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How do the counties in your state compare to the counties in other states in terms of the Transparency Checklist?

This page gathers the results of county website evaluations from all 50 states after all 3,140 counties in the country were evaluated by Sunshine Review contributors.

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison for a statistical comparison from state-to-state of each item on the Transparency Checklist.

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

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

Alabama

• See main article: Evaluation of Alabama county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	3	8	20	15	3	5	1	0	1	16
P	3	14	18	21	6	0	6	1	8	16
N	33	17	1	3	30	34	32	38	30	7
No Website	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

Alaska

• See main article: Evaluation of Alaska borough websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	8	10	10	11	1	1	1	5	6
P	5	6	6	5	1	3	5	0	3	3
N	16	12	10	11	14	22	20	25	18	17
No website	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Arizona

• See main article: Evaluation of Arizona county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	13	15	14	13	12	8	2	0	7	14
P	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
N	2	0	0	1	2	7	13	15	8	0

Arkansas

• See main article: Evaluation of Arkansas county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	1	6	20	11	2	0	0	0	2	6
P	0	4	3	9	1	0	0	0	1	4
N	26	17	4	7	24	27	27	27	24	17
No Website	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

California

• See main article: Evaluation of California county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	50	58	50	21	48	44	33	2	23	44
P	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N	6	0	1	36	10	14	25	56	35	14

Colorado

• See main article: Evaluation of Colorado county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	34	30	44	30	37	14	2	0	20	15
P	3	17	6	16	9	6	6	0	5	17
N	18	8	5	9	9	35	47	55	30	23
No Website	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Connecticut

• See main article: Evaluation of Connecticut county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Delaware

• See main article: Evaluation of Delaware county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
P	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
N	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	1

Florida

• See main article: Evaluation of Florida county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	47	60	56	46	51	33	23	1	3	55
P	0	3	7	10	9	4	7	0	36	1
N	19	3	3	10	6	29	36	65	27	10
No Website	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Georgia

• See main article: Evaluation of Georgia county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	24	60	68	66	60	11	4	1	8	85
P	23	25	46	40	25	12	2	0	15	7
N	68	30	1	9	30	92	109	114	92	23
No Website	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44

Hawaii

• See main article: Evaluation of Hawaii county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
	4	4	3	2	4	2	2	0	0	1
P	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
N	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	4	5	1

Idaho

• See main article: Evaluation of Idaho county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	21	25	26	19	4	0	0	7	6
P	1	10	9	7	9	0	0	0	1	20
N	29	4	1	2	7	31	35	35	27	9
No Website	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Illinois

• See main article: Evaluation of Illinois county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	20	34	45	42	29	15	1	0	11	23
P	1	16	13	14	7	2	3	0	4	11
N	44	15	7	9	30	46	61	65	50	31
No Website	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37

Indiana

• See main article: Evaluation of Indiana county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	12	28	32	46	15	7	4	0	1	19
P	0	28	30	14	27	0	0	1	1	29
N	53	9	3	5	23	58	61	64	63	17
No Website	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Iowa

• See main article: Evaluation of Iowa county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	31	64	44	60	34	10	0	0	0	36
P	0	10	35	19	22	1	0	0	0	39
N	49	6	1	1	24	69	80	80	80	5
No Website	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

Kansas

• See main article: Evaluation of Kansas county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	21	4	69	56	25	5	0	0	16	3
P	2	57	12	16	11	1	0	0	1	57
N	62	24	4	13	49	79	85	85	68	25
No Website	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Kentucky

• See main article: Evaluation of Kentucky county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	12	23	73	58	13	7	1	0	2	14
P	1	25	32	36	15	1	3	0	2	10
N	92	57	0	11	77	97	101	105	101	81
No Website	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Louisiana

• See main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	16	30	33	24	12	5	3	0	5	4
P	0	1	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
N	48	33	25	39	50	59	59	64	59	60
No Website	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

Maine

• See main article: Evaluation of Maine county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	4	4	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	2
P	2	4	4	3	0	1	1	0	4	2
N	6	4	0	0	12	11	11	12	8	8
No Website	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Maryland

• See main article: Evaluation of Maryland county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	21	21	20	22	19	7	3	0	6	7
P	1	3	4	2	4	9	11	0	1	14
N	2	0	0	0	1	8	10	24	17	3

Massachusetts

• See main article: Evaluation of Massachusetts county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
P	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
N	3	1	0	0	3	2	4	4	4	3

Michigan

• See main article: Evaluation of Michigan county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	29	57	70	56	34	27	1	0	9	26
P	3	14	8	20	15	3	2	1	13	28
N	47	8	1	3	30	49	76	78	57	25
No Website	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Minnesota

• See main article: Evaluation of Minnesota county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	23	64	73	47	34	11	9	1	4	32
P	7	14	7	16	11	4	1	2	2	8
N	50	2	0	17	35	65	70	77	74	40
No Website	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Mississippi

• See main article: Evaluation of Mississippi county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	1	5	21	26	4	0	0	0	0	6
P	1	8	10	1	8	2	3	0	4	14
N	32	21	3	7	22	32	31	34	30	14
No Website	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

Missouri

• See main article: Evaluation of Missouri county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	11	15	21	36	13	6	1	0	0	13
P	3	14	32	17	6	7	10	0	1	20
N	40	25	1	1	35	41	43	54	53	21
No Website	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61

Montana

• See main article: Evaluation of Montana county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	8	19	21	28	15	1	0	0	0	2
P	3	7	15	9	3	1	0	0	1	10
N	32	17	7	6	25	41	43	43	42	31
No Website	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Nebraska

• See main article: Evaluation of Nebraska county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	2	44	81	63	10	2	2	1	0	18
P	10	22	2	6	20	0	1	4	0	45
N	73	19	2	16	55	83	82	80	85	22
No Website	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Nevada

• See main article: Evaluation of Nevada county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	2	7	10	10	4	0	0	0	0	3
P	3	7	4	4	7	4	2	0	4	6
N	11	2	2	2	5	12	14	16	12	7
No Website	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

New Hampshire

• See main article: Evaluation of New Hampshire county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
P	0	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
N	0	1	1	1	7	6	7	7	7	7
No Website	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

New Jersey

• See main article: Evaluation of New Jersey county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	17	18	16	20	0	3	0	0	16	10
P	1	3	5	1	3	3	16	0	0	4
N	3	0	0	0	18	15	5	21	5	7
No Website	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

New Mexico

• See main article: Evaluation of New Mexico county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	0	9	6	14	3	0	0	0	0	1
P	5	13	18	10	11	3	9	1	3	17
N	23	6	4	4	14	25	19	27	25	10
No Website	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

New York

• See main article: Evaluation of New York county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	49	54	58	61	11	23	4	0	26	36
P	2	6	3	0	22	3	30	7	6	21
N	11	2	1	1	29	36	28	55	30	5
No Website	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

North Carolina

• See main article: Evaluation of North Carolina county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	63	85	83	81	53	62	0	0	1	47
P	8	10	15	12	29	1	21	0	1	41
N	28	4	1	6	17	36	78	99	97	11
No Website	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

North Dakota

• See main article: Evaluation of North Dakota county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	15	21	22	10	1	0	0	0	8
P	0	11	12	9	2	0	1	0	0	15
N	28	7	0	2	21	32	32	33	33	10
No Website	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Ohio

• See main article: Evaluation of Ohio county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	6	28	40	31	33	40	5	0	19	62
P	6	28	39	42	10	10	9	2	12	9
N	68	24	1	7	37	30	66	78	49	9
No Website	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Oklahoma

• See main article: Evaluation of Oklahoma county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	2	9	15	12	1	0	0	0	4	11
P	1	8	8	8	4	0	0	0	2	4
N	26	12	6	9	24	29	29	29	23	14
No Website	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

Oregon

• See main article: Evaluation of Oregon county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	18	9	28	27	21	12	0	0	4	1
P	0	16	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	23
N	15	8	2	4	10	21	32	33	29	9
No Website	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Pennsylvania

• See main article: Evaluation of Pennsylvania county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	33	34	38	43	9	22	4	2	46	19
P	3	22	27	15	29	3	10	5	4	22
N	31	11	2	9	29	42	53	60	17	26

Rhode Island

• See main article: Evaluation of Rhode Island county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
No Website	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

South Carolina

• See main article: Evaluation of South Carolina county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	17	32	38	33	18	22	1	1	6	13
P	2	7	3	6	17	1	19	0	2	25
N	23	3	1	3	7	19	22	41	34	4
No Website	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

South Dakota

• See main article: Evaluation of South Dakota county websites

County	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	3	12	17	19	10	1	0	0	6	4
P	1	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	2	2
N	19	4	2	0	11	22	22	23	15	17

Tennessee

• See main article: Evaluation of Tennessee county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	21	23	51	56	12	16	0	0	0	16
P	2	19	7	3	16	1	9	1	2	14
N	37	18	2	1	32	43	51	59	58	30
No Website	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

Texas

• See main article: Evaluation of Texas county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	123	45	177	56	6	55	25	4	17	86
P	0	110	47	27	13	2	9	140	5	37
N	104	72	3	144	208	170	193	83	205	104
No Website	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Utah

• See main article: Evaluation of Utah county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	8	24	25	26	17	5	1	1	2	14
P	3	0	3	2	4	1	1	0	0	2
N	18	5	1	1	8	23	27	28	27	13

Vermont

• See main article: Evaluation of Vermont county websites

Currently there are no websites for the 14 counties in Vermont.

Virginia

• See main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	35	42	74	74	77	38	13	19	6	66
P	32	42	14	17	5	10	26	0	12	9
N	25	8	4	1	10	44	53	73	74	17
No Website	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Independent cities

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	27	26	34	35	28	35	1	0	6	30
P	3	12	5	1	7	0	17	0	6	7
N	9	1	0	3	4	4	21	39	27	2

Washington

• See main article: Evaluation of Washington county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	25	31	27	35	31	16	0	0	23	27
P	0	7	12	4	5	2	10	0	6	9
N	14	1	0	0	3	21	29	39	10	3

West Virginia

• See main article: Evaluation of West Virginia county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	2	4	13	16	6	2	0	0	0	4
P	1	15	14	10	4	3	1	0	2	15
N	25	9	1	2	18	23	27	28	26	9
No Website	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Wisconsin

• See main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	43	55	65	64	49	19	3	0	5	9
P	3	7	4	4	12	4	0	0	19	47
N	24	8	1	2	9	47	67	70	46	14
No Website	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Wyoming

• See main article: Evaluation of Wyoming county websites

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	9	18	14	12	2	0	0	5	7
P	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
N	12	1	0	4	5	16	18	18	13	4
No Website	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5