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AI & jobs · State in United States

Arkansas

State US-AR Largest city: Little Rock
34%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 35% (−1.8 pts).
MODEL45th of 51 regions520K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
3M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.9%
33rd largest of 51
People in workMODEL
1.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.5%
national 6.0%
Area
138K km²
22 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Very rural
28% live in major cities
Largest city
Little Rock
271K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
10
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage per capitaANTHROPIC
0.41×
Anthropic AI Usage Index
Share of national useANTHROPIC
0.4%
0.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
40%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 50%
Augmentation 47%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Arkansas United States
Health & care 15.4%
Retail & wholesale 12.5%
Manufacturing 11.1%
Education 10.2%
Construction 8.7%
Business services 8.2%
Transport & logistics 6.9%
Hospitality 6.5%
Other services 5.8%
Agriculture 4.1%
Public admin 3.6%
Finance 2.8%
ICT & software 2.1%
Utilities 1.6%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 102K Education 74.2K Retail & wholesale 66.8K Business services 52.3K Manufacturing 41.1K Transport & logistics 30.8K Hospitality 27.1K Other services 26.3K

Ranking in United States

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 51 regions.

42Wyoming 34% 43Montana 34% 44South Dakota 34% 45Arkansas 34% 46West Virginia 33% 47Mississippi 33% 48Maine 33%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits United States'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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