Arts Data Profile #33

IntroductionBackgroundPress ReleaseState-Level Summary BriefState Summary TableState Fact Sheets by the U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisACPSA Table: 2017-2021National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ Creative Economy State ProfilesKey to Arts and Cultural Industries: 2021Arts and Cultural Value-Added and Employment in Rural StatesThe Arts Economy in U.S. TerritoriesGet the Data on NADAC (National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture)!

State-Level Estimates of the Arts’ Economic Value and Employment (2001-2021)

Posted March 2023

This profile features state-level estimates of arts and cultural value added, employment, and compensation derived from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department. State-level arts and cultural estimates are available for total arts and cultural production, and for 35 ACPSA industry groups.

For each U.S. state, the interactive map below illustrates: the amount and percentage of arts’ value- added as a share of the state’s economy; the number of workers employed by arts and cultural industries; and compensation (earnings and benefits) paid to these workers.