"The report-which tracks AI user share across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 3,100 counties-puts Texas fourth nationally at 35.4%, ahead of California at 34.1% and New York at 32.9%. The top of the leaderboard belongs to the District of Columbia (40.6%), Maryland (36.5%), and Utah (35.9%). Leaders cluster in the mid-Atlantic corridor, the Mountain West, and the Sun Belt; laggards sit in Appalachia, the Northern Great Plains, and rural New England, where West Virginia brings up the rear at 20.8%."
"Lavista Ferres said he was genuinely surprised by California's position. "A lot of people would associate that as [the leader], the majority of the models are created in California," he told Fortune. "But the fact that you have states like Texas or Utah or Maryland ahead of California was interesting for us.""
"Within his own company, lawyers are building tools-people who are not software developers are translating their ideas into applications. Now that's a big tech company where people are being actively encouraged to adopt AI tools, but he told Fortune he was surprised by his AI map: "A lot of normal people are adopting AI.""
"Texas comes out ahead of California tracks with a broader demographic and economic realignment the Census Bureau has been documenting for years. The five fastest-growing cities in the United States are all in Texas, in the Dallas and Houston subu"
AI user share across the United States shows adoption patterns that differ from traditional tech hubs. The Microsoft U.S. AI Diffusion Report tracks AI usage across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and more than 3,100 counties. Texas ranks fourth nationally at 35.4%, ahead of California at 34.1% and New York at 32.9%. The highest shares appear in Washington, D.C. at 40.6%, Maryland at 36.5%, and Utah at 35.9%. High adoption clusters across the mid-Atlantic corridor, the Mountain West, and the Sun Belt. Lower adoption appears in Appalachia, the Northern Great Plains, and rural New England, with West Virginia lowest at 20.8%.
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