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 501–600 of 3,144 · page 6 of 32
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens County, Georgia pickenscountyga.govregistered as Pickens County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pierce County, Georgia piercecountyga.govregistered as Pierce County, Georgia in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pike County, Georgia pikecoga.govregistered as Pike County, GA in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Polk County, Georgia polkcountygeorgia.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pulaski County, Georgia hawkinsville.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Putnam County, Georgia putnam-ga.govregistered as Putnam County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Quitman County, Georgia gqc-ga.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Rabun County, Georgia rabuncounty.ga.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Randolph County, Georgia randolphcountyga.govregistered as Randolph County Board of Commisioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Richmond County, Georgia augustaga.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rockdale County, Georgia rockdalecountyga.govregistered as Rockdale County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Schley County, Georgia schleycountyga.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Screven County, Georgia screvencountyga.govregistered as Screven County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Seminole County, Georgia seminolecountyga.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Spalding County, Georgia spaldingcounty.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 50 | No | 32 | |
| Stephens County, Georgia stephenscountyga.govregistered as Stephens County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stewart County, Georgia stewartcountyga.govregistered as Stewart County Commission in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sumter County, Georgia sumtercountyga.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Talbot County, Georgia talbotcountyga.orgblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Taliaferro County, Georgia taliaferrofire.govregistered as Taliaferro County Fire Department in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Tattnall County, Georgia tattnallcountyga.govregistered as Tattnall County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Taylor County, Georgia taylorcountyga.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Telfair County, Georgia telfaircountyga.govregistered as Telfair County Georgia in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Terrell County, Georgia terrellcountyga.govregistered as Terrell County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Thomas County, Georgia thomascountyga.govregistered as Thomas County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Tift County, Georgia tiftcounty.govregistered as Tift County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Toombs County, Georgia toombscountyga.govregistered as Toombs County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Towns County, Georgia townscountysheriff.govregistered as Towns County Sheriff Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Treutlen County, Georgia treutlencountygov.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Troup County, Georgia troupcountyga.govregistered as Troup County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Turner County, Georgia turnercountygeorgia.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Twiggs County, Georgia twiggscounty.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 58 | No | 31 | |
| Union County, Georgia unioncountyga.govregistered as Union County Commissioner in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Upson County, Georgia upsoncountyga.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Walker County, Georgia walkercountyga.govregistered as Walker County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Walton County, Georgia waltoncountyga.govregistered as Walton County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ware County, Georgia warecountyga.govregistered as Ware County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Warren County, Georgia warrencountyga.govregistered as Warren County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Washington County, Georgia washingtoncountyga.govregistered as Washington County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wayne County, Georgia waynecounty-ga.govregistered as Wayne County Sherriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Webster County, Georgia webstercountyga.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 31 | |
| Wheeler County, Georgia wheelercounty.georgia.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| White County, Georgia whitecountyga.govregistered as White County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Whitfield County, Georgia whitfieldcountyga.govregistered as Whitfield County Board of Commissioners in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wilcox County, Georgia wilcoxcounty.live-website.comunreachableweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the site is hosted on a third party's domain | — | No | — | |
| Wilkes County, Georgia washingtonwilkes.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Wilkinson County, Georgia wilkinsoncounty.netweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 52 | No | 30 | |
| Worth County, Georgia worthcountyboc.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Hawaii County, Hawaii hawaiicounty.govregistered as County of Hawaii in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Honolulu County, Hawaii honolulu.govCity and County of Honolulu (.gov registry) | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kalawao County, Hawaii no website on recordKalawao County administered by the Hawaii Dept. of Health, no county government | — | No | — | |
| Kauai County, Hawaii kauai.govregistered as County of Kauai in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Maui County, Hawaii mauicounty.govregistered as County of Maui in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ada County, Idaho adacountyelections.govregistered as Ada County Information Technology in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Adams County, Idaho co.adams.id.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Bannock County, Idaho bannockcounty.govregistered as Bannock County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bear Lake County, Idaho bearlakecounty.infoweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 46 | Gated | 28 | |
| Benewah County, Idaho benewahcountyid.govregistered as Benewah County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bingham County, Idaho binghamid.govregistered as Bingham County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Blaine County, Idaho blainecountyid.govregistered as Blaine County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Boise County, Idaho boisecounty.usblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned; possibly not the official site; low confidence; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Bonner County, Idaho bonnercoid.govregistered as Bonner County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bonneville County, Idaho bonnevillecountyidaho.govregistered as Bonneville County, Idaho in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Boundary County, Idaho boundarycountyid.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Butte County, Idaho buttecountyid.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| Camas County, Idaho camascounty.id.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Canyon County, Idaho canyoncountyid.govregistered as Canyon County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Caribou County, Idaho caribouid.govregistered as Caribou County, Idaho in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cassia County, Idaho cassia.govregistered as Cassia County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clark County, Idaho clark-co.id.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clearwater County, Idaho clearwatercountyid.govregistered as Clearwater County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Custer County, Idaho co.custer.id.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Elmore County, Idaho elmorecountyid.govregistered as Elmore County, Idaho in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Franklin County, Idaho franklincountyidaho.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 31 | |
| Fremont County, Idaho fremontcountyid.govregistered as Fremont County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gem County, Idaho co.gem.id.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Gooding County, Idaho goodingcountyid.govregistered as Gooding County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Idaho County, Idaho idahocounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 63 | No | 17 | |
| Jefferson County, Idaho jeffersonid.govregistered as Jefferson County Idaho in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jerome County, Idaho jeromecountyid.govregistered as Jerome County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kootenai County, Idaho kcgov.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 40 | No | 19 | |
| Latah County, Idaho latahcountyid.govregistered as Latah County Idaho in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lemhi County, Idaho lemhicountyidaho.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 53 | No | 12 | |
| Lewis County, Idaho lewiscountyid.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Lincoln County, Idaho lincolncountyid.govregistered as Lincoln County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Madison County, Idaho madisoncountyid.govregistered as Madison County, Idaho in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Minidoka County, Idaho minidoka.id.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 53 | No | 18 | |
| Nez Perce County, Idaho nezpercecountyelections.govregistered as Nez Perce County Elections in the .gov registry; this is the elections office's site, not the county's main site | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Oneida County, Idaho oneidacountyid.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Owyhee County, Idaho owyheecounty.govregistered as Owyhee County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Payette County, Idaho payettecounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 44 | Gated | 32 | |
| Power County, Idaho powercounty.govregistered as Power County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Shoshone County, Idaho shoshonecounty.id.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Teton County, Idaho tetoncountyidaho.govregistered as Teton County Idaho in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Twin Falls County, Idaho twinfallscounty.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 32 | |
| Valley County, Idaho valleycountyid.govregistered as Valley County Idaho in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Washington County, Idaho washingtoncountyid.govregistered as Washington County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Adams County, Illinois adamscountyil.govregistered as Adams County, IL in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Alexander County, Illinois alexandercountyilsheriff.govregistered as Alexander County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bond County, Illinois bondcountyil.govregistered as Bond County in the .gov registry | 33 | 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