what percentage of artists make a living at their art?

I think the number is less than 5%. may even be 2%. the funny thing about this fact is you can be in the top 2% of your field and just get by. If you are in the top 2% of your field in law or medicine you are in jolly god shape. even an architect or a chef or an insurance salesman...art is a tough game and the weak crumble like stale crakers on the sidewalk of life. when I ask around about my old art school crew most are teaching highschool, working for western union, some are carpenters wives, rational people can only take so much rejection, lost relationships, money issues, etc, for me the stench of a life lost to fear or not trying or quitting or not knowing what you wanted out of the short trainride called life...that is a glue trap I avoided like a cat avoids a good swim.