Research

The Geography of AI Adoption

How does average AI adoption vary across US states? We computed the score distribution across 128,749 scored companies in 50 states.

50 states + DC

128,749 companies

58.1 weighted avg score

State AI adoption score:

53.5

55.5

57.4

59.3

61.3

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State ranking by average AI adoption score

61.3635 firms · $15.0M median savings #2California

59.718,016 firms · $15.0M median savings #3New York

59.510,245 firms · $15.0M median savings #4Massachusetts

59.43,900 firms · $15.0M median savings #5Utah

58.81,434 firms · $15.0M median savings #6New Jersey

58.74,193 firms · $15.0M median savings #7Florida

58.68,560 firms · $15.0M median savings #8Nevada

58.61,098 firms · $15.0M median savings #9Wyoming

58.5234 firms · $14.0M median savings #10Illinois

58.46,183 firms · $15.0M median savings #11Colorado

58.42,601 firms · $15.0M median savings #12Georgia

58.34,091 firms · $15.0M median savings #13Texas

58.211,406 firms · $15.0M median savings #14Virginia

58.23,440 firms · $15.0M median savings #15Maryland

582,315 firms · $15.0M median savings #16Connecticut

581,454 firms · $15.0M median savings #17Rhode Island

58400 firms · $15.0M median savings #18Washington

582,641 firms · $15.0M median savings #19Arizona

57.92,475 firms · $15.0M median savings #20Tennessee

57.82,249 firms · $15.0M median savings #21North Carolina

57.73,278 firms · $15.0M median savings #22Michigan

57.53,618 firms · $15.0M median savings #23Minnesota

57.52,635 firms · $15.0M median savings #24Pennsylvania

57.44,879 firms · $15.0M median savings #25Oregon

57.11,318 firms · $15.0M median savings #26Missouri

57.12,183 firms · $15.0M median savings #27Nebraska

57.1748 firms · $15.0M median savings #28Ohio

574,409 firms · $15.0M median savings #29New Hampshire

57539 firms · $15.0M median savings #30Kansas

56.71,165 firms · $15.0M median savings #31South Carolina

56.61,355 firms · $15.0M median savings #32Wisconsin

56.52,373 firms · $15.0M median savings #33Indiana

56.42,320 firms · $15.0M median savings #34Kentucky

56.41,169 firms · $15.0M median savings #35South Dakota

56.1291 firms · $15.0M median savings #36Alabama

55.91,411 firms · $15.0M median savings #37Iowa

55.91,127 firms · $15.0M median savings #38Vermont

55.8237 firms · $12.9M median savings #39Oklahoma

55.61,088 firms · $15.0M median savings #40Montana

55.5267 firms · $14.0M median savings #41Idaho

55.4471 firms · $15.0M median savings #42Arkansas

55.4647 firms · $15.0M median savings #43Louisiana

55.31,188 firms · $15.0M median savings #44Hawaii

55.3326 firms · $15.0M median savings #45Maine

55407 firms · $14.0M median savings #46New Mexico

54.3394 firms · $15.0M median savings #47Mississippi

54.3546 firms · $15.0M median savings #48North Dakota

54.2242 firms · $15.0M median savings #49West Virginia

53.6318 firms · $15.0M median savings #50Alaska

53.5230 firms · $15.0M median savings

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.