Arkansas

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 1,392 direct jobs and 432 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 12,323 direct jobs and 14,940 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 11,180 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 7,550 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 27,250 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $60.24 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
    • $24.48 million earned by new media and internet creators.
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $73,001.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $1.717 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $5.03 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $3.4 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • Copyright Registrations [2011-201]7
    • Total Registrations: 11,225
      • Visual Arts: 1,267
      • Performing Arts: 2,240
      • Sound Recording: 2,865
      • Literary Works: 4,853
  • Creative Community By The Numbers
    • 8 video gaming companies
    • 1,639 music publishers and 8,171 songwriters
    • 240 local commercial radio stations
    • 20 local commercial television stations.
    • 81 newspaper publications
    • 1,150 graphic designers
    • 330 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight

    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Arkansas:
      • Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter
      • Mary Steenburgen, actor
      • Billy Bob Thornton, actor and singer/songwriter
      • John Grisham, writer/political commentator
      • Ne-Yo, singer/songwriter
      • Glen Campbell, singer
      • Al Green, singer/songwriter
  • Top 5 Arkansas daily newspapers by circulation are Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Southwest Times Record, Arkansas Times, Jonesboro Sun, and Texarkana Gazette.
  • Walmart is headquartered in Bentonville.
  • Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is set in Arkansas.

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