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State of AI by State

Who pays for AI, and who uses Claude most. Every state on one map.

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55.86%

62.50%

73.69%

Featured report · Adoption

Everyone Has the Seat Now

Ramp's September count shows more than half of the businesses on its platform pay for AI, and the middle of the market is buying fastest. For a company of 50 to 500 people, the gap that matters has moved from whether to buy AI to how hard it works.

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Paid AI adoption by state

73.12%

of Ramp businesses in Delaware paid for AI in August 2026, the highest of any state.

  • Delaware73.12%
  • New York66.37%
  • California65.72%
  • Massachusetts60.28%
  • Wyoming56.50%
  • Colorado55.83%
  • District of Columbia55.23%
  • Illinois55.09%
  • Florida54.93%
  • Texas54.56%

Source: Ramp AI Index, with Setanta's ranks and monthly changes.

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Who uses AI today

47.2 million

software developers took AI first. The next wave is 1.14 billion knowledge workers.

  • Professional developers21 million
  • All developers47.2 million
  • Knowledge workers1.14 billion

Sources: SlashData and Gartner, as reported in the article.

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