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 2,301–2,400 of 3,144 · page 24 of 32
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder County, Pennsylvania snydercounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 67 | No | 32 | |
| Somerset County, Pennsylvania somersetcountypa.govregistered as County Of Somerset in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sullivan County, Pennsylvania sullivancountypa.govregistered as Sullivan County Commissioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania susqco.govregistered as Susquehanna County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Tioga County, Pennsylvania tiogacountypa.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Union County, Pennsylvania unionco.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 46 | No | 1 | |
| Venango County, Pennsylvania venangocountypa.govregistered as County of Venango in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Warren County, Pennsylvania warrencountypa.govregistered as Warren County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Washington County, Pennsylvania washcopa.govregistered as County of Washington in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wayne County, Pennsylvania waynecountypa.govregistered as Wayne County Courthouse in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania westmorelandcountypa.govregistered as Westmoreland County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wyoming County, Pennsylvania wyomingcountypa.govregistered as Wyoming County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| York County, Pennsylvania yorkcountypa.govregistered as County of York in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bristol County, Rhode Island no website on recordRI counties have no government | — | No | — | |
| Kent County, Rhode Island no website on recordRI counties have no government | — | No | — | |
| Newport County, Rhode Island no website on recordRI counties have no government | — | No | — | |
| Providence County, Rhode Island no website on recordRI counties have no government | — | No | — | |
| Washington County, Rhode Island no website on recordRI counties have no government | — | No | — | |
| Abbeville County, South Carolina abbevillecountysc.govregistered as Abbeville County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Aiken County, South Carolina aikencountysc.govregistered as Aiken County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Allendale County, South Carolina allendalecounty.govregistered as Allendale County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Anderson County, South Carolina andersoncountysc.govregistered as Anderson County South Carolina in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bamberg County, South Carolina bambergcountysc.govregistered as Bamberg County Government in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Barnwell County, South Carolina barnwellcountysc.govregistered as Barnwell County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Beaufort County, South Carolina beaufortcountysc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Berkeley County, South Carolina berkeleycountysc.govregistered as Berkeley County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Calhoun County, South Carolina calhouncounty.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Charleston County, South Carolina charlestoncounty.govregistered as Charleston County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cherokee County, South Carolina cherokeecountysc.govregistered as Cherokee County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Chester County, South Carolina chestercountysc.govregistered as County of Chester in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Chesterfield County, South Carolina chesterfieldcountysc.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 63 | No | 30 | |
| Clarendon County, South Carolina clarendonsc.govregistered as Clarendon County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Colleton County, South Carolina colletoncounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Darlington County, South Carolina darcosc.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 46 | Gated | 24 | |
| Dillon County, South Carolina dilloncountysc.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Dorchester County, South Carolina dorchestercountysc.govregistered as Dorchester County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Edgefield County, South Carolina edgefieldcounty.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fairfield County, South Carolina fairfieldsc.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 55 | No | 8 | |
| Florence County, South Carolina florencecountysc.govregistered as Florence County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Georgetown County, South Carolina gtcountysc.govregistered as Georgetown County Gov in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Greenville County, South Carolina ggsc.govregistered as County of Greenville in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Greenwood County, South Carolina greenwoodsc.govregistered as Greenwood County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hampton County, South Carolina hamptoncountysc.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Horry County, South Carolina horrycountysc.govregistered as Horry County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jasper County, South Carolina jaspercountysc.govregistered as Jasper County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kershaw County, South Carolina kershaw.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lancaster County, South Carolina lancastercountysc.govregistered as Lancaster County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Laurens County, South Carolina laurenscountysc.govregistered as Laurens County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lee County, South Carolina leecountysc.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | Gated | 22 | |
| Lexington County, South Carolina lex-co.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| McCormick County, South Carolina mccormickcountysc.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Marion County, South Carolina marionsc.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Marlboro County, South Carolina marlborocounty.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Newberry County, South Carolina newberrycounty.govregistered as Newberry County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Oconee County, South Carolina oconeesc.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 51 | No | 31 | |
| Orangeburg County, South Carolina orangeburgcounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pickens County, South Carolina pickenscountysc.govregistered as Pickens County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Richland County, South Carolina richlandcountysc.govregistered as Richland County Gov in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saluda County, South Carolina saludacounty.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Spartanburg County, South Carolina spartanburgcounty.govregistered as Spartanburg County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sumter County, South Carolina sumtercountysc.govregistered as Sumter County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Union County, South Carolina gearupunionsc.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Williamsburg County, South Carolina williamsburgcounty.sc.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| York County, South Carolina yorkcountysc.govregistered as York County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Aurora County, South Dakota auroracountysd.govregistered as Aurora County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Beadle County, South Dakota beadle.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Bennett County, South Dakota no website on recordNo website per the SD Association of County Officials directory (sdcounties.org/counties) | — | No | — | |
| Bon Homme County, South Dakota bonhomme.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Brookings County, South Dakota brookingscountysd.govregistered as Brookings County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Brown County, South Dakota brown.sd.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 64 | No | 26 | |
| Brule County, South Dakota brulecounty.govregistered as Brule County in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Buffalo County, South Dakota gannvalley.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned | 67 | No | 7 | |
| Butte County, South Dakota buttesd.govregistered as Butte County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Campbell County, South Dakota no website on recordNo website per the SD Association of County Officials directory (sdcounties.org/counties) | — | No | — | |
| Charles Mix County, South Dakota charlesmixcounty.govregistered as Charles Mix County in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clark County, South Dakota clark.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Clay County, South Dakota claycountysd.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 66 | No | 1 | |
| Codington County, South Dakota codington.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 59 | No | 1 | |
| Corson County, South Dakota corsoncountysd.govregistered as Corson County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Custer County, South Dakota custercountysd.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Davison County, South Dakota davisoncounty.govregistered as Davison County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Day County, South Dakota day.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Deuel County, South Dakota deuelcountysd.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 58 | No | 32 | |
| Dewey County, South Dakota dewey.sdcounties.orgSouth Dakota county portal, reachability-verified | 55 | No | 31 | |
| Douglas County, South Dakota douglas.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Edmunds County, South Dakota edmunds.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Fall River County, South Dakota fallrivercountysd.govregistered as Fall River County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Faulk County, South Dakota no website on recordNo website per the SD Association of County Officials directory (sdcounties.org/counties) | — | No | — | |
| Grant County, South Dakota grantcountysd.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Gregory County, South Dakota gregory.sdcounties.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Haakon County, South Dakota haakoncounty.govregistered as Haakon County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hamlin County, South Dakota hamlinco.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 64 | No | 1 | |
| Hand County, South Dakota handcountysd.govregistered as Hand County in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hanson County, South Dakota hansoncountysd.govregistered as Hanson County in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Harding County, South Dakota hardingcosd.govregistered as Harding County, SD in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hughes County, South Dakota hughescounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Hutchinson County, South Dakota hutchinsoncountysd.govregistered as Hutchinson County Courthouse in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hyde County, South Dakota hydeco.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jackson County, South Dakota jacksoncountysd.govregistered as Jackson County Sheriff in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jerauld County, South Dakota jerauldcountysd.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 51 | No | 14 |
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