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AI & jobs · County in Ireland

County Cork

County
34%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 36% (−1.5 pts).
MODEL19th of 34 regions79.9K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
542K
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.6%
2nd largest of 34
People in workMODEL
232K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.8%
national 6.1%
Area
7,170 km²
76 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
0% live in major cities
Mapped towns & cities
0
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Munster area (10 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.23×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
8.2%
8.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
31%
national 36%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 47%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

County Cork Ireland
Health & care 14.4%
Retail & wholesale 12.2%
Manufacturing 11.5%
Education 9.4%
Business services 8.9%
Hospitality 7.1%
Construction 6.8%
Agriculture 6.1%
Public admin 5.2%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Other services 4.6%
ICT & software 4.1%
Finance 3.1%
Utilities 1.6%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 14.4K Education 10.4K Retail & wholesale 9,835 Business services 8,822 Manufacturing 6,330 Public admin 5,827 Hospitality 4,528 ICT & software 4,299

Ranking in Ireland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

16Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 35% 17South Dublin 35% 18Meath 35% 19County Cork 34% 20County Limerick 34% 21North Tipperary 34% 22South Tipperary 34%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ireland'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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