The number of persons employed in the creative economy (both for-profit and non-profit). This number does not count those persons who identify themselves as being artists and does not count sole proprietorships or persons who work part-time in the arts. The same industries used to calculate the rate businesses in the creative economy are used to calculate total employment in the creative economy. Source: InfoUSA Years Available: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020