About Artists

Collections of statistics, graphics, and summary results from data-mining about the arts.

This Arts Data Profile gives national and state-level estimates of artists in the workforce. The figures derive from American Community Survey (ACS) data covering 2015-2019.

National and state tables, provide employment and earning estimates by artistic occupation and demographic.

The special tabulations of artists, taken from the 2015-2019 American Community Survey, were prepared by the Bureau of the Census at the request of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). These tables show labor force estimates for detailed artist occupations for the United States as a whole; each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and the largest 25 metropolitan areas.

Free and easy access to data on the arts and on the arts' value and impact for individuals and communities. The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) is a repository that facilitates research on arts and culture by acquiring data, particularly those funded by federal agencies and other organizations, and sharing those data with researchers, policymakers, people in the arts and culture field, and the general public.