Creative Community & Economy: Data and Reports
Arts & Cultural Production Satellite Account (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2022)
The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account measures the economic contributions of a wide range of arts and cultural activities: music groups, dance troupes, and theaters; natural parks, zoos, and all sorts of museums; interior design, graphic design, and photography; and much more. The report also looks at the industries that support them – broadcasting, publishing, filmmaking, and the manufacturing of cameras and musical instruments, for example.
The data about arts and culture and their supporting industries include their contributions to gross domestic product (GDP), as well as their output, employment, and compensation, both nationally and by state.
Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (Americans for the Arts, 2022)
Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. AEP6 provides detailed findings on 373 regions from across all 50 states and Puerto Rico—ranging in population from 4,000 to 4 million—and representing rural, suburban, and large urban communities. Participating communities and regions in New Hampshire included the cities of Dover, Portsmouth, and Nashua, Sullivan County, and the Monadnock and Upper Valley Regions.
In 2022, nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences generated $151.7 billion in economic activity—$73.3 billion in spending by the organizations, which leveraged an additional $78.4 billion in event-related spending by their audiences. The impact of this economic activity is far reaching, supporting 2.6 million jobs, generating $29.1 billion in tax revenue, and providing $101 billion in personal income to residents. AEP6 sends a strong signal that when we support the arts, we are investing in both economic and community well-being.
National Assembly for State Arts Agencies
Creative economy data and curated resources on how the arts and culture contribute to Economic Resiliency, Rural Prosperity, and Economic Development & Community Revitalization.
The Jobs in New England's Creative Economy and Why They Matter (New England Foundation for the Arts, 2017)
At the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), one of our missions is to strengthen the region’s creative economy through research that informs public policy. That is why we partnered with the Economic and Public Policy Research group of the UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) to answer a few important questions. What are New England’s creative enterprises? Who are New England’s creative workers? How do they overlap? How do they vary by state and what role are they playing in the overall economy? By finding data on and accounting for creative sector employment, income, demographics, and socioeconomic attributes, this report aims to provide a full story of creative work and workers in New England.
Creative Industries in New Hampshire (Americans for the Arts, 2017)
This Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts report provides a research-based approach to understanding the scope and economic importance of the arts in New Hampshire. The creative industries are composed of arts businesses that range from nonprofit museums, symphonies, and theaters to for-profit film, architecture, and design companies. Arts businesses and the creative people they employ stimulate innovation, strengthen America's competitiveness in the global marketplace, and play an important role in building and sustaining economic vibrancy. In a global economy, the creative industries are durable and enduring local employers
Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development (National Governor’s Association)
The creative industries offer numerous benefits to state economies, and states have an opportunity to both improve livability and boost state and local economies by investing in the arts and culture. This report offers insights and examples from states across the country to help governors incorporate the arts and culture into state economic development strategies. In particular, this report provides governors with tips on how to understand and measure their creative industries, develop plans to capitalize on the benefits of those industries, and provide support that helps sustain the contributions of the arts and culture sector. It also explores the arts and culture in the context of their contributions to local community development and state tourism, providing information on how states can incorporate these aspects into their overall economic development strategies.
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers (American Planning Association)
As part of a collaborative project with the RMC Corporation and with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, APA's Planning and Community Health Research Center developed a series of briefing papers to illustrate how planners use arts and culture strategies to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals.