Guide to Arts and Culture Related Federal Data Resources
Below is a list of publicly accessible data sources that include arts-related variables (some restrictions may apply). This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a dataset that belongs on this list, please email nearesearchgrants@arts.gov.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- The National Archive of Data on Arts Culture (NADAC), a data repository funded by the NEA offers free access to numerous datasets which are fit for exploration of arts research topics, some of which are listed below, including:
- Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA): 1982-2012, 2012, 2017, 2022
- Arts Basic Survey (ABS): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020
- American Housing Survey (AHS) Arts Supplement: 2015 Arts and Cultural Events Module Data, 2015 National Data with Arts and Culture Module, 2015 Metropolitan Data with Arts and Culture Module
- Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA)
- General Social Survey with Arts Module: 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2016, 2022 (as a union catalog)
- Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Arts and Culture Supplement: 2014
- American Time Use Survey
- Consumer Expenditure Survey: 2013: Diary Survey Files, 2013: Interview Survey and Detailed Expenditure Files
- Consumer Expenditure Survey Summary Tables
- American Community Survey (ACS) Artist Extract: 2008-2012, 2010-2014, 2011-2015, 2012-2016, 2015-2019, 2015-2019 Special Tabulations of Artists
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA)
- National Income and Product Accounts Data (NIPA)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
- American Time Use Survey
- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
- Occupational Employment and Wages/Occupational Employment Statistic
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages/Location Quotient
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
- American Community Survey
- County Business Patterns
- Current Population Survey and related supplements (e.g., Volunteers Supplement)
- Economic Census
- Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics
- Service Annual Survey
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) -- a data repository that includes numerous datasets which are fit for exploration of arts research topics.
Internal Revenue Service
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Note: additional datasets beyond the list below may exists that are also appropriate for exploration of arts research topics.
- Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Program (ECLS)
- Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
- Fast Response Survey System
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Study
- National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) (such as the 2016 and 2008 arts assessment)
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
- National Household Education Surveys (NHES) Program
- Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Schools Staffing Survey (SASS), Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), and Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)
- National Survey of Children's Health (with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- National Children’s Study (NCS) Vanguard Study
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), U.S. National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation