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AI & jobs · Administrative County in United Kingdom

Cumbria

Administrative County GB-CMA Largest city: Carlisle
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL46th of 232 regions82.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
500K
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.7%
40th largest of 232
People in workMODEL
224K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.3%
national 6.3%
Area
6,797 km²
74 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Carlisle
72.6K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider England area (130 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.28×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
95.1%
0.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
41%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 45%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Cumbria United Kingdom
Business services 15.4%
Health & care 14.6%
Retail & wholesale 10.3%
Education 10.3%
Public admin 7.9%
Manufacturing 7.7%
Construction 6.1%
Other services 5.7%
ICT & software 5.3%
Hospitality 5.0%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Finance 4.6%
Utilities 1.3%
Agriculture 0.6%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 13.9K Health & care 13.8K Education 10.7K Public admin 8,319 Retail & wholesale 7,858 Finance 5,354 ICT & software 5,114 Manufacturing 4,221

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

43Orkney Islands 37% 44Perth and Kinross 37% 45Shetland Islands 37% 46Cumbria 37% 47Devon 37% 48Dumfries and Galloway 37% 49Islington 37%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits United Kingdom's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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