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AI & jobs · State in United States

Iowa

State US-IA Largest city: Des Moines
35%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 35% (−0.9 pts).
MODEL35th of 51 regions566K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
3.2M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.0%
31st largest of 51
People in workMODEL
1.6M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.8%
national 6.0%
Area
145K km²
22 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
45% live in major cities
Largest city
Des Moines
381K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
14
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage per capitaANTHROPIC
0.42×
Anthropic AI Usage Index
Share of national useANTHROPIC
0.4%
1.0% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
52%
national 50%
Augmentation 48%Automation 52%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Iowa United States
Health & care 15.3%
Retail & wholesale 12.4%
Manufacturing 10.5%
Business services 10.2%
Education 9.7%
Construction 8.3%
Transport & logistics 6.8%
Hospitality 6.5%
Other services 5.7%
Public admin 3.8%
Finance 3.7%
ICT & software 2.9%
Agriculture 2.4%
Utilities 1.5%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 107K Education 74.7K Retail & wholesale 70.2K Business services 68.3K Manufacturing 41.1K Transport & logistics 31.9K Finance 31.6K Public admin 29.4K

Ranking in United States

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 51 regions.

32Kentucky 35% 33North Carolina 35% 34Alabama 35% 35Iowa 35% 36Kansas 35% 37South Carolina 34% 38North Dakota 34%
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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