US Counties
counties
Every US county and county equivalent.
Median score
33
across 3016 sites
Middle half
28–33
spread around the median
Full range
13–74
lowest to highest
Gated
2636 of 3016
block AI crawlers outright
Middle of 14 cohorts. All cohorts 50 · best cohort 58.
Where this list came from
The source, and how we filtered it
| Source | US counties and county equivalents, Census Vintage 2025, US Census Bureau, with CISA and Wikidata (2025-vintage) |
|---|---|
| License | No restriction on the combined list. The roster is a work of the US federal government and carries no copyright, the CISA .gov registry is public domain, and Wikidata is CC0 1.0 Universal; the cohort goes out under the Census's CC BY-SA 4.0 like the rest. |
| How we filtered it | The roster is every row of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 subcounty estimates (sub-est2025.csv) with SUMLEV 050, which is 3,144 counties and county equivalents. Each county's address was looked up in the CISA .gov registry first, then in Wikidata (P856, official website, joined on the FIPS code in P882) where the registry had nothing, then resolved by hand for the remainder; every hand-resolved row was confirmed by loading the site. 57 rows carry no address, each with the reason: 27 county equivalents with no general-purpose county government, 6 South Dakota counties that maintain no website, and 24 that are unresolved and want a manual pass. |
| Built | 2026-10-11 |
The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.
Distribution
Where the 3016 sites land
| Grade | Share of the cohort | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | 110 | 3.6% | |
| Not ready | 2507 | 83.1% | |
| Weak | 399 | 13.2% |
By dimension
What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension
The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.
| Dimension | Mean share earned | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| #1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information. |
50% | |
| #2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it? |
25% | |
| #3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are? |
20% | |
| #4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget. |
67% |
How much of each site we read
The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 1, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.
93 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.
Where this cohort fails
12 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes
Universal — nobody passes these
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXT-11 | Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question? | 3016 | 0 | |
| EXT-12 | Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes? | 3016 | 0 | |
| EXT-14 | Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools? | 2169 | 0 | |
| EXT-16 | Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run? | 3016 | 0 | |
| EXT-17 | Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records? | 2655 | 0 | |
| EXT-18 | Do you tell AI shoppers how they can pay? | 7 | 0 | |
| EXT-2 | Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them? | 72 | 0 | |
| EXT-7 | If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such? | 22 | 0 | |
| RED-10 | Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages? | 357 | 2 | |
| RED-12 | If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it? | 3016 | 2 | |
| UND-2 | Does your site use the page labels that search engines still read for what you publish? | 3016 | 3 | |
| UND-9 | If a page is behind a paywall, does it say so? | 1 | 2 |
Near-universal — 95% and above
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UND-1 | Does your site say clearly who you are? | 3016 | 2 | |
| UND-10 | Does your page code link to your official profiles elsewhere? | 3016 | 2 | |
| PST-2 | Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content? | 3016 | 0 | |
| EXT-1 | Do you publish an llms.txt file for coding assistants? | 3016 | 0 | |
| RED-5 | Do your PDFs and images have their own rules for search and quoting? | 357 | 1 | |
| MSR-7 | Are you set up in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, and do you read their AI reports? | 3016 | 0 | |
| UND-6 | Are your published and updated dates honest and visible? | 3016 | 6 | |
| EXT-13 | Can an assistant ask your site a question directly? | 3016 | 0 | |
| PST-4 | Have you reserved your text and data mining rights in a form machines can read? | 3016 | 0 | |
| RCH-3 | Does each page say which web address is the real one? | 3016 | 2 | |
| EXT-4 | Can an AI assistant connect to your site as a tool? | 3016 | 0 | |
| EXT-5 | Is your page code one connected description of your organization? | 3016 | 0 | |
| UND-5 | Does the author label in your page code point to that person? | 287 | 1 | |
| RED-13 | Is the page built from real page parts, like header, main and navigation? | 3016 | 1 |
Common — 90 to 95%
Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.
Every site
Every 3,144, named, with a report for each
Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.
Showing 901–1,000 of 3,144 · page 10 of 32
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County, Kansas cherokeecountyks.govregistered as Cherokee County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cheyenne County, Kansas cncoks.usblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Clark County, Kansas clarkcountyks.govregistered as Clark County Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clay County, Kansas claycountykansas.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cloud County, Kansas cloudcountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Coffey County, Kansas coffeycountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Comanche County, Kansas comanchecountyks.govregistered as Comanche County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cowley County, Kansas cowleycountyks.govregistered as Cowley County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Crawford County, Kansas crawfordcountykansas.govregistered as Crawford County Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Decatur County, Kansas oberlinks.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 58 | No | 8 | |
| Dickinson County, Kansas dkcoks.govregistered as Dickinson County, KS in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Doniphan County, Kansas dpcountyks.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| Douglas County, Kansas dgcoks.govregistered as Douglas County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Edwards County, Kansas edwardscounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Elk County, Kansas elkcountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 26 | |
| Ellis County, Kansas ellisco.netweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ellsworth County, Kansas ellsworthcountyks.govregistered as Ellsworth County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Finney County, Kansas finneycountyks.govregistered as Finney County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ford County, Kansas fordcounty.netweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 57 | No | 1 | |
| Franklin County, Kansas franklincountyks.govregistered as Franklin County Kansas in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Geary County, Kansas gearycounty.govregistered as Geary County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gove County, Kansas govecountyks.govregistered as Gove County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Graham County, Kansas grahamcosheriffks.govregistered as Graham County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Grant County, Kansas grantcokshealth.govregistered as Grant County Health Department in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gray County, Kansas grayco.orgblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Greeley County, Kansas greeleycounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Greenwood County, Kansas greenwoodcounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 42 | Gated | 32 | |
| Hamilton County, Kansas hamiltoncountyks.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 43 | No | 31 | |
| Harper County, Kansas harpercountyks.govregistered as Harper County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Harvey County, Kansas harveycounty.govregistered as Harvey County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Haskell County, Kansas haskellcounty.orgblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Hodgeman County, Kansas hodgeman.govregistered as Hodgeman County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jackson County, Kansas ks-jackson.manatron.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jefferson County, Kansas jeffersoncountyks.govregistered as Jefferson County, Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jewell County, Kansas jewellcountyks.govregistered as County of Jewell in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Johnson County, Kansas jocokansas.govregistered as Johnson County Kansas Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kearny County, Kansas kearnycountykansas.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 406 | — | No | — | |
| Kingman County, Kansas kingmancoks.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kiowa County, Kansas kiowacountyks.govregistered as Kiowa County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Labette County, Kansas labettecounty.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Lane County, Kansas lanecountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Leavenworth County, Kansas leavenworthcounty.govregistered as Leavenworth County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lincoln County, Kansas lincolncoks.govregistered as Lincoln County, Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Linn County, Kansas linncountyks.govregistered as Linn County Information Technology in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Logan County, Kansas logancountyks.govregistered as County of Logan, KS DBA Logan County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lyon County, Kansas lyoncountyks.govregistered as Lyon County Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| McPherson County, Kansas mcphersoncountyks.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 49 | No | 17 | |
| Marion County, Kansas marioncoks.netweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Marshall County, Kansas marshallcountykssheriff.govregistered as Marshall County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Meade County, Kansas meadecokssheriff.govregistered as Meade County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Miami County, Kansas miamicountyks.govregistered as Miami County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mitchell County, Kansas mitchellcountyks.govregistered as Mitchell County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Montgomery County, Kansas mgcountyks.orgunreachableweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | — | No | — | |
| Morris County, Kansas morriscountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Morton County, Kansas mtcoks.govregistered as Morton County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Nemaha County, Kansas nemahasoks.govregistered as Nemaha County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Neosho County, Kansas neoshocountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Ness County, Kansas nesscountyks.govregistered as Ness County in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Norton County, Kansas nortoncountyks.govregistered as Norton County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Osage County, Kansas osageco.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Osborne County, Kansas osbornecounty.govregistered as Osborne County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ottawa County, Kansas ottawacounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pawnee County, Kansas pawneecountykansas.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Phillips County, Kansas phillipscounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 62 | No | 5 | |
| Pottawatomie County, Kansas pottcountyks.govregistered as Pottawatomie County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pratt County, Kansas prattcounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 9 | |
| Rawlins County, Kansas rawlinscounty.infoweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 57 | No | 16 | |
| Reno County, Kansas renoks.govregistered as Reno County, KS in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Republic County, Kansas republiccounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 57 | No | 1 | |
| Rice County, Kansas ricecounty.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 42 | Gated | 31 | |
| Riley County, Kansas rileycountyks.govregistered as Riley County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rooks County, Kansas rookscountyks.govregistered as Rooks County Kansas in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rush County, Kansas rushcountykansas.govregistered as Rush County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Russell County, Kansas ks-russellco.manatron.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saline County, Kansas salinecountyks.govregistered as Saline County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Scott County, Kansas ks-scott.manatron.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sedgwick County, Kansas sedgwick.govregistered as Sedgwick County - DIO in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Seward County, Kansas sewardcountyks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Shawnee County, Kansas snco.govregistered as Shawnee County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sheridan County, Kansas sheridancountyks.govregistered as Sheridan County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sherman County, Kansas shermancountyks.govregistered as County of Sherman in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Smith County, Kansas smithcokspublichealth.govregistered as Smith County Health Department in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stafford County, Kansas staffordcountyks.govregistered as Stafford County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stanton County, Kansas stantoncountyks.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Stevens County, Kansas stevenscoks.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 38 | Gated | 2 | |
| Sumner County, Kansas co.sumner.ks.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | Gated | 32 | |
| Thomas County, Kansas thomascountyks.govregistered as Thomas County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Trego County, Kansas tregocountyks.govregistered as Trego County, Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wabaunsee County, Kansas wabaunsee.kansasgov.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wallace County, Kansas wallacecountyks.govregistered as County of Wallace in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Washington County, Kansas washingtoncountyks.govregistered as Washington County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wichita County, Kansas wichitacounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 50 | No | 9 | |
| Wilson County, Kansas wilson.kansasgov.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Woodson County, Kansas woodsoncounty.govregistered as Woodson County, Kansas in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wyandotte County, Kansas wycovoteskck.govregistered as Wyandotte County Election Office in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Adair County, Kentucky adaircoclerkky.govregistered as Adair County Clerk in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Allen County, Kentucky allencountykentucky.govregistered as Allen County Fiscal Court in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Anderson County, Kentucky kyhometown.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned | 18 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ballard County, Kentucky ballardcoclerkky.govregistered as Ballard County Clerk in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Barren County, Kentucky barrencounty.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 26 | Gated | 1 |
Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Data: sites.csv · checks.csv · summary.json