The Power Of the Creative Economy

 

The GDP

The Arts & Culture Economy contributed over $919 billion to the United States economy in 2019— that’s 4.3% of the GDP— with growth trending upwards. The creative economy adds more to our GDP than Construction and Tourism combined, more than Agriculture and Mining combined, $265B more than Transportation, and 3X more to our GDP than Education. These industries are regularly made legislative priorities, and our sector should be, too.

We are big business because we are local business.

Our 675,000 small businesses anchor highly interdependent local commercial ecosystems that create and sustain retail, restaurants, hospitality, tourism, and transportation. If we collapse, America faces economic catastrophe in every state, city, and town.

American Jobs

Over 5.2 million Arts & Culture workers drive billions of dollars in household income and tax revenue across the United States.

The Research