NEA Arts Data Profile Series: Issue 1

National Overview

There are 2,081,735 million artists in the United States, identified by the occupation to which they which devoted the most hours in a given week. These artists fall into one of 11 occupations, and together they compose 1.35 percent of the total workforce.

“Equal Opportunity Data Mining: National Statistics about Working Artists”

Title of Dataset
EEO Tables for 2006-2010

Periodicity
Every 10 Years

Source/Sponsor
U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey; Multiple Agencies

Research Topic
Artists in the Workforce; Other Arts/Cultural Occupations

Notable Features

• Micro-geographic coverage. Data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, metro and micro areas; counties; and “places”

• Detailed occupations (including self-employed workers)

• Demographic and socioeconomic variables include age, gender, race and ethnicity, citizenship, disability status, industry affiliation, earnings, education level, employment status, place of residency, and place of work