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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.

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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

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