AI user share across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and more than 3,100 counties shows adoption patterns that differ from common expectations. Texas ranks fourth nationally at 35.4%, ahead of California at 34.1% and New York at 32.9%. The highest shares appear in the District of Columbia at 40.6%, Maryland at 36.5%, and Utah at 35.9%. Leaders cluster 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%.
"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.""
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