Arts and Culture: Data and Statistics: Economy, Funding & Jobs

• Economic Census
  • Industry Snapshots - Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
     
• The Michigan state government has a Cultural Economic Development initiative which works to "[leverage] our creative talent and cultural assets to spur economic growth and community prosperity." Includes some reports of interest with statistical information, such as the Great Lakes Arts, Culture, and Heritage Participation Survey Report, Craftworks! Michigan: A report on traditional crafts and economic development in Michigan.
   
• The Urban Institute publishes reports on Cultural Vitality Indicators in order to better understand the impact of arts and culture and the health of communities.
   
• The National Endowment for the Arts funds research that investigates the impact of the creative economy. For example:
  • America's creative economy: A study of recent conceptions, defintions, and appraoches to measurement across the USA
  • Arts and the GDP: Value added by selected cultural industries
     
• The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies publishes and aggregates statistics on Creative Economic Development.
   
• Americans for the Arts maintains a Research Hub, providing access to reports that "make a strong case for the arts and demonstrate their economic, social, and educational benefits."
   
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development publishes the Creative Economy Report, providing a global perspective.

• Federal aid programs for the arts are administered by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Some reports are available online, indexed in ProQuest Statistical, indexed in ERIC, available in the government documents collection. 

• Table Dh381-387 - National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities–appropriations, grants, awards, and gifts: 1966–1999 from Historical Statistics of the United States.

• National Assembly of States Art Agencies publishes an annual report on revenues and legislative appropriations by state and U.S. territory. Indexed in ProQuest Statistical and available in microfiche.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook - includes for example: Actors, Producers, and Directors; Artists and Related Workers; Dancers and Choreographers; Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
  • Occupational Employment Statistics

• National Endowment for the Arts - Research Reports
  • Artists and Art Workers in the United States: Findings from the American Community Survey (2005-2009) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2010)
  • Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005
  • Artists in the Workforce: 1970-1990
  • Artists in the Workfroce: 1950-1985
  • More than once in a blue moon: multiple jobholdings by American artists
  • Check the NEA website and library catalog for complete holdings

New content on the National Endowment for the Arts web site