Businesses using AI
17.4%
Previous two weeks · Census BTOS
State profile · Midwest
Iowa AI Statistics
Business AI adoption in Iowa, its trajectory over time, and the platforms shaping this state profile.
Expect to use AI
19.6%
During the next six months · Census BTOS
Recent average
18.6%
6 of 6 biweekly observations · calculated
Versus the U.S. estimate
-6.4 pp
Latest current use · percentage point difference
Business adoption over time
Share of employer businesses · revised AI question, November 2025 onward
Current useExpected use in next six months
Gaps indicate suppressed observations. Expected use is what businesses report anticipating, not a measured future outcome.
Reading Iowa’s data
Iowa’s latest reported current-use rate is 6.4 percentage points below the national estimate of 23.8%. This is a descriptive comparison of survey estimates.
Latest current-use standard error: 2.58 percentage points. State estimates are subject to sampling variation.
Coding tool scores
Score / 100Platform scores · Iowa
0182
OpenAI Codex
0280
Claude Code
0370
GitHub Copilot
0463
Cursor
0556
Gemini Code Assist
Score scale: 0–100.
Chat platform scores
Score / 100Platform scores · Iowa
0189
ChatGPT
0285
Claude
0385
Google Gemini
0467
Microsoft Copilot
0549
Perplexity
Score scale: 0–100.
Iowa and the national benchmark
Same reference period · Sep 7, 2026–Sep 20, 2026
0%20%40%
Census estimates are weighted survey measures of employer businesses. Different industry mixes and sampling error can affect comparisons.
Other Midwest states
Closest recent averages · descriptive comparison
Wisconsin19.5%
North Dakota17.6%
Indiana20.1%
Nebraska20.2%
Average of available observations in the same six-period window. Coverage may differ.
Headquarters-based company research
AI use at Iowa organizations
Selected companies headquartered in this state · public statements and reported use · reviewed October 11, 2026
| Company / headquarters | Named platforms / tools | Public AI comments & evidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workiva Ames | Workiva generative AI; Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure model options | Customer product integration Reviewed Oct 11, 2026 Workiva says generative AI is integrated into its reporting platform for authoring, editing, and free-form questions; its open ecosystem lets customers choose models from providers including Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Customer model options are not evidence of employee use or a dominant internal platform. | Headquarters source ↗Workiva · generative AI announcement ↗ |
Comments are paraphrased. Employee deployment, product integrations, pilots, and hiring statements have different scopes. A headquarters location does not locate every employee or prove state-wide tool popularity. Unnamed providers remain undisclosed. This is a selected evidence sample, not an exhaustive company census.
Browse company evidence across all 50 states ↗ · Download research data ↓
Behind the figures
Current-use question: “In the last two weeks, did this business use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?”
The recent average is the arithmetic mean of available current-use estimates for the last six periods, Jun 29, 2026–Sep 20, 2026. It is calculated from the source workbook and is not an official Census aggregate. Standard errors are published Census values. The AI question broadened in November 2025, so the chart starts with the revised series.
View all 23 source observations
| Reference period | Current use | Expected use | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026 | 17.4% | 19.6% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Aug 24, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | 17.0% | 21.3% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026 | 21.5% | 25.0% | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Jul 27, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 | 21.2% | 24.7% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026 | 17.7% | 22.9% | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 12, 2026 | 16.9% | 17.6% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 28, 2026 | 18.6% | 21.2% | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 14, 2026 | 21.2% | 23.2% | Jul 2, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 – May 31, 2026 | 9.1% | 10.4% | Jun 18, 2026 |
| May 4, 2026 – May 17, 2026 | 19.2% | 22.5% | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2026 – May 3, 2026 | 16.0% | 18.4% | May 21, 2026 |
| Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 19, 2026 | 16.3% | 16.1% | May 7, 2026 |
| Mar 23, 2026 – Apr 5, 2026 | 14.6% | 18.0% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 22, 2026 | 18.2% | 20.4% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 – Mar 8, 2026 | 8.7% | 9.6% | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 22, 2026 | 15.4% | 17.3% | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 8, 2026 | 13.7% | 14.2% | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 25, 2026 | 13.2% | 12.8% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 11, 2026 | 16.7% | 20.6% | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 – Dec 28, 2025 | 15.2% | 16.9% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 14, 2025 | 11.7% | 11.9% | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 30, 2025 | 11.4% | 15.4% | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 16, 2025 | 14.2% | 19.9% | Dec 4, 2025 |
Sources & data
Official workbook snapshot downloaded October 11, 2026 · Release October 8, 2026
Census BTOS downloads ↗Official state workbook ↗Official national workbook ↗Download state summary CSV ↓
Platform scores are separate from Census observations. Company statements and headquarters sources are linked in the company evidence table and stored in the research dataset.