Showing Delaware county sites. All U.S. county sites
D 67
Average readability score of 3 fully scanned Delaware county sites
10th
of 48 states, ranked by average readability score
3 of 3
Sites fully scanned
D 61
U.S. county average readability score, 2421 fully scanned sites
Delaware's state site, de.gov, ranks 13th of 51 state sites with a B. State rankings.
How Delaware county readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Delaware county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 3 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Delaware average
- U.S. county average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 1 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Delaware counties by readability grade
Each county with a site on our list is colored by that site's grade. Select a county to open its report. The table lists every site.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
Delaware counties by readability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Delaware: 3 sites. U.S.: 2421 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 67% (2) | 0% (0) | 33% (1) |
| All U.S. counties | 58% (1,411) | 0% (0) | 37% (899) |
Top 3 Delaware county sites by readability score
#1 in Delaware · U.S. rank 1
Kent County, DE
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Delaware · U.S. rank 1
Sussex County, DE
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability D
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#2 in Delaware · U.S. rank 163
New Castle County, DE
F 0 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability F
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
All Delaware county sites by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
kentcountyde.gov
Kent County, DE U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sussexcountyde.gov
Sussex County, DE U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
newcastlede.gov
New Castle County, DE U.S. rank 163 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch-Kincaid (FK)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Delaware. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 9/28/2026 and 9/28/2026; each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage returned successfully and sent the scanner its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale, and rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, including every county's raw results, is published in the ScanGov data repository.