Maryland county websites: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 24 Maryland county websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 24
  • Last scan: 11/7/2026

Showing Maryland county sites. All U.S. county sites

F 41

Average usability score of 19 fully scanned Maryland county sites

21st

of 49 states, ranked by average usability score

19 of 24

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades

F 48

U.S. county average usability score, 2467 fully scanned sites

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

How Maryland county usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 19 fully scanned Maryland county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Maryland average
  • U.S. county average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 294
30 to 397
40 to 493
50 to 593
60 to 690
70 to 791
80 to 891
90 to 1000

Maryland 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.

Allegany County, MD: grade F, usability score 25 Anne Arundel County, MD: grade F, usability score 33 Baltimore County, MD: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Calvert County, MD: grade F, usability score 33 Caroline County, MD: grade F, usability score 33 Carroll County, MD: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Cecil County, MD: grade F, usability score 31 Charles County, MD: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Dorchester County, MD: grade F, usability score 50 Frederick County, MD: grade F, usability score 31 Garrett County, MD: grade F, usability score 33 Harford County, MD: grade F, usability score 25 Howard County, MD: grade F, usability score 40 Kent County, MD: grade F, usability score 46 Montgomery County, MD: grade F, usability score 53 Prince George's County, MD: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Queen Anne's County, MD: grade F, usability score 26 Saint Mary's County, MD: grade F, usability score 46 Somerset County, MD: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Talbot County, MD: grade C, usability score 75 Washington County, MD: grade B, usability score 80 Wicomico County, MD: grade F, usability score 26 Worcester County, MD: grade F, usability score 37 Baltimore, MD: grade F, usability score 56
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
  • Not fully scanned

Maryland counties by usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maryland: 19 sites. U.S.: 2467 sites.

  1. Maryland
  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)
Maryland0% (0)11% (2)89% (17)
All U.S. counties2% (39)16% (403)82% (2,025)

Top 3 Maryland county sites by usability score

#1 in Maryland · U.S. rank 7

Washington County, MD

B 80 usability

  • Accessibility C
  • Botability C
  • Security D
  • Usability B
  • Readability F

#2 in Maryland · U.S. rank 9

Talbot County, MD

C 75 usability

  • Accessibility B
  • Botability B
  • Security B
  • Usability C
  • Readability A

#3 in Maryland · U.S. rank 18

Baltimore, MD

F 56 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Maryland county sites

Share of the 19 fully scanned Maryland 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. Open Graph image alt100%
  2. Open Graph site name89%
  3. Open Graph type89%
  4. Open Graph URL89%
  5. Open Graph description84%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt100%19
Open Graph site name89%17
Open Graph type89%17
Open Graph URL89%17
Open Graph description84%16

What each check means

  • 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.
  • Open Graph type. The page declares its content type for social media cards. Social media shows wrong content type.
  • Open Graph URL. The page has a canonical URL for social media sharing. Shared links may point to wrong page.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.

All Maryland county sites by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 washco-md.net
Washington County, MD U.S. rank 7 		12 of 15 checks pass B
2 talbotcountymd.gov
Talbot County, MD U.S. rank 9 		12 of 16 checks pass C
3 baltimorecity.gov
Baltimore, MD U.S. rank 18 		9 of 16 checks pass F
4 montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County, MD U.S. rank 19 		8 of 15 checks pass F
5 dorchestermd.gov
Dorchester County, MD U.S. rank 20 		8 of 16 checks pass F
6 kentcounty.com
Kent County, MD U.S. rank 21 		7 of 15 checks pass F
6 stmaryscountymd.gov
Saint Mary's County, MD U.S. rank 21 		7 of 15 checks pass F
7 howardcountymd.gov
Howard County, MD U.S. rank 24 		6 of 15 checks pass F
8 worcestermd.gov
Worcester County, MD U.S. rank 25 		6 of 16 checks pass F
9 aacounty.org
Anne Arundel County, MD U.S. rank 27 		5 of 15 checks pass F
9 calvertcountymd.gov
Calvert County, MD U.S. rank 27 		5 of 15 checks pass F
9 carolinemd.org
Caroline County, MD U.S. rank 27 		5 of 15 checks pass F
9 garrettcountymd.gov
Garrett County, MD U.S. rank 27 		5 of 15 checks pass F
10 cecilcountymd.gov
Cecil County, MD U.S. rank 28 		5 of 16 checks pass F
10 frederickcountymd.gov
Frederick County, MD U.S. rank 28 		5 of 16 checks pass F
11 qac.org
Queen Anne's County, MD U.S. rank 30 		4 of 15 checks pass F
11 wicomicocounty.org
Wicomico County, MD U.S. rank 30 		4 of 15 checks pass F
12 gov.allconet.org
Allegany County, MD U.S. rank 31 		4 of 16 checks pass F
12 harfordcountymd.gov
Harford County, MD U.S. rank 31 		4 of 16 checks pass F
baltimorecountymd.gov
Baltimore County, MD 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
carrollcountymd.gov
Carroll County, MD 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
charlescountymd.gov
Charles County, MD 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
princegeorgescountymd.gov
Prince George's County, MD 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
somersetmd.us
Somerset County, MD 		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 site on our county list in Maryland. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/24/2026 and 11/4/2026. 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 5 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.

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