San Francisco Bay Area has Highest Percent of Working Artists

I'd always felt this but had never seen the statistics. The Bay area has more than twice the the percentage of employed artists, when compared to the national average of 1.4%.

I know I am only one person in this statistic, but I felt like my art career took off when I moved here. It is especially an interesting area because not only artists live here, but creative tech people live here too. I've always felt this area was a blend of technology and art, which results in a lot of innovation and interesting things.




*National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/research/ResearchReports_chrono.html