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 601–700 of 3,144 · page 7 of 32
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County, Illinois boonecountyil.govregistered as Boone County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Brown County, Illinois browncoil.govregistered as Brown County Illinois in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bureau County, Illinois bureaucounty-il.govregistered as Bureau County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Calhoun County, Illinois calhouncountyil.govregistered as Calhoun County Illnois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Carroll County, Illinois carrollcountyil.govregistered as Carroll County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cass County, Illinois casscountyil.govregistered as Cass County Clerk in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Champaign County, Illinois champaigncountyil.govregistered as Champaign County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Christian County, Illinois christiancountyil.govregistered as CHRISTIAN COUNTY in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clark County, Illinois clarkcountyilsheriff.govregistered as Clark County Sheriff's Office in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clay County, Illinois claycountyillinois.orgblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Clinton County, Illinois clintonco.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Coles County, Illinois co.coles.il.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Cook County, Illinois cookcountyil.govregistered as Cook County Government - Bureau of Technology in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Crawford County, Illinois crawfordcountyil.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 43 | No | 32 | |
| Cumberland County, Illinois cumberlandcoil.govregistered as Cumberland County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| DeKalb County, Illinois dekalbcountyclerkil.govregistered as DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| De Witt County, Illinois dewittcountyill.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Douglas County, Illinois douglascountyil.govregistered as Douglas County, IL in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| DuPage County, Illinois 211dupage.govregistered as DuPage County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Edgar County, Illinois edgarcountyillinois.govregistered as County of Edgar in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Edwards County, Illinois no website on recordno website found in the .gov registry or in Wikidata; unresolved and needs a manual pass | — | No | — | |
| Effingham County, Illinois effinghamcountyil.govregistered as Effingham County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fayette County, Illinois fayettecountyillinois.govregistered as Fayette County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ford County, Illinois fordcounty.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Franklin County, Illinois franklincountyil.govregistered as Franklin County Government Illinois in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fulton County, Illinois fultoncountyil.govregistered as Fulton County Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gallatin County, Illinois gallatinco.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Greene County, Illinois greenecountyil.comweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 31 | Gated | 1 | |
| Grundy County, Illinois grundycountyil.govregistered as Grundy County IL in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hamilton County, Illinois hamiltoncountyil.govregistered as Hamilton County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hancock County, Illinois hancockcounty-il.govregistered as Hancock County Board in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hardin County, Illinois hardincountyil.govregistered as Hardin County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Henderson County, Illinois hendersoncountyil.govregistered as Henderson County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Henry County, Illinois henryctyil.govregistered as Henry County Government in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Iroquois County, Illinois iroquoiscountyil.govregistered as Iroquois County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jackson County, Illinois jacksoncounty-il.govregistered as Jackson County, Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jasper County, Illinois jaspercountyillinois.govregistered as County of Jasper in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jefferson County, Illinois jeffersoncounty.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jersey County, Illinois jerseycounty-il.govregistered as Jersey County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Jo Daviess County, Illinois jodaviesscountyil.govregistered as Jo Daviess County, IL Local Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Johnson County, Illinois no website on recordno website found in the .gov registry or in Wikidata; unresolved and needs a manual pass | — | No | — | |
| Kane County, Illinois kanecountyil.govregistered as Kane County Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kankakee County, Illinois kankakeecountyil.govregistered as Kankakee County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kendall County, Illinois kendallcountyil.govregistered as Kendall County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Knox County, Illinois knoxcountyil.govregistered as County of Knox in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lake County, Illinois lakecountyil.govregistered as Lake County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| LaSalle County, Illinois lasallecountyil.govregistered as LaSalle County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lawrence County, Illinois lawrencecountyillinois.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Lee County, Illinois leecountyil.govregistered as LEE COUNTY in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Livingston County, Illinois livingstoncountyil.govregistered as Livingston County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Logan County, Illinois logancountyil.govregistered as Logan County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| McDonough County, Illinois outfitters.comweb 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 | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| McHenry County, Illinois resumemchenrycountyil.govregistered as County of McHenry in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| McLean County, Illinois mcleancountyil.govregistered as McLean County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Macon County, Illinois maconilcourts.govregistered as Macon County Circuit Court in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Macoupin County, Illinois macoupincountyil.govregistered as Macoupin County Board in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Madison County, Illinois madisoncountyil.govregistered as Madison County Government in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Marion County, Illinois marioncountyil.govregistered as Marion County Board in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Marshall County, Illinois marshallcountyillinois.govregistered as County of Marshall in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mason County, Illinois masoncountyil.govregistered as Mason County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Massac County, Illinois massaccountyil.govregistered as Massac County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Menard County, Illinois menardcountyil.govregistered as Menard County, Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mercer County, Illinois mercercountyil.orgweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 54 | Gated | 24 | |
| Monroe County, Illinois monroecountyil.govregistered as Monroe County Courthouse in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Montgomery County, Illinois montgomerycountyil.govregistered as County of Montgomery, Il in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Morgan County, Illinois morgancounty-il.govregistered as Morgan County Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Moultrie County, Illinois moultriecountyil.govregistered as Moultrie County Courthouse in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ogle County, Illinois oglecountyil.govregistered as Ogle County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Peoria County, Illinois peoriacounty.govregistered as Peoria County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Perry County, Illinois perrycountyil.govregistered as Perry County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Piatt County, Illinois piatt.govregistered as Piatt County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pike County, Illinois pikecountyil.govregistered as County of Pike in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pope County, Illinois popeco.netweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 31 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pulaski County, Illinois pulaskicountyil.govregistered as Pulaski County Detention Center in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Putnam County, Illinois putnamil.govregistered as Putnam County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Randolph County, Illinois randolphcountyil.govregistered as Randolph County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Richland County, Illinois no website on recordno website found in the .gov registry or in Wikidata; unresolved and needs a manual pass | — | No | — | |
| Rock Island County, Illinois rockislandcountyil.govregistered as County of Rock Island in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| St. Clair County, Illinois stclaircountyil.govregistered as St Clair County Illinois in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saline County, Illinois salinecounty.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sangamon County, Illinois sangamonil.govregistered as Sangamon County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Schuyler County, Illinois schuylercountyil.govregistered as Schuyler County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Scott County, Illinois scottcoil.govregistered as Scott County Illinois in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Shelby County, Illinois shelbycounty-il.govregistered as Shelby County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stark County, Illinois starkco.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stephenson County, Illinois stephensoncountyil.govregistered as Stephenson County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Tazewell County, Illinois tazewell-il.govregistered as Tazewell County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Union County, Illinois unioncountyil.govregistered as Union County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Vermilion County, Illinois vercountyil.govregistered as Vermilion County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wabash County, Illinois no website on recordno website found in the .gov registry or in Wikidata; unresolved and needs a manual pass | — | No | — | |
| Warren County, Illinois warrencountyil.govregistered as Warren County in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Washington County, Illinois washingtonco.illinois.govweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wayne County, Illinois fairfield-il.comblockedweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| White County, Illinois whitecounty-il.govregistered as White County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Whiteside County, Illinois whitesidecountyil.govregistered as Whiteside County IT in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Will County, Illinois willcounty.govregistered as County of Will in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Williamson County, Illinois williamsoncountyil.govregistered as Williamson County Government in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Winnebago County, Illinois wincoil.govregistered as Winnebago County in the .gov registry | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Woodford County, Illinois woodfordcountyil.govregistered as County of Woodford in the .gov registry | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Adams County, Indiana co.adams.in.usweb address from Wikidata (P856), not the .gov registry | 48 | No | 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