Iowa county websites: botability rankings

Botability 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

C 78

Average botability score of 80 fully scanned Iowa county sites

7th

of 48 states, ranked by average botability score

80 of 97

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

C 76

U.S. county average botability 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 botability 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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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 594
60 to 6916
70 to 7910
80 to 8939
90 to 10011

Iowa counties by botability 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.

Adair County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Adams County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Allamakee County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Appanoose County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Audubon County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Benton County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Black Hawk County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Boone County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Bremer County, IA: grade D, botability score 62 Buchanan County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Buena Vista County, IA: grade C, botability score 72 Butler County, IA: grade F, botability score 54 Calhoun County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Carroll County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Cass County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Cedar County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Cerro Gordo County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Cherokee County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Chickasaw County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Clarke County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Clay County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Clayton County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Clinton County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Crawford County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Dallas County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Davis County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Decatur County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Delaware County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Des Moines County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Dickinson County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Dubuque County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Emmet County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Fayette County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Floyd County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Franklin County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Fremont County, IA: grade F, botability score 54 Greene County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Grundy County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Guthrie County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Hamilton County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Hancock County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Hardin County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Harrison County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Henry County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Howard County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Humboldt County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Ida County, IA: grade C, botability score 72 Iowa County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Jackson County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Jasper County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Jefferson County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Johnson County, IA: grade F, botability score 54 Jones County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Keokuk County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Kossuth County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Lee County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Linn County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Louisa County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Lucas County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Lyon County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Madison County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Mahaska County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Marion County, IA: grade F, botability score 54 Marshall County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Mills County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Mitchell County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Monona County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Monroe County, IA: grade B, botability score 80 Montgomery County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Muscatine County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 O'Brien County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Osceola County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Page County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Palo Alto County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Plymouth County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Pocahontas County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Polk County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 995) Pottawattamie County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Poweshiek County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Ringgold County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Sac County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Scott County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Shelby County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Sioux County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Story County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Tama County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Taylor County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Union County, IA: grade C, botability score 72 Van Buren County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Wapello County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Warren County, IA: grade A, botability score 90 Washington County, IA: grade D, botability score 63 Wayne County, IA: grade B, botability score 81 Webster County: not scanned Winnebago County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Winneshiek County: not scanned Woodbury County, IA: grade B, botability score 87 Worth County, IA: grade C, botability score 75 Wright County, IA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998)
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
  • Not fully scanned
  • No site on our list

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

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

  1. Iowa
  2. All U.S. counties
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Iowa14% (11)61% (49)25% (20)
All U.S. counties20% (488)47% (1,135)33% (812)

Top 3 Iowa county sites by botability score

#1 in Iowa · U.S. rank 2

Allamakee County, IA

A 90 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability F

#1 in Iowa · U.S. rank 2

Appanoose County, IA

A 90 botability

  • Accessibility B
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability B

#1 in Iowa · U.S. rank 2

Cass County, IA

A 90 botability

  • Accessibility C
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability F

Most common botability 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.

  1. GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type99%
  2. Link text36%
  3. Sitemap status21%
  4. Sitemap XML21%
  5. Robots valid18%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type99%79
Link text36%29
Sitemap status21%17
Sitemap XML21%17
Robots valid18%14

What each check means

  • GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type. Homepage is marked up as an official government organization. Systems cannot verify you are an official government site.
  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
  • Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
  • Robots valid. The site has a robots.txt file that guides search engines. Search engines ignore your instructions.

All Iowa county sites by botability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 allamakeecounty.iowa.gov
Allamakee County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 appanoosecounty.iowa.gov
Appanoose County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 casscountyia.gov
Cass County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 crawfordcounty.iowa.gov
Crawford County, IA U.S. rank 2 		9 of 10 checks pass A
1 daviscountyiowa.gov
Davis County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 jonescountyiowa.gov
Jones County, IA U.S. rank 2 		9 of 10 checks pass A
1 louisacountyia.gov
Louisa County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 mitchellcounty.iowa.gov
Mitchell County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
1 pagecounty.iowa.gov
Page County, IA U.S. rank 2 		9 of 10 checks pass A
1 ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov
Ringgold County, IA U.S. rank 2 		9 of 10 checks pass A
1 warrencountyia.gov
Warren County, IA U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 adaircounty.iowa.gov
Adair County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 bentoncountyia.gov
Benton County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 buchanancounty.iowa.gov
Buchanan County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 calhouncounty.iowa.gov
Calhoun County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 cedarcounty.iowa.gov
Cedar County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 cerrogordo.gov
Cerro Gordo County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 chickasawcounty.iowa.gov
Chickasaw County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 claytoncountyia.gov
Clayton County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 clintoncounty-ia.gov
Clinton County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 franklincountyia.gov
Franklin County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 hancockcountyia.gov
Hancock County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 iowacounty.iowa.gov
Iowa County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 jacksoncounty.iowa.gov
Jackson County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 jasperia.org
Jasper County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 keokukcounty.iowa.gov
Keokuk County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 mahaskacountyia.gov
Mahaska County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 marshallcountyia.gov
Marshall County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 muscatinecountyiowa.gov
Muscatine County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 poweshiekcountyiowa.gov
Poweshiek County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 saccountyiowa.gov
Sac County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 shelbycounty.iowa.gov
Shelby County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 tamacounty.iowa.gov
Tama County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 wapellocounty.org
Wapello County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 winnebagocountyiowa.gov
Winnebago County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 woodburycountyiowa.gov
Woodbury County, IA U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 auduboncountyia.gov
Audubon County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 clarkecounty.iowa.gov
Clarke County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 claycounty.iowa.gov
Clay County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 delawarecounty.iowa.gov
Delaware County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 kossuthcounty.iowa.gov
Kossuth County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 waynecounty.iowa.gov
Wayne County, IA U.S. rank 4 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 fayettecounty.iowa.gov
Fayette County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 harrisoncounty.iowa.gov
Harrison County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 henrycounty.iowa.gov
Henry County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 howardcounty.iowa.gov
Howard County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 humboldtcounty.iowa.gov
Humboldt County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 lucascounty.iowa.gov
Lucas County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 madisoncounty.iowa.gov
Madison County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
4 monroecounty.iowa.gov
Monroe County, IA U.S. rank 5 		8 of 10 checks pass B
5 adamscounty.iowa.gov
Adams County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 boonecounty.iowa.gov
Boone County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 desmoinescounty.iowa.gov
Des Moines County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 lyoncounty.iowa.gov
Lyon County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 pottcounty-ia.gov
Pottawattamie County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 vanburencounty.iowa.gov
Van Buren County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 worthcountyiowa.gov
Worth County, IA U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
6 buenavistacounty.iowa.gov
Buena Vista County, IA U.S. rank 7 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 idacounty.iowa.gov
Ida County, IA U.S. rank 7 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 unioncountyiowa.gov
Union County, IA U.S. rank 7 		8 of 11 checks pass C
7 blackhawkcounty.iowa.gov
Black Hawk County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 dallascountyiowa.gov
Dallas County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 dickinsoncountyiowa.gov
Dickinson County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 dubuquecountyiowa.gov
Dubuque County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 floydco.iowa.gov
Floyd County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 grundycountyiowa.gov
Grundy County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 jeffersoncounty.iowa.gov
Jefferson County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 linncountyiowa.gov
Linn County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 millscountyiowa.gov
Mills County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 mononacountyiowa.gov
Monona County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 paloaltocounty.iowa.gov
Palo Alto County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 scottcountyiowa.gov
Scott County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 storycountyiowa.gov
Story County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 taylorcounty.iowa.gov
Taylor County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
7 washingtoncounty.iowa.gov
Washington County, IA U.S. rank 9 		7 of 11 checks pass D
8 bremercounty.iowa.gov
Bremer County, IA U.S. rank 10 		5 of 8 checks pass D
9 butlercounty.iowa.gov
Butler County, IA U.S. rank 11 		6 of 11 checks pass F
9 fremontcountyia.gov
Fremont County, IA U.S. rank 11 		6 of 11 checks pass F
9 johnsoncountyiowa.gov
Johnson County, IA U.S. rank 11 		6 of 11 checks pass F
9 marioncountyiowa.gov
Marion County, IA U.S. rank 11 		6 of 11 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 -

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.