Arts & recreation by state

Arts, entertainment, and recreation added $321.3 billion to US GDP in 2025 — 1.0% of the total. States are ranked by the industry’s share of their economy.

BEA line 76 · NAICS1.0% of US GDP+88% since 2020

1Nevada$8.1B value added2.9%of state GDP 2Tennessee$12.0B value added2.0%of state GDP 3Colorado$8.9B value added1.5%of state GDP

#	State	Value added	Share	5-year change
1	Nevada	$8.1B	2.9%	+90%
2	Tennessee	$12.0B	2.0%	+113%
3	Colorado	$8.9B	1.5%	+102%
4	Florida	$27.8B	1.5%	+94%
5	New York	$33.0B	1.3%	+67%
6	Montana	$1.0B	1.3%	+74%
7	California	$53.2B	1.2%	+68%
8	Maryland	$7.0B	1.2%	+134%
9	Hawaii	$1.5B	1.2%	+107%
10	Pennsylvania	$12.7B	1.2%	+105%
11	Vermont	$583M	1.2%	+94%
12	New Hampshire	$1.5B	1.1%	+50%
13	Illinois	$13.9B	1.1%	+104%
14	Indiana	$6.1B	1.1%	+77%
15	Missouri	$5.3B	1.1%	+92%
16	Maine	$1.1B	1.1%	+99%
17	Wyoming	$577M	1.1%	+106%
18	Minnesota	$5.7B	1.1%	+102%
19	Louisiana	$3.7B	1.1%	+77%
20	New Jersey	$8.9B	1.0%	+124%
21	Rhode Island	$873M	1.0%	+111%
22	Massachusetts	$7.8B	1.0%	+86%
23	Connecticut	$3.7B	1.0%	+70%
24	Ohio	$9.2B	0.9%	+74%
25	Arizona	$5.5B	0.9%	+119%
26	Michigan	$6.6B	0.9%	+102%
27	District of Columbia	$1.7B	0.9%	+90%
28	Utah	$2.8B	0.9%	+100%
29	Oregon	$3.0B	0.9%	+73%
30	Wisconsin	$4.1B	0.9%	+90%
31	Iowa	$2.3B	0.8%	+100%
32	Idaho	$1.1B	0.8%	+94%
33	North Carolina	$7.2B	0.8%	+101%
34	New Mexico	$1.2B	0.8%	+115%
35	Virginia	$6.0B	0.7%	+95%
36	Georgia	$6.9B	0.7%	+122%
37	Alaska	$515M	0.7%	+132%
38	Oklahoma	$1.9B	0.7%	+74%
39	Washington	$6.1B	0.7%	+70%
40	South Carolina	$2.5B	0.7%	+101%
41	South Dakota	$544M	0.7%	+81%
42	Texas	$18.1B	0.6%	+91%
43	Arkansas	$1.2B	0.6%	+105%
44	Kentucky	$1.8B	0.6%	+83%
45	Mississippi	$932M	0.6%	+105%
46	Kansas	$1.3B	0.6%	+110%
47	West Virginia	$619M	0.6%	+79%
48	Nebraska	$1.1B	0.5%	+88%
49	Delaware	$576M	0.5%	+67%
50	North Dakota	$376M	0.5%	+103%
51	Alabama	$1.4B	0.4%	+107%

BEA SAGDP2, current dollars, 2025. US share: 1.0%.

Fig. 1Arts & recreation in the US, 2010–2025Value added, billions of current dollars

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Metro areas most dependent on arts & recreation

Metro areas with at least 250,000 residents, share of metro GDP in 2024.

#	Metro area	Value added	Share
1	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$9.2B	4.0%
2	Salinas, CA	$1.2B	3.1%
3	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$6.1B	3.1%
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$36.7B	2.7%
5	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$2.1B	2.4%
6	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$622M	2.3%
7	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$795M	2.2%
8	Reno, NV	$1.1B	2.2%
9	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$1.3B	2.0%
10	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$418M	1.8%
11	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$4.7B	1.7%
12	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$915M	1.7%
13	Salem, OR	$441M	1.6%
14	Pittsburgh, PA	$3.2B	1.5%
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$36.7B	1.5%
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$1.6B	1.5%
17	Asheville, NC	$415M	1.5%
18	Port St. Lucie, FL	$417M	1.4%
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$303M	1.4%
20	Cleveland, OH	$2.7B	1.4%
21	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$1.3B	1.4%
22	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$468M	1.4%
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$7.3B	1.3%
24	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$7.1B	1.2%
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	$613M	1.2%