Iowa county websites: accessibility rankings

Name: Project ScanGov Iowa county websites: accessibility rankings
Creator: ScanGov
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Accessibility scores, grades, and the most common failures for 97 Iowa county government websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

Sites: 97
Last scan: 9/20/2026

Showing Iowa county sites. All U.S. county sites

B 82

Average accessibility score of 80 fully scanned Iowa county sites

12th

of 48 states, ranked by average accessibility score

80 of 97

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 17, so they're listed without grades

B 88

U.S. county average accessibility score, 2435 fully scanned sites

Iowa's state site, iowa.gov, ranks 3rd of 51 state sites with an A. State rankings.

How Iowa county accessibility scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 80 fully scanned Iowa county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Iowa average
U.S. county average

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How Iowa county accessibility scores are distributed
Score range	Sites
0 to 9	0
10 to 19	0
20 to 29	0
30 to 39	0
40 to 49	0
50 to 59	1
60 to 69	8
70 to 79	19
80 to 89	32
90 to 100	20

Iowa counties by accessibility grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Iowa: 80 sites. U.S.: 2435 sites.

IowaA (90 to 100): 25% (20 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 64% (51 sites)D to F (below 70): 11% (9 sites)
All U.S. countiesA (90 to 100): 45% (1,107 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 52% (1,257 sites)D to F (below 70): 3% (71 sites)

A (90 to 100)
B to C (70 to 89)
D to F (below 70)

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Iowa counties by accessibility grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Group	A (90 to 100)	B to C (70 to 89)	D to F (below 70)
Iowa	25% (20)	64% (51)	11% (9)
All U.S. counties	45% (1,107)	52% (1,257)	3% (71)

Top 3 Iowa county sites by accessibility score

#1 in Iowa · U.S. rank 1

Buchanan County, IA

A 100 accessibility

Accessibility A
Botability B
Security A
Usability F

#2 in Iowa · U.S. rank 3

Franklin County, IA

A 96 accessibility

Accessibility A
Botability B
Security B
Usability F

#2 in Iowa · U.S. rank 3

Humboldt County, IA

A 96 accessibility

Accessibility A
Botability B
Security B
Usability D

Most common accessibility failures among Iowa county sites

Share of the 80 fully scanned Iowa county sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

Links have a discernible name73% (58 of 80 sites)
Document has a main landmark57% (46 of 80 sites)
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio54% (43 of 80 sites)
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order40% (32 of 80 sites)
Valid doctype40% (32 of 80 sites)

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Most common accessibility failures among Iowa county sites
Check	Share failing	Sites failing
Links have a discernible name	73%	58
Document has a main landmark	57%	46
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio	54%	43
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order	40%	32
Valid doctype	40%	32

What each check means

Links have a discernible name. Links have unique, descriptive text so users know where they go. Screen reader users cannot identify or interact with elements.
Document has a main landmark. The page has exactly one main content area so screen readers can navigate to it. Screen reader users cannot skip directly to main content.
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio. Text and background colors meet minimum contrast ratios. Users with low vision cannot read your text.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order. Page headings follow a logical order without skipping levels. Keyboard users cannot efficiently navigate your site.
Valid doctype. The page has a doctype declaration so browsers render it correctly. Browsers display your page wrong.

All Iowa county sites by accessibility score

Iowa county sites ranked by accessibility score
Rank	Site	Checks passed	Grade
1	buchanancounty.iowa.gov Buchanan County, IA U.S. rank 1	36 of 36 checks pass	A
2	franklincountyia.gov Franklin County, IA U.S. rank 3	27 of 28 checks pass	A
2	humboldtcounty.iowa.gov Humboldt County, IA U.S. rank 3	31 of 32 checks pass	A
2	louisacountyia.gov Louisa County, IA U.S. rank 3	27 of 28 checks pass	A
2	mitchellcounty.iowa.gov Mitchell County, IA U.S. rank 3	32 of 33 checks pass	A
3	allamakeecounty.iowa.gov Allamakee County, IA U.S. rank 6	28 of 30 checks pass	A
3	cedarcounty.iowa.gov Cedar County, IA U.S. rank 6	27 of 29 checks pass	A
3	fremontcountyia.gov Fremont County, IA U.S. rank 6	27 of 29 checks pass	A
3	johnsoncountyiowa.gov Johnson County, IA U.S. rank 6	28 of 30 checks pass	A
3	lyoncounty.iowa.gov Lyon County, IA U.S. rank 6	27 of 29 checks pass	A
3	pottcounty-ia.gov Pottawattamie County, IA U.S. rank 6	29 of 31 checks pass	A
4	dickinsoncountyiowa.gov Dickinson County, IA U.S. rank 7	12 of 13 checks pass	A
4	jeffersoncounty.iowa.gov Jefferson County, IA U.S. rank 7	12 of 13 checks pass	A
4	paloaltocounty.iowa.gov Palo Alto County, IA U.S. rank 7	12 of 13 checks pass	A
4	ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov Ringgold County, IA U.S. rank 7	24 of 26 checks pass	A
4	unioncountyiowa.gov Union County, IA U.S. rank 7	26 of 28 checks pass	A
5	scottcountyiowa.gov Scott County, IA U.S. rank 8	32 of 35 checks pass	A
6	grundycountyiowa.gov Grundy County, IA U.S. rank 9	28 of 31 checks pass	A
6	taylorcounty.iowa.gov Taylor County, IA U.S. rank 9	30 of 33 checks pass	A
6	vanburencounty.iowa.gov Van Buren County, IA U.S. rank 9	28 of 31 checks pass	A
7	blackhawkcounty.iowa.gov Black Hawk County, IA U.S. rank 10	33 of 37 checks pass	B
7	clarkecounty.iowa.gov Clarke County, IA U.S. rank 10	25 of 28 checks pass	B
8	bremercounty.iowa.gov Bremer County, IA U.S. rank 11	31 of 35 checks pass	B
8	claytoncountyia.gov Clayton County, IA U.S. rank 11	15 of 17 checks pass	B
8	dallascountyiowa.gov Dallas County, IA U.S. rank 11	32 of 36 checks pass	B
8	linncountyiowa.gov Linn County, IA U.S. rank 11	31 of 35 checks pass	B
9	buenavistacounty.iowa.gov Buena Vista County, IA U.S. rank 12	28 of 32 checks pass	B
9	marshallcountyia.gov Marshall County, IA U.S. rank 12	14 of 16 checks pass	B
9	storycountyiowa.gov Story County, IA U.S. rank 12	34 of 39 checks pass	B
9	warrencountyia.gov Warren County, IA U.S. rank 12	27 of 31 checks pass	B
10	appanoosecounty.iowa.gov Appanoose County, IA U.S. rank 13	26 of 30 checks pass	B
10	dubuquecountyiowa.gov Dubuque County, IA U.S. rank 13	32 of 37 checks pass	B
10	floydco.iowa.gov Floyd County, IA U.S. rank 13	31 of 36 checks pass	B
10	idacounty.iowa.gov Ida County, IA U.S. rank 13	25 of 29 checks pass	B
10	waynecounty.iowa.gov Wayne County, IA U.S. rank 13	25 of 29 checks pass	B
11	jacksoncounty.iowa.gov Jackson County, IA U.S. rank 14	24 of 28 checks pass	B
11	millscountyiowa.gov Mills County, IA U.S. rank 14	29 of 34 checks pass	B
12	calhouncounty.iowa.gov Calhoun County, IA U.S. rank 15	22 of 26 checks pass	B
13	saccountyiowa.gov Sac County, IA U.S. rank 16	15 of 18 checks pass	B
14	cerrogordo.gov Cerro Gordo County, IA U.S. rank 17	19 of 23 checks pass	B
14	iowacounty.iowa.gov Iowa County, IA U.S. rank 17	23 of 28 checks pass	B
14	shelbycounty.iowa.gov Shelby County, IA U.S. rank 17	14 of 17 checks pass	B
14	washingtoncounty.iowa.gov Washington County, IA U.S. rank 17	28 of 34 checks pass	B
15	clintoncounty-ia.gov Clinton County, IA U.S. rank 18	22 of 27 checks pass	B
15	keokukcounty.iowa.gov Keokuk County, IA U.S. rank 18	13 of 16 checks pass	B
15	muscatinecountyiowa.gov Muscatine County, IA U.S. rank 18	13 of 16 checks pass	B
15	winnebagocountyiowa.gov Winnebago County, IA U.S. rank 18	22 of 27 checks pass	B
16	butlercounty.iowa.gov Butler County, IA U.S. rank 19	25 of 31 checks pass	B
16	henrycounty.iowa.gov Henry County, IA U.S. rank 19	20 of 25 checks pass	B
16	kossuthcounty.iowa.gov Kossuth County, IA U.S. rank 19	28 of 35 checks pass	B
16	mahaskacountyia.gov Mahaska County, IA U.S. rank 19	21 of 26 checks pass	B
16	wapellocounty.org Wapello County, IA U.S. rank 19	21 of 26 checks pass	B
17	adamscounty.iowa.gov Adams County, IA U.S. rank 20	23 of 29 checks pass	C
18	casscountyia.gov Cass County, IA U.S. rank 21	18 of 23 checks pass	C
18	desmoinescounty.iowa.gov Des Moines County, IA U.S. rank 21	26 of 33 checks pass	C
19	adaircounty.iowa.gov Adair County, IA U.S. rank 22	21 of 27 checks pass	C
19	bentoncountyia.gov Benton County, IA U.S. rank 22	21 of 27 checks pass	C
20	daviscountyiowa.gov Davis County, IA U.S. rank 23	13 of 17 checks pass	C
21	hancockcountyia.gov Hancock County, IA U.S. rank 24	12 of 16 checks pass	C
21	howardcounty.iowa.gov Howard County, IA U.S. rank 24	21 of 28 checks pass	C
21	lucascounty.iowa.gov Lucas County, IA U.S. rank 24	22 of 29 checks pass	C
21	marioncountyiowa.gov Marion County, IA U.S. rank 24	21 of 28 checks pass	C
21	woodburycountyiowa.gov Woodbury County, IA U.S. rank 24	15 of 20 checks pass	C
22	delawarecounty.iowa.gov Delaware County, IA U.S. rank 25	20 of 27 checks pass	C
23	chickasawcounty.iowa.gov Chickasaw County, IA U.S. rank 27	21 of 29 checks pass	C
23	crawfordcounty.iowa.gov Crawford County, IA U.S. rank 27	21 of 29 checks pass	C
23	madisoncounty.iowa.gov Madison County, IA U.S. rank 27	13 of 18 checks pass	C
23	poweshiekcountyiowa.gov Poweshiek County, IA U.S. rank 27	21 of 29 checks pass	C
23	worthcountyiowa.gov Worth County, IA U.S. rank 27	21 of 29 checks pass	C
24	mononacountyiowa.gov Monona County, IA U.S. rank 29	12 of 17 checks pass	C
24	pagecounty.iowa.gov Page County, IA U.S. rank 29	14 of 20 checks pass	C
25	claycounty.iowa.gov Clay County, IA U.S. rank 30	18 of 26 checks pass	D
26	boonecounty.iowa.gov Boone County, IA U.S. rank 31	20 of 29 checks pass	D
27	jasperia.org Jasper County, IA U.S. rank 33	12 of 18 checks pass	D
28	fayettecounty.iowa.gov Fayette County, IA U.S. rank 34	13 of 20 checks pass	D
29	monroecounty.iowa.gov Monroe County, IA U.S. rank 36	12 of 19 checks pass	D
30	auduboncountyia.gov Audubon County, IA U.S. rank 37	10 of 16 checks pass	D
31	jonescountyiowa.gov Jones County, IA U.S. rank 38	11 of 18 checks pass	D
31	tamacounty.iowa.gov Tama County, IA U.S. rank 38	11 of 18 checks pass	D
32	harrisoncounty.iowa.gov Harrison County, IA U.S. rank 45	11 of 21 checks pass	F
	carrollcountyiowa.gov Carroll County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	cherokeecounty.iowa.gov Cherokee County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	decaturcountyiowa.gov Decatur County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403	-
	emmetcountyia.gov Emmet County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-
	co.greene.ia.us Greene County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403	-
	guthriecounty.gov Guthrie County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	hamiltoncounty.iowa.gov Hamilton County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	hardincountyia.gov Hardin County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	leecounty.org Lee County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	montgomerycountyia.gov Montgomery County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	obriencounty.iowa.gov O'Brien County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-
	osceolacountyia.gov Osceola County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-
	plymouthcountyiowa.gov Plymouth County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-
	pocahontascounty.iowa.gov Pocahontas County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	polkcountyiowa.gov Polk County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	siouxcountyia.gov Sioux County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-
	wrightcounty.iowa.gov Wright County, IA	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-

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About accessibility

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About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Iowa. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 7/19/2026 and 9/18/2026; 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. We weren't able to fully scan 17 sites because they did not respond, blocked the scanner, or returned no page content. They appear in the table without grades, each with its scan status, and are left out of every figure. 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.