The Arlington Heights Memorial Library is a nationally award-winning public library in the village. According to the Institute of Museum & Library Services' Public Libraries Survey, in 2014, 63.5 percent of Arlington Heights residents (47,713 out of a service area population of 75,101) held library cards, entitling cardholders to borrowing privileges. For seven consecutive years, the library received a 5-star rating in "Library Journal's" national rating of public libraries, making it one of 21 libraries in the United States to earn five stars for the past seven years.