{
    "statement": "of US employer businesses used AI in a business function in the two weeks before the survey (5-18 Oct 2026)",
    "value_display": "24.6%",
    "value_numeric": 24.6,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Oct 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-10-18",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "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/National.xlsx",
    "source_quote": "National.xlsx, Response Estimates: \"In the last two weeks, did this business use Super Intelligence or SI (formerly referred to as Artificial Intelligence or AI) in any of its business functions?\" Yes, wave 202621 (collected 5-18 Oct 2026): 24.6%",
    "verification_note": "Read in National.xlsx (Response Estimates and Response Standard Errors sheets) downloaded from census.gov/hfp/btos on 2026-10-23; matches ai_national.json and the BTOS data page (\"Updated October 22, 2026\"). Collection 5-18 Oct 2026; the question covers the two weeks before (reference period 21 Sep to 4 Oct 2026).",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "SE 0.27 points (about plus or minus 0.5 points at 95% confidence)",
    "dont_know": "9.6%",
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "Group (5-18 Oct 2026 wave)",
            "Share using AI",
            "Standard error (points)"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "All US employer firms",
                "24.6%",
                "0.27"
            ],
            [
                "All firms: said \"do not know\"",
                "9.6%",
                "0.22"
            ],
            [
                "All firms: expect to use AI in next six months",
                "28.6%",
                "0.21"
            ],
            [
                "1 to 4 employees",
                "24.3%",
                "0.32"
            ],
            [
                "5 to 9",
                "22.6%",
                "0.50"
            ],
            [
                "10 to 19",
                "24.6%",
                "0.94"
            ],
            [
                "20 to 49",
                "26.0%",
                "0.74"
            ],
            [
                "50 to 99",
                "29.0%",
                "1.09"
            ],
            [
                "100 to 249",
                "35.3%",
                "1.97"
            ],
            [
                "250 or more",
                "43.6%",
                "1.51"
            ],
            [
                "Information",
                "46.4%",
                "2.02"
            ],
            [
                "Professional, scientific and technical services",
                "43.8%",
                "0.93"
            ],
            [
                "Finance and insurance",
                "40.5%",
                "1.53"
            ],
            [
                "Educational services",
                "33.4%",
                "1.96"
            ],
            [
                "Health care and social assistance",
                "27.6%",
                "0.88"
            ],
            [
                "Manufacturing",
                "22.9%",
                "1.35"
            ],
            [
                "Retail trade",
                "18.5%",
                "0.73"
            ],
            [
                "Construction",
                "16.1%",
                "0.79"
            ],
            [
                "Accommodation and food services",
                "10.7%",
                "1.08"
            ],
            [
                "District of Columbia",
                "34.1%",
                "6.66"
            ],
            [
                "Utah",
                "32.1%",
                "3.54"
            ],
            [
                "Colorado",
                "31.9%",
                "1.57"
            ],
            [
                "Arizona",
                "31.5%",
                "2.47"
            ],
            [
                "California",
                "24.6%",
                "0.70"
            ],
            [
                "Texas",
                "28.0%",
                "1.16"
            ],
            [
                "New York",
                "19.4%",
                "0.65"
            ],
            [
                "Florida",
                "26.8%",
                "1.05"
            ],
            [
                "New Mexico",
                "14.7%",
                "3.78"
            ],
            [
                "Wyoming",
                "14.4%",
                "4.18"
            ],
            [
                "Idaho",
                "13.5%",
                "2.16"
            ],
            [
                "West Virginia",
                "9.8%",
                "3.19"
            ],
            [
                "Alaska",
                "Suppressed (S)",
                "-"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-23",
            "kind": "correction",
            "value_display": "24.6%",
            "note": "Our sample data said 19.8% (May 2026). Replaced with the latest wave after reading the Census files on 23 Oct 2026."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-22",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "24.6%",
            "note": "Wave collected 5-18 Oct 2026, published 22 Oct 2026."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-19",
            "kind": "method_change",
            "value_display": null,
            "note": "Census: \"Beginning with the October 19, 2026 collection, instrument wording was updated due to Executive Order 14434.\" The question now says \"Super Intelligence or SI (formerly referred to as Artificial Intelligence or AI)\" with new examples. The new wording takes effect with the collection starting 19 Oct 2026 (the date of this entry); 24.6% (collected 5-18 Oct 2026) is the last wave asked with the word AI."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-08",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "23.8%",
            "note": "Wave collected 21 Sep to 4 Oct 2026."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-05-07",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "19.8%",
            "note": "Wave collected 20 Apr to 3 May 2026. Our sample page used this number; it is now history."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2025-12-04",
            "kind": "method_change",
            "value_display": "17.3%",
            "note": "New wording from the 17 Nov 2025 collection: AI \"in any of its business functions\" replaced \"in producing goods or services\". First wave 17.3%. Older waves are a different series."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2025-11-16",
            "kind": "checked",
            "value_display": "No data",
            "note": "Gap: Census lists the waves collected 6 Oct to 16 Nov 2025 as SHUTDOWN (federal funding lapse). No estimates exist for them; charts leave a gap."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2025-10-09",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "10.0%",
            "note": "Last wave with the old wording (collected 22 Sep to 5 Oct 2025). Not comparable with later waves."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2023-10-26",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "3.7%",
            "note": "Census starts publishing the AI question, old wording: AI \"in producing goods or services\". 3.7% is the first wave in the Census file (collected 11-24 Sep 2023)."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-business-ai-use",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-business-ai-use.csv"
}