Side by side, never added together
Legislators
Elected members and the websites each publishes. Each region’s population is its own cohort, drawn from that country’s own register and scored against the same Index. There is no figure across regions: it would be a number about whichever region has more sites.
2 populations, 2 measured
Legislators in each region
| Region | Population | Median and spread | Scanned | Gated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | US Members of Congress
Every sitting senator, representative, delegate and resident commissioner, with their official website. Left out because the seat was vacant at the build date: FL-20, TX-23.
The @unitedstates project (unitedstates/congress-legislators) |
28
· 28–33
|
539/539 | 539 of 539 |
| United Kingdom | UK and Devolved Parliament Members
Every sitting Member of Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of the Senedd and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, with the website each publishes.
UK Parliament; Scottish Parliament; Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament; Northern Ireland Assembly |
60
· 28–77
|
421/965 | 119 of 421 |
Purple line is the median. Grey band is the middle half of the range. A population drawn from a different kind of register is not the same population: the UK’s schools are schools, where the US cohort is the districts that run them.
Comparisons
The other comparisons
- Universities and colleges · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- Schools and school systems · The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves.
- Hospitals and health systems · Where patients look for care.
- National government · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- States, provinces and devolved governments · The level between national and local government.
- Local government · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- Banks and credit unions · Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product.
- Charities and nonprofits · The largest charitable organizations.