Evaluation of Illinois county websites

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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Illinois county websites.

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Illinois's county websites to what can be found on county websites in other states.

Reading the chart

In the chart below:

	information is included on the government website
	information was not provided on the government website
P	information was partially provided

Check the page about each county for more detailed information about what information is available on the county website, along with recommendations users have made for positive changes.

Conclusions chart

2012

This chart encompasses the 5 largest counties in Illinois, which averaged an "A" website transparency score.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4
P	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
N	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

2009

This chart encompasses all counties in Illinois, which averaged a "D" website transparency grade in 2009. At that time 37 counties did not have websites.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	20	34	48	43	29	18	6	3	16	25
P	1	16	8	11	8	2	4	0	2	11
N	44	15	9	11	28	45	55	62	46	29
No Website	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37

Comparison of all Illinois county websites

Illinois County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Cook County, Illinois	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	P	Y	P	Y
DuPage County, Illinois	A-	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kane County, Illinois	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P
Lake County, Illinois	A+	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
McHenry County, Illinois	A+	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Will County, Illinois	A+	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

See also

Ballotpedia evaluated ballot measure information on Illinois county websites in March 2012.

Correcting errors

If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about an Illinois county, you can report the error by emailing us.