Data on funding to state arts agencies are a proxy for state humanities funding data, which are not currently collected on a regular or comprehensive basis. Such data are also pertinent because a portion of arts agency funding is used to subsidize activities that are…

Why does the Humanities Indicators (HI) adjust for inflation? When describing a funding trend, the HI presents inflation-adjusted funding levels in its graphs and analyses of the data. In order to properly track change over time, the Indicators hold the value of a…

Currently, no data exist on financial support for postsecondary humanities education at the state or local level. At best, indicators on this topic can describe state investment in higher education only generally, suggesting the type of environment in which humanities…

Growth in public library use from 1995 to 2009 was accompanied by an increase in library expenditures. The 2018 expenditure level reflects a near-complete return to the 2009 peak level after several years of decline and then stasis in library spending.