US states by GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation
California had the highest GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation of 51 states in 2021, at $38.88 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $249.3 million. The median was $2.22 billion and the figure for the United States was $215.97 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of states, 2021
- Under 700
- 700 to 1,000
- 1,000 to 2,200
- 2,200 to 4,000
- 4,000 to 5,600
- 5,600 and over
All states, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 38,881 | +22.9% |
| 2 | New York | 24,046.7 | +21.6% |
| 3 | Florida | 17,132.6 | +19.9% |
| 4 | Texas | 11,117.6 | +17.5% |
| 5 | Illinois | 8,755.1 | +27.9% |
| 6 | Tennessee | 7,927.1 | +40.7% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 7,720.5 | +24.9% |
| 8 | Ohio | 6,759.2 | +27.7% |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 5,682 | +34.5% |
| 10 | Colorado | 5,551.7 | +26.2% |
| 11 | Nevada | 5,127.4 | +20.7% |
| 12 | New Jersey | 5,079.1 | +27.7% |
| 13 | Washington | 4,811.4 | +34% |
| 14 | North Carolina | 4,703.3 | +31.6% |
| 15 | Indiana | 4,196.1 | +22.5% |
| 16 | Michigan | 4,163.4 | +26.4% |
| 17 | Maryland | 4,099.7 | +37.6% |
| 18 | Virginia | 3,952.7 | +28.3% |
| 19 | Georgia | 3,840.8 | +22.8% |
| 20 | Missouri | 3,791.1 | +37.2% |
| 21 | Minnesota | 3,495.2 | +25.1% |
| 22 | Connecticut | 3,198.3 | +48.5% |
| 23 | Arizona | 2,967.6 | +18.1% |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 2,810.5 | +30.5% |
| 25 | Louisiana | 2,634.9 | +26.6% |
| 26 | Oregon | 2,224.7 | +28.6% |
| 27 | Iowa | 1,740.7 | +53% |
| 28 | Utah | 1,726.2 | +23.3% |
| 29 | South Carolina | 1,621.8 | +29.7% |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 1,318 | +22% |
| 31 | New Hampshire | 1,234.9 | +27% |
| 32 | Kentucky | 1,209.9 | +22.7% |
| 33 | District of Columbia | 1,073.8 | +19.9% |
| 34 | Hawaii | 984.7 | +37.3% |
| 35 | Alabama | 919.7 | +37.6% |
| 36 | Montana | 865.2 | +47% |
| 37 | Kansas | 830.1 | +34.6% |
| 38 | Idaho | 798 | +40% |
| 39 | New Mexico | 796.9 | +48.1% |
| 40 | Maine | 760.3 | +33.8% |
| 41 | Arkansas | 753.2 | +30% |
| 42 | Nebraska | 733.5 | +22.2% |
| 43 | Mississippi | 724.9 | +59.6% |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 550.1 | +32.7% |
| 45 | West Virginia | 461 | +33.5% |
| 46 | Delaware | 433.5 | +25.8% |
| 47 | South Dakota | 429.9 | +43.4% |
| 48 | Vermont | 426.9 | +42% |
| 49 | Wyoming | 357.1 | +27.6% |
| 50 | Alaska | 299.9 | +35% |
| 51 | North Dakota | 249.3 | +34.5% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Value added by arts, entertainment, and recreation (performing arts, spectator sports, museums, amusement parks and gambling) (NAICS 71), the industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP), in millions of current US dollars. United States and states: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state, table SAGDP2, line 76.
Millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; for real growth of the whole economy use gdp_growth. Industries are the sectors of the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), counted where production takes place. The 20 sector values of a place add up to its gdp_usd, apart from rounding. BEA leaves out values that would disclose a single company, marked (D), and values below $50,000, marked (L); they are missing here, not zero.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars (US states by GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip
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SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation, 2021. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars. US states by GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2021.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which state has the highest GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation?
California, with $38.88 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which state has the lowest GDP by industry: arts, entertainment and recreation?
North Dakota, with $249.3 million in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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