This image is of a graph depicting the percentage of patrons visiting a public library in a typical week that are classified as children and young adults. Children and Young adults account for 40 percent of public library users which is a sizable portion of all users. This data was collected in 1993, but is still congruent with todays data.
That being said, if children and young adult account for so many library patrons how come libraries do not employ more children and young adult specialists? Despite most patrons being children or young adults, only "Two of every five libraries had a children's specialist, 11 percent had a young adult specialist, and 24 percent had a youth services specialists on staff (Figure 6). (NCES, 1995).
As a I want to work in a public library with youth services, this data is immensely important to me. Since public libraries have a huge number of young adult users a young adult specialist should be in high demand.
I found this image on the National Center of Educational Statistics website.
Here is a link to the specific page where I found the image and the data.
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/frss/publications/95357/index.asp?sectionid=3
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