Washington‑area Counties Most AI‑Exposed

A rapid county‑level model of AI job exposure across all 3,204 U.S. counties finds the top five most exposed counties are in the Washington, D.C. metro rather than traditional manufacturing or Rust Belt areas. That distribution suggests AI risk is concentrated in government‑adjacent and professional‑services hubs, not only in blue‑collar industrial regions. — If AI displacement is geographically concentrated in government and professional‑service metros, policy (retraining, public‑sector planning, regional economic resilience) and political reactions will differ from narratives that focus only on manufacturing or Rust Belt losses.