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

While this year’s release only contains data for 2017-2022, the full time-series spans state data from 2001, 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 2022, in addition to providing revised data for 2017-2022. Statistics reported this year supersede all prior ACPSA statistics. The 2017 Benchmark Input-Output Table, produced by BEA in 2023, is the new inter-industry framework for ACPSA statistics. Prior ACPSA data sets used the 2012 inter-industry framework and, therefore, are not directly comparable. 

Overview

The new state-level dataset includes data on the arts and cultural economy for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, every state and the District of Columbia saw growth in value added to their economies from arts and cultural industries, with 21 states showing increases of 10 percent or greater, when not adjusting for inflation. The added economic value from arts and culture surpassed 2019 levels for every state and D.C. 

Employment trends for the same industries tell a different story. Although 45 states and the District of Columbia have seen stable or growing arts and cultural employment from 2021 to 2022, only 20 states have reached or surpassed their 2019 levels.