time-PIT-Count-Phoenix-Metro-/jagk-fkkw **
Unsheltered Street Count by Municipality (2014‐2018), also known as Regional Homeless Point in Time Count. All communities participate in the unsheltered homeless count conducted during the last week of January. Numbers for all communities with the exception of Phoenix are a direct census of individuals interviewed by volunteers, law enforcement, and outreach workers. The City of Phoenix conducts a survey using an extrapolation method by which areas are designated “high density” or “low density” areas. Direct counts in those areas are then extrapolated to estimate the number of individuals experiencing homelessness in unsheltered situations within the City of Phoenix geographic boundaries.