U.S. businesses currently using AI (last two weeks)

RecordSTO-205829D910-1D26551915-E57F

19.8%
estimate

United States · as of 3 May 2026

U.S. businesses currently using AI (last two weeks) was 19.8% as of 3 May 2026 (Census Bureau).

Original source
Publisher
Census Bureau
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
JSON record: Date=2026-05-03, xmltag=Current AI Use (Last Two Weeks)
Retrieved
22 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

{ "xmltag": "Current AI Use (Last Two Weeks)", "Estimate": 19.8, "Date": "2026-05-03" }

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APA

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). BTOS: National AI use — dashboard data. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/ai_national.json. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_205829d9101d26551915e57f

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MLA
U.S. Census Bureau. "BTOS: National AI use — dashboard data." 2026, https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/ai_national.json. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_205829d9101d26551915e57f.
Chicago
U.S. Census Bureau. "BTOS: National AI use — dashboard data." 2026. https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/ai_national.json. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_205829d9101d26551915e57f.
BibTeX
@misc{censusbureau2026business15e57f, author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}}, title = {BTOS: National AI use — dashboard data}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_205829d9101d26551915e57f}, note = {Original source: https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/ai\_national.json. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-205829D910-1D26551915-E57F T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
U.S. Census Bureau · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
BTOS: National AI use — dashboard data
Type
Dataset
Published
10 September 2026
Locator
JSON record: Date=2026-05-03, xmltag=Current AI Use (Last Two Weeks)
Retrieved
22 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Public domain

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:ai-assisted-source-check:2026-09-22
Checked on
22 September 2026
Last revision
24 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_205829d9101d26551915e57f