Artificial Intelligence Adoption Among U.S. Businesses

Source: Tivly analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's Business Trends and Outlook Survey data

In addition to business size, rates of AI adoption also vary by geography and industry. Firms in the South and Midwest tend to have the lowest rates of AI adoption, led by Mississippi at just 1.7% of businesses. Western states have higher rates of adoption than most of the country, with Colorado topping the U.S. at 7.4% of businesses, while select Eastern states like Florida and Delaware also rank highly.

Some of the geographic divide may be driven by industrial factors. Fields like information (20.5%); professional, scientific, and technical (14.9%); and educational services (10.3%) are most likely to use AI, and those industries are also most common in the regions of the country where AI use in business is high. The fields that use AI the least include construction, transportation and warehousing, and accommodation and food services, all of which have less than 2% of firms using AI.

The analysis was conducted by Tivly using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey. For the complete analysis, see States Whose Businesses Are Embracing Artificial Intelligence on Tivly.