Arts Data Profile #34

IntroductionBackgroundPress ReleaseNational BriefKey to Arts and Cultural Industries: 2021Data Tables (2017-2021)NEA Guide to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite AccountTables Accompanying the NEA Guide to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite AccountGet the Data on NADAC (National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture)!

The U.S. Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (1998-2021)

Posted March 2023

The subject of this profile is the arts economy. It is based on the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ 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 2021 findings. 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.