Dive Into The Data
Click below to learn moreOur Arts Vibrancy Map is an interactive tool that provides arts professionals, funders, government officials, and advocates the data to help them see the relative strength of their community’s Arts Providers, Arts Dollars, Government Support, Socioeconomic, and Other Leisure characteristics, each of which impacts arts organizations’ performance.
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Top 10 Large Communities
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers and Arts Dollars.
San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers and Arts Dollars.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA
Ranking 1st on Arts Providers overall and 1st on independent artists and arts, culture, and entertainment firms per capita.
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Ranking 1st in per capita contributed revenue and 2nd in total compensation for arts sector employees.
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers overall, including arts and cultural employees and firms per capita.
Boston, MA Metro Division
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Dollars overall and ranking 5th in per capita total compensation for arts sector employees.
Newark,NJ - PA Metro Divions
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers overall and number of arts, cultural, and entertainment firms per capita.
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN-WI
Scores within the top 1% on Government Support overall and ranks 2nd on state arts dollars per capita.
Frederick - Gaithersburg - Rockville,MD
Scores within the top 2% on Arts Dollars overall and in all of its sub-measures.
New Orleans - Metairie, LA Metro Area
Scores within the top 3% on Arts Dollars overall and in all of its sub-measures.
Other MSAs in the Top 20 Largest MSAs include Philadelphia, Cleveland, Portland and more!
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Top 5 Medium Communities
Santa Fe, NM
Ranks 1st in Arts Dollars overall and scores within the top 1% on all of it’s sub-measures.
San Rafael, CA
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers and Arts Dollars overall, and on nearly all of their sub-measures.
Pittsfield, MA
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Dollars and Government Support overall, and within the top 2% on their sub-measures.
Ithaca, NY
Scores within the top 1% on Government Support overall and ranks 1st in federal arts dollars per capita.
Boulder, CO
Scores within the top 2% on Arts Providers overall, including its sub-measures of arts, culture, and entertainment firms and independent artists per capita.
Other MSAs in the Top 10 Medium MSAs include Wilmington, Bozeman, Oxnard, Bremerton, and Traverse City!
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Top 5 Small Communities
Jackson, WY - ID
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Dollars overall and on all of its sub-measures.
Steamboat Springs, CO
Scores within the top 1% on Arts Providers overall and ranks 1st on arts and culture organizations per capita.
Heber, UT
Scores within the top 1% on both Arts Providers and Government Support overall.
Hailey, ID
Scores within the top 1% on independent artists per capita and ranks 9th on program revenue per capita.
Glenwood Springs, CO
Scores within the top 3% on Arts Dollars overall and within the top 4% on all per capita sub-measures.
Other MSAs in the Top 10 Small MSAs include Vineyard Haven, Oneonta, and Bennington!
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What Does Arts Vibrancy Mean?
Our Methodology
Arts vibrancy scores include data from the following sources: U.S. Census Bureau, SMU DataArts, IRS 990s, Theatre Communications Group, the National Endowment for the Arts, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, and Institute of Museum and Library Services.