Showing Maine county sites. All U.S. county sites
F 47
Average usability score of 13 fully scanned Maine county sites
15th
of 48 states, ranked by average usability score
13 of 16
Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 3, so they're listed without grades
F 49
U.S. county average usability score, 2435 fully scanned sites
Maine's state site, maine.gov, ranks 17th of 51 state sites with a C. State rankings.
How Maine county usability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 13 fully scanned Maine county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 13 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Maine average
- U.S. county average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 3 |
| 30 to 39 | 1 |
| 40 to 49 | 3 |
| 50 to 59 | 4 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 2 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Maine 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)
- Not fully scanned
Maine counties by usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maine: 13 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 0% (0) | 15% (2) | 85% (11) |
| All U.S. counties | 1% (24) | 18% (436) | 81% (1,975) |
Top 3 Maine county sites by usability score
#1 in Maine · U.S. rank 8
Franklin County, ME
C 76 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability C
#2 in Maine · U.S. rank 10
York County, ME
C 70 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
#3 in Maine · U.S. rank 14
Lincoln County, ME
F 58 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability F
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.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- Page description. The page has a meta description that summarizes its content for search results. Search results do not show what your page does.
- Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
All Maine county sites by usability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
franklincountymaine.gov
Franklin County, ME U.S. rank 8 |
13 of 17 checks pass | C |
| 2 |
yorkcountymaine.gov
York County, ME U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 17 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
lincolncountymaine.me
Lincoln County, ME U.S. rank 14 |
10 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
kennebec.gov
Kennebec County, ME U.S. rank 16 |
9 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
oxfordcounty.org
Oxford County, ME U.S. rank 16 |
9 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
sagadahoccountyme.gov
Sagadahoc County, ME U.S. rank 16 |
9 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
knoxcountymaine.gov
Knox County, ME U.S. rank 18 |
8 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
penobscot-county.net
Penobscot County, ME U.S. rank 18 |
8 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
wcut.maine.gov
Washington County Unorganized Territories, ME U.S. rank 20 |
7 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 7 |
cumberlandcountyme.gov
Cumberland County, ME U.S. rank 22 |
6 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 8 |
androscoggincountymaine.gov
Androscoggin County, ME U.S. rank 24 |
5 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 8 |
waldocountyme.gov
Waldo County, ME U.S. rank 24 |
5 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 9 |
aroostook.me.us
Aroostook County, ME U.S. rank 26 |
4 of 17 checks pass | F |
|
hancockcountymaine.gov
Hancock County, ME |
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 | - | |
|
piscataquis.us
Piscataquis County, ME |
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 | - | |
|
somersetcounty-me.org
Somerset County, ME |
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 | - |
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 Maine. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 9/11/2026 and 9/19/2026; 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 3 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.