Dataset

Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA)—state-level estimates.

Periodicity

Launched in 2013, the ACPSA is intended as an annual product. Complete state estimates, corresponding with the national account, first became available in 2018.

Source/Sponsor

Partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Research Topic

Arts and cultural contributions to Gross State Product (GSP); employment and compensation by arts and cultural industries

Notable Features

State-level estimates of arts and cultural value-added, employment, and compensation by industry

Full time-series spans state data from 2001 to 2021, with estimates also including:

Location quotients (i.e., a state’s concentration of arts and cultural value-added, employment, or compensation indexed to the overall U.S. share of 1.0)

Updates

This release shows new estimates for 2021, in addition to providing revised data for 2017-2021.

Overview

The new state-level dataset includes data on the arts and cultural economy for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, every state and the District of Columbia saw growth in value added to their economies from arts and cultural industries, with 31 states and D.C. showing at least a 10 percent increase in the arts and cultural industries value added to gross state product (GSP). In the case of 47 states and D.C., the economic value from arts and culture surpassed 2019 levels.

Employment trends for the same industries tell a different story. Although 49 states have seen increases in arts and cultural employment from 2020 to 2021, no state has reached its 2019 level.