Research

The Geography of AI Adoption

How does average AI adoption vary across US states? We computed the score distribution across 9,593 scored companies in 51 states.

51 states + DC

9,593 companies

66.8 weighted avg score

Avg score:

48+

54+

60+

66+

72+

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Tile map approximates US geography. Click any state for its full leaderboard.

State ranking by average AI adoption score

67.817 firms #2New York

67.6873 firms #3North Dakota

67.49 firms #4Georgia

67.3331 firms #5Iowa

67.287 firms #6Oregon

67.285 firms #7Nevada

67.161 firms #8Maryland

67.1161 firms #9Utah

67115 firms #10Illinois

67515 firms #11Idaho

6738 firms #12Pennsylvania

66.9373 firms #13Minnesota

66.9216 firms #14Texas

66.9820 firms #15Arizona

66.9202 firms #16Wisconsin

66.8157 firms #17California

66.81,055 firms #18Connecticut

66.8137 firms #19Washington

66.8134 firms #20Massachusetts

66.8271 firms #21North Carolina

66.7254 firms #22South Carolina

66.7102 firms #23Kentucky

66.776 firms #24Tennessee

66.7249 firms #25Colorado

66.7202 firms #26Florida

66.7756 firms #27Louisiana

66.787 firms #28Alaska

66.715 firms #29Indiana

66.6176 firms #30Nebraska

66.678 firms #31Ohio

66.5276 firms #32Missouri

66.5173 firms #33Kansas

66.5100 firms #34New Jersey

66.5324 firms #35Wyoming

66.511 firms #36Alabama

66.5121 firms #37Mississippi

66.438 firms #38New Hampshire

66.434 firms #39Maine

66.428 firms #40Oklahoma

66.463 firms #41Delaware

66.351 firms #42Michigan

66.3243 firms #43District of Columbia

66.383 firms #44Virginia

66.3218 firms #45Arkansas

66.242 firms #46Montana

66.120 firms #47Rhode Island

66.137 firms #48Vermont

66.117 firms #49Hawaii

6617 firms #50West Virginia

65.817 firms #51South Dakota

Methodology

State-level averages are population-weighted across all scored companies headquartered in each state. We exclude states with fewer than 2 scored firms to avoid spurious rankings. Scores use the same 0-100 AI adoption model applied to every /ai-opportunities/[slug] company profile.