Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005 is the first nationwide look at artists' demographic and employment patterns in the 21st century.
Artists in the Workforce analyzes working artist trends, gathering new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide a comprehensive overview of this workforce segment and its maturation over the past 30 years, along with detailed information on specific artist occupations.
The report begins with a discussion of key findings, followed by 60 supporting tables derived from the 1990 and 2000 censuses and the 2003-2005 American Community Survey. The tables contain detailed information about artists that is not readily available in print or on the Internet. The tables, which appear in the second part of the report, are preceded by a “Guide to Tables and Terms” with definitions of the data. Also included are three appendices that describe the census-defined artist occupations, the data sources, the accuracy of the estimates, and the new American Community Survey.
An executive summary is also available as a separate document.