Comparison of county websites that provide an online budget (2012)

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This table compares the percentages of county websites with budgets to those without budgets, and to those with only a partial budget available. Percentages are figured based on the number of counties in a state with websites. To see the percentage of counties in a state without any website at all, and for the average rating on the transparency checklist, see comparison of each state's county websites.

State	% websites w/budget	% websites w/partial budget	% websites with no budget
Alabama counties	8%	8%	84%
Alaska boroughs	31%	31%	38%
Arkansas counties	4%	0%	96%
Arizona counties	87%	0%	13%
California counties	86%	3%	10%
Colorado counties	48%	8%	44%
Connecticut counties	NA	NA	NA
Delaware counties	100%	0%	0%
Florida counties	71%	0%	29%
Georgia counties	19%	21%	59%
Hawaii counties	60%	0%	40%
Georgia counties	12%	14%	74%
Idaho counties	14%	3%	83%
Illinois counties	32%	2%	66%
Indiana counties	18%	0%	82%
Iowa counties	39%	0%	61%
Kentucky counties	11%	1%	88%
Louisiana parishes	77%	14%	9%
Maine counties	33%	17%	50%
Maryland counties	88%	4%	8%
Massachusetts counties	0%	25%	75%
Michigan counties	37%	4%	59%
Minnesota counties	29%	9%	62%
Mississippi counties	3%	3%	94%
Missouri counties	20%	6%	74%
Montana counties	19%	7%	74%
Nevada counties	12%	19%	69%
New Jersey counties	81%	5%	14%
New Mexico counties	0%	19%	81%
New York counties	79%	3%	18%
North Carolina counties	63%	8%	28%
North Dakota counties	15%	0%	85%
Ohio counties	7%	7%	85%
Oklahoma counties	8%	4%	88%
Pennsylvania counties	49%	4%	46%
Rhode Island counties	NA	NA	NA
South Carolina counties	40%	5%	55%
South Dakota counties	13%	4%	83%
Tennessee counties	35%	3%	62%
Texas counties	54%	0%	46%
Vermont counties	NA	NA	NA
West Virginia counties	7%	4%	89%

Detailed county website comparisons

• Comparison of county websites that provide meeting information
• Comparison of county websites that provide information on elected officials
• Comparison of county websites that provide information on administrative officials
• Comparison of county websites that provide zoning information
• Comparison of county websites that provide audit information
• Comparison of county websites that provide contract information
• Comparison of county websites that provide lobbying information
• Comparison of county websites that provide public records information
• Comparison of county websites that provide tax information