8/3/2019 AFA 2011 - The Creative Industries in Douglas County Kansas

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The Creative Industries inDouglas County, KS

This Creative Industries report offers a research-based approach to understanding the scope andeconomic importance of the arts in Douglas County, KS. The creative industries are composed of artsbusinesses that range from non-profit museums, symphonies, and theaters to for-profit film, architecture,and advertising companies. Arts businesses and the creative people they employ stimulate innovation intodays global marketplace.

Nationally, there are 756,007 businesses in the U.S. involved in the creation or distribution of the arts.They employ 2.99 million people, representing 4.14 percent of all businesses and 2.17 percent of allemployees, respectively. The source for these data is Dun & Bradstreet, the most comprehensive andtrusted source for business information in the U.S.

As of January 2011, Douglas County, KS is home to 274 arts-related businesses that employ 1,210people. These arts-centric businesses play an important role in building and sustaining economic

vibrancy. They employ a creative workforce, spend money locally, generate government revenue, and area cornerstone of tourism and economic development. The map below provides a clear picture of thecreative industries in Douglas County, KS, with each dot representing an arts-centric business. Thecreative industries account for 4.59 percent of the 5,974 total businesses located in Douglas County, KSand 2.71 percent of the 44,730 total people they employ.

274 Arts-Related Businesses inDouglas County, KSEmploy 1,210 People

2011

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Arts-Related Businesses and Employment inDouglas County, KS

(Data current as of January 2011)

2011

CATEGORY BUSINESSES EMPLOYEES

Arts Schools and Services 3 15

Arts Schools and Instruction 3 15

Design and Publishing 82 315

Advertising 16 116

Architecture 18 132

Design 47 66

Publishing 1 1

Film, Radio and TV 32 148

Motion Pictures 25 133

Radio 2 2

Television 5 13

Museums and Collections 10 266

Historical Society 3 9

Museums 7 257

Performing Arts 59 312

Music 30 109

Performers (nec) 11 26

Services & Facilities 17 175

Theater 1 2Visual Arts/Photography 88 154

Crafts 5 7

Photography 60 77

Services 12 57

Visual Arts 11 13

GRAND TOTAL 274 1,210

Note: As the source of these data is based solely on businesses that have registered with Dun & Bradstreet, our analyses indicate anunder-representation of nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists. Therefore, this Creative Industries report should be considered aconservative estimate. For more information, maps, and to make sure you are included in our Creative Industries research, visitwww.AmericansForTheArts.org/sc/CreativeIndustries.

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