{
    "statement": "of US firms with 1 to 4 employees used AI in a business function in the last two weeks, close to the 24.6% national rate",
    "value_display": "24.3%",
    "value_numeric": 24.3,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Oct 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-10-18",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Business Trends and Outlook Survey",
        "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/Employment%20Size%20Class.xlsx",
    "source_quote": "Employment Size Class.xlsx, Response Estimates: SI (formerly AI) use in the last two weeks, Yes, wave 202621, size class A (1 to 4 employees): 24.3%; standard error 0.32%",
    "verification_note": "Read in Employment Size Class.xlsx on census.gov, 2026-10-23. May story said \"Less than 20%\" (19.0% in AI_empsize.json).",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "SE 0.32 points",
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-05-26",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "Under 20%",
            "note": "Census story: \"Less than 20%\" (19.0% in the data file), wave ending 3 May 2026."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-ai-use-firms-1-4",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-ai-use-firms-1-4.csv"
}