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<li>13.5 billion pieces of paper</li> <li>More than 725,000 artifacts</li> <li>More than 450 million feet of film, or about 85,302 miles (enough to circle the earth almost 3.4 times)</li> <li>41 million photographs</li> <li>40 million aerial images</li> <li>10 million maps, charts, and architectural/ engineering drawings</li> <li>More than 33 billion electronic records (837 terabytes) </li> </ul> <p><strong>New archival holdings</strong>: In 2019<a href="#2019-note">*</a>, the National Archives accessioned 55,552 cubic feet of analog records and 9 terabytes of electronic records into the permanent archival collection.</p> <hr /> <p>Digitized records in the National Archives Catalog: <strong>239,433,214 pages</strong></p> <p>NARA digital images in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA): <strong>17.8 million</strong></p> <p>NARA images in Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons: <strong>1.5 million</strong></p> <p>Total number of views of NARA records on all Wiki platforms: <strong>1.7 billion</strong></p> <hr /> <p>Number of public research rooms: <strong>34</strong></p> <p>Number of research visits: <strong>79,000 (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a>; 4,200 (2022 YTD)</strong></p> <p>Number of items furnished in NARA research rooms: <strong>229,000 (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a></strong></p> <p>Number of off-site reference requests fulfilled: <strong>143,000 (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a> 96,000 (2022 YTD)</strong></p> <p>Number of requests for veterans records fulfilled: <strong>1.2 million (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a> 874,000 (2022 YTD)</strong></p> <hr /> <p>Number of museum visitors (2019)<strong><a href="#2019-note">*</a></strong>: <strong>3 million</strong> (1.1 million at the National Archives Museum and 1.9 million at the Presidential Libraries)</p> <p>Number of Education and Public Program attendees (DC): <strong>21,058 (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a> 235,522 (2022 YTD)</strong></p> <p>Number of Education and Public Program attendees (Presidential Libraries, New York, Kansas City): <strong>588,476 (2019)<a href="#2019-note">*</a> 662,237 (2022 YTD)</strong></p> <hr /> <p><strong>Federal Records Centers</strong></p> <p><strong>26 million cubic feet</strong> of agency records, including:</p> <ul> <li>More than 1 million cubic feet of “accessioned-in-place” records stored for NARA</li> <li>More than 334,000 cubic feet of classified records</li> <li>More than 57,000 cubic feet of courtesy storage for the U.S. House and Senate</li> </ul> <p><strong>2023</strong><strong> volume of work</strong></p> <ul> <li>1 million cubic feet of new materials shelved</li> <li>More than 1.5 million cubic feet disposed</li> <li>More than 1.5 million Official Military Personnel File reference requests (St. Louis)</li> <li>More than 9.4 million IRS requests completed</li> <li><a id="2019-note" name="2019-note"></a>More than 725,000 general reference requests completed</li> <li>More than 52,000 cubic feet of permanent records transferred into NARA’s archival holdings</li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr /> <p><strong>Budget:</strong> (2022 enacted) $695 million total: $477 million in appropriated**, plus $218 million in non-appropriated funds</p> <p>(2023 request) $662 million total: $450 million in appropriated, plus $212 million in non-appropriated funds</p> <p>** Includes one-time appropriations and community-directed spending (earmarks)</p> <hr /> <ul></ul> <p><strong>Number of NARA external websites</strong>: 37. This includes Archives.gov, the National Archives Catalog, History Hub, Presidential Library websites, archived WhiteHouse.gov websites from prior administrations, and other various public websites.</p> <div class="nwidget naccordion"> <div class="widget-placeholder" data-accordion-id="75955" data-additional-classes="">Accordion</div> <div class="dynamic-widget"><div id="accordion75955" class="panel-group "> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div id="headingpanel_75954" class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title"><a href="#collapsepanel_75954" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#75955" class="collapsed"><i class="fa fa-minus-circle"></i><i class="fa fa-plus-circle"></i>Public websites</a></h3> </div> <div id="collapsepanel_75954" class="panel-collapse collapse "> <div class="panel-body"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://museum.archives.gov/">museum.archives.gov</a> (National Archives Museum)</li> <li><a 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href="https://open.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/">open.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://petitions.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/">petitions.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/">letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/">georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov</a></li> <li>clintonwhitehouse1.archives.gov</li> <li>clintonwhitehouse2.archives.gov</li> <li><a href="https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/">clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/">clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/">clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov</a></li> </ul> </div></div></div> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div id="headingpanel_75958" class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title"><a href="#collapsepanel_75958" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#75955" 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