Of the 212 fully scanned U.S. city sites we tested, 27 (13%) are not on a .gov domain. Among states with at least 10 tested sites, Texas has the highest share (25%). Florida has the lowest (0%). This page uses the Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) check. It passes when the site uses a government-issued domain (.gov, .edu, or .mil).
27 of 212
City sites that are not on a .gov domain
13%
Share of tested city sites that fail this check
9 of 41
States with at least one failing city site
25%
Texas has the highest share: 13 of 52 tested city sites
By state
The share of tested city sites in each state that are not on a .gov domain.
| State | Tested | Not on .gov | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| Texas | 52 | 13 | 25% |
| Illinois | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| California | 32 | 6 | 19% |
| Virginia | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| Washington | 9 | 1 | 11% |
| Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Arizona | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Colorado | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Florida | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Georgia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Louisiana | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Maine | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Massachusetts | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Michigan | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Missouri | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Montana | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Nevada | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| New York | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| North Carolina | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| North Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Ohio | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Tennessee | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Utah | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
The 27 city sites that are not on a .gov domain
Sorted by state, then name. Each site links to its security report and shows its security and overall grades from the same scan.
| Site | State | Security | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| anaheim.net City of Anaheim, CA |
California | C | C |
| bakersfieldcity.us City of Bakersfield, CA |
California | C | C |
| ggcity.org City of GARDEN GROVE, CA |
California | D | B |
| modestogov.com City of Modesto, CA |
California | B | C |
| cityofrc.us City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
California | B | C |
| cityofsanmateo.org City of San Mateo, CA |
California | C | C |
| cityofboise.org City of Boise, ID |
Idaho | C | C |
| cityofnampa.us City of Nampa, ID |
Idaho | C | C |
| peoriagov.org City of Peoria, IL |
Illinois | B | C |
| cityoftulsa.org City of Tulsa, OK |
Oklahoma | D | D |
| northcharleston.org City of North Charleston, SC |
South Carolina | D | C |
| baytown.org City of Baytown, TX |
Texas | B | C |
| cityofconroe.org City of Conroe, TX |
Texas | D | C |
| cityofdenton.com City of Denton, TX |
Texas | C | C |
| ci.friendswood.tx.us City of Friendswood, TX |
Texas | C | C |
| thecityofhedwigvillage.com City of Hedwig Village, TX |
Texas | C | B |
| hilshirevillagetexas.com City of Hilshire Village, TX |
Texas | B | C |
| cityofhunterscreek.com City of Hunters Creek Village, TX |
Texas | D | B |
| morganspoint-tx.com City of Morgan’s Point, TX |
Texas | C | B |
| nassaubay.com City of Nassau Bay, TX |
Texas | B | C |
| cityofpineypoint.com City of Piney Point Village, TX |
Texas | C | C |
| shoreacrestx.us City of Shoreacres, TX |
Texas | C | C |
| springvalleytx.com City of Spring Valley Village, TX |
Texas | C | C |
| waco-texas.com City of Waco, TX |
Texas | B | B |
| cityofchesapeake.net City of Chesapeake, VA |
Virginia | B | C |
| cityofvancouver.us City of Vancouver, WA |
Washington | D | B |
| cityofmadison.com City of Madison, WI |
Wisconsin | C | B |
About this check
Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) is one of the security checks. The site uses a government-issued domain (.gov, .edu, or .mil).
Why it matters
Defines trusted website categories, helping users identify official sites and improving credibility and security for specific organizations.
Risk
People cannot tell if your site is real government.
Guidance
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county site on our county list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 9/30/2026 and 11/5/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 54 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.