# New Hampshire AI Statistics

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## Page metadata

- Title: New Hampshire AI Statistics — Signal / AI
- Description: New Hampshire AI statistics: Census business adoption trends, Hypertherm Associates disclosures, and chat and coding tool scores.

## Scope and provenance

- Geography: New Hampshire (NH); region: Northeast.
- Population: employer businesses surveyed by the U.S. Census Bureau BTOS.
- Reference period: 2026-09-07 through 2026-09-20.
- Census release date: 2026-10-08.
- Company evidence reviewed: 2026-10-11.
- Census adoption estimates and platform scores are separate datasets.
- Company headquarters do not locate every employee or establish state-wide platform popularity.

## Business AI adoption

- Current AI use, previous two weeks: 23.3%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- Expected AI use, next six months: 29.4%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- Recent current-use average: 20.3%; 6 of six observations available. Calculated arithmetic average, not an official Census aggregate.
- National current-use benchmark: 23.8%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).
- Current estimate standard error: 4.43 percentage points.
- Expected estimate standard error: 4.01 percentage points.
- Difference from national current-use estimate: -0.5 percentage points (calculated; subject to sampling variation).

## Reading New Hampshire’s data

- New Hampshire’s latest current-use rate is 0.5 percentage points below the national estimate of 23.8%. This is a descriptive comparison of survey estimates.
- State estimates are subject to sampling variation. Different industry mixes and sampling error can affect comparisons.
- Benchmark comparison uses the same reference period: 2026-09-07–2026-09-20.
- State benchmark source: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- National benchmark source: [Census national workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).

## Other Northeast states

- These are the four same-region states with the closest recent averages; this is a descriptive comparison, not a statistical ranking.
- Source for all peer observations: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- [Pennsylvania](/pennsylvania.md): recent current-use average 19.8%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- [Maine](/maine.md): recent current-use average 19.6%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- [Connecticut](/connecticut.md): recent current-use average 19.2%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- [Vermont](/vermont.md): recent current-use average 19.2%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- Peer averages use available observations from the same six-period window. Coverage may differ.

## Definitions and limitations

- Current-use survey question: In the last two weeks, did this business use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?
- Expected-use survey question: During the next six months, do you think this business will be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?
- Expected use is anticipated use, not an observed future outcome.
- November 2025 revised wording starts this series; earlier wording is excluded.
- Suppressed observations are unavailable, not zero, and are omitted from recent averages.

## Behind the figures

- Recent-average window: 2026-06-29 through 2026-09-20.
- Recent average: arithmetic mean of available current-use estimates in the last six periods; it is not an official Census aggregate.
- Standard errors are published Census values, in percentage points.
- Census estimates are weighted survey measures of employer businesses.
- Calculation input: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).

## Adoption history

- Source for every observation: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- 2025-11-03–2025-11-16: current 11.8%; expected 12.2%; released 2025-12-04.
- 2025-11-17–2025-11-30: current 16.3%; expected 23.9%; released 2025-12-18.
- 2025-12-01–2025-12-14: current 21.1%; expected 24.1%; released 2025-12-31.
- 2025-12-15–2025-12-28: current 12.9%; expected 11.9%; released 2026-01-15.
- 2025-12-29–2026-01-11: current 17.7%; expected 24.4%; released 2026-01-29.
- 2026-01-12–2026-01-25: current 17.9%; expected 20.7%; released 2026-02-12.
- 2026-01-26–2026-02-08: current 13.8%; expected 16.8%; released 2026-02-26.
- 2026-02-09–2026-02-22: current 25.6%; expected 22.2%; released 2026-03-12.
- 2026-02-23–2026-03-08: current 18.3%; expected 22.6%; released 2026-03-26.
- 2026-03-09–2026-03-22: current 15.4%; expected 15.9%; released 2026-04-09.
- 2026-03-23–2026-04-05: current 20.3%; expected 21.1%; released 2026-04-23.
- 2026-04-06–2026-04-19: current 27.8%; expected 30.0%; released 2026-05-07.
- 2026-04-20–2026-05-03: current 16.1%; expected 17.1%; released 2026-05-21.
- 2026-05-04–2026-05-17: current 32.7%; expected 36.7%; released 2026-06-04.
- 2026-05-18–2026-05-31: current 23.8%; expected 21.4%; released 2026-06-18.
- 2026-06-01–2026-06-14: current 13.1%; expected 16.2%; released 2026-07-02.
- 2026-06-15–2026-06-28: current 21.5%; expected 26.5%; released 2026-07-16.
- 2026-06-29–2026-07-12: current 22.8%; expected 21.8%; released 2026-07-30.
- 2026-07-13–2026-07-26: current 13.3%; expected 14.4%; released 2026-08-13.
- 2026-07-27–2026-08-09: current 18.7%; expected 20.1%; released 2026-08-27.
- 2026-08-10–2026-08-23: current 13.3%; expected 16.2%; released 2026-09-10.
- 2026-08-24–2026-09-06: current 30.5%; expected 28.9%; released 2026-09-24.
- 2026-09-07–2026-09-20: current 23.3%; expected 29.4%; released 2026-10-08.

## Coding tool scores

- Rank 1: Claude Code; score 87/100.
- Rank 2: OpenAI Codex; score 85/100.
- Rank 3: Cursor; score 83/100.
- Rank 4: GitHub Copilot; score 72/100.
- Rank 5: Gemini Code Assist; score 50/100.

## Chat platform scores

- Rank 1: ChatGPT; score 88/100.
- Rank 2: Google Gemini; score 73/100.
- Rank 3: Microsoft Copilot; score 69/100.
- Rank 4: Claude; score 61/100.
- Rank 5: Perplexity; score 49/100.

## Companies headquartered in this state

- Selected evidence sample; not an exhaustive company census. Employee deployment, access, pilots, products, and hiring statements have different scopes.

### Hypertherm Associates
- Headquarters: Hanover. [Headquarters source](https://www.hyperthermassociates.com/contact-us/).
- Named platforms / tools: AI cutting automation · provider not named.
- Evidence type: Technical product commentary.
- Statement date: 2025 technical brief.
- Public comment (paraphrased): Hypertherm describes camera-based AI that identifies cast-part cutting paths and generates robot programs for foundry automation.
- Scope / limitations: Technical application commentary, not a named generative chat or coding deployment. Provider and internal tools are not disclosed.
- Source: [Hypertherm · AI in automation brief](https://www.hypertherm.com/globalassets/landing-pages/na/s-brief_00342-25-ics-casttrimming.pdf).

## Sources and downloads

- Official workbook snapshot downloaded: 2026-10-11; latest release: 2026-10-08.
- Workbook data and platform scores are separate datasets.
- [Census BTOS downloads](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/data_downloads).
- [Official state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- [Official national workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).
- [Saved state workbook snapshot](/data/sources/State.xlsx).
- [Saved national workbook snapshot](/data/sources/National.xlsx).
- [State summary CSV](/data/state-summary.csv).
- [Complete Census data snapshot](/data/states.json).
- [Company evidence dataset](/data/companies.json).

## Related pages

- [US AI Statistics](/index.md).
- [All 50 states](/states.md).
- [Company AI evidence](/company-research.md).
- Previous state: [Nevada](/nevada.md).
- Next state: [New Jersey](/new-jersey.md).
