The Little Elm Public Library is in line for $70,500 from Denton County in the year that began Oct. 1, according to the county's 2026-27 library funding table.
The table, attached to the interlocal library agreements the county signs with each city that runs a library, splits $482,700 among 11 libraries. A copy is in the packet for The Colony City Council's Tuesday meeting, where that city's agreement is on the consent agenda.
How the number is figured
The county pays each library about 35 cents per person in its service area, a rate of $0.35377. For Little Elm, the table counts 170,964 people: 62,684 town residents and 108,280 county residents assigned to the library's area. That works out to $60,482.
Little Elm is also listed for $10,000 in matching money, bringing the total to $70,482, which the county rounds up to $70,500.
Only Lewisville, at $135,900, and Flower Mound, at $77,900, are slated for more. Neither of those two is listed for matching funds. The Colony is set to receive $56,100, Aubrey $35,900 and Justin, Krum, Pilot Point, Ponder, Roanoke and Sanger between $13,300 and $19,900 each.
Countywide, the table puts Denton County's population at 1,108,089, with 406,282 living in cities that have one of these libraries and 701,807 elsewhere. The county share is divided among the 11 libraries using population figures from the North Central Texas Council of Governments, according to The Colony's copy of the agreement.
