[The Census](https://readinessindex.io/census)

[Q4 2026](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)

[Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

States, provinces and devolved governments

Side by side, never added together

# States, provinces and devolved governments

The level between national and local government. 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.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026

Region

- [United States](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)
- [United Kingdom](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk)
- [Canada](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/ca)
- [Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

2 populations, 2 measured

## States, provinces and devolved governments in each region

| Region | Population | Median and spread | Scanned | Gated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | [US State Government Sites](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/us/government/state) Ten sites for each of the 50 states: the portal and the revenue, motor vehicles, health, labor, education, courts, public safety, transportation and environment sites. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) | **28** · 25–74 | 333/500 | 326 of 333 |
| United Kingdom | [UK Devolved Government Sites](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/government/devolved) The Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland departments, with their agencies and public bodies that run hosts of their own. Scottish Government; Welsh Government; nidirect and the Department of Finance (Northern Ireland); GOV.UK | **63** · 33–78 | 159/250 | 46 of 159 |

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](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/universities) · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- [Schools and school systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/schools) · The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves.
- [Hospitals and health systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/hospitals) · Where patients look for care.
- [National government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/national-government) · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- [Legislators](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/legislators) · Elected members and the websites each publishes.
- [Local government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/local-government) · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- [Banks and credit unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/banks) · Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product.
- [Charities and nonprofits](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/charities) · The largest charitable organizations.