Arts Data Profile #21

IntroductionBackgroundPress ReleaseInfographicNational Summary ReportKey to ACPSA IndustriesACPSA Data Tables (2014-2016)NEA Guide to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite AccountTables Accompanying the NEA Guide to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite AccountWhat is GDP?BEA Satellite Accounts on Outdoor Recreation and Travel and TourismGet the Data on NADAC (National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture)

The U.S. Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (1998-2016)

Posted March 2019

The subject of this profile is 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. Among other data, the ACPSA reveals the size of the arts and cultural sector and its contributions to the U.S. economy, the number of workers employed by those industries and their compensation figures, consumer expenditures on arts and culture, and import/export activity.

The graphics below illustrate 2016 findings from the ACPSA. Using the drop-down list, select from a variety of arts and cultural industries to learn how much value and growth they have added to the U.S. GDP.