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AI & jobs · State in United States

Kentucky

State US-KY Largest city: Louisville
35%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 35% (−0.7 pts).
MODEL32nd of 51 regions805K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
4.5M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.4%
26th largest of 51
People in workMODEL
2.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.8%
national 6.0%
Area
105K km²
43 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
46% live in major cities
Largest city
Louisville
948K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
10
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage per capitaANTHROPIC
0.39×
Anthropic AI Usage Index
Share of national useANTHROPIC
0.5%
1.4% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
40%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 50%
Augmentation 48%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Kentucky United States
Health & care 15.2%
Retail & wholesale 12.3%
Business services 10.8%
Manufacturing 10.3%
Education 9.5%
Construction 8.2%
Transport & logistics 6.7%
Hospitality 6.4%
Other services 5.7%
Finance 4.0%
Public admin 3.9%
ICT & software 3.2%
Agriculture 2.1%
Utilities 1.5%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 150K Education 103K Business services 102K Retail & wholesale 98.6K Manufacturing 56.8K Finance 48.2K Transport & logistics 44.6K Public admin 42.2K

Ranking in United States

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 51 regions.

29Oklahoma 35% 30Utah 35% 31New Mexico 35% 32Kentucky 35% 33North Carolina 35% 34Alabama 35% 35Iowa 35%
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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