Showing Delaware county sites. All U.S. county sites
F 43
Average usability score of 3 fully scanned Delaware county sites
19th
of 48 states, ranked by average usability score
3 of 3
Sites fully scanned
F 49
U.S. county average usability score, 2435 fully scanned sites
Delaware's state site, de.gov, ranks 12th of 51 state sites with a B. State rankings.
How Delaware county usability 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 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 1 |
| 40 to 49 | 2 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Delaware counties by usability 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 usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Delaware: 3 sites. U.S.: 2435 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 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (3) |
| All U.S. counties | 1% (24) | 18% (436) | 81% (1,975) |
Top 3 Delaware county sites by usability score
#1 in Delaware · U.S. rank 18
Kent County, DE
F 47 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
#1 in Delaware · U.S. rank 18
Sussex County, DE
F 47 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability D
- Security A
- Usability F
#2 in Delaware · U.S. rank 22
New Castle County, DE
F 35 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability D
- Security A
- Usability F
What each check means
- Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
- Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
- Readability. Page content is written at a reading level most users can understand. People struggle to understand your content.
All Delaware county sites by usability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
kentcountyde.gov
Kent County, DE U.S. rank 18 |
8 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 1 |
sussexcountyde.gov
Sussex County, DE U.S. rank 18 |
8 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
newcastlede.gov
New Castle County, DE U.S. rank 22 |
6 of 17 checks pass | F |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch-Kincaid (FK)
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Readability
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
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 9/17/2026 and 9/17/2026; 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.