Minnesota county websites ranked by digital experience

Name: Project ScanGov Minnesota county websites ranked by digital experience
Creator: ScanGov
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Rankings, grades, and the most common failures for 84 Minnesota county websites across accessibility, botability, security, usability, and readability.

Sites: 84
Last scan: 11/7/2026

Showing Minnesota county sites. All U.S. county sites

C 77

Average overall score of 74 fully scanned Minnesota county sites

6th

of 49 states, ranked by average overall score

74 of 84

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 10, so they're listed without grades

C 76

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

Minnesota's state site, mn.gov, could not be fully scanned. State rankings.

How Minnesota county overall scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 74 fully scanned Minnesota county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Minnesota average
U.S. county average

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How Minnesota county overall 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	0
60 to 69	3
70 to 79	52
80 to 89	17
90 to 100	2

Minnesota counties by overall grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Minnesota: 74 sites. U.S.: 2467 sites.

MinnesotaA (90 to 100): 3% (2 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 93% (69 sites)D to F (below 70): 4% (3 sites)
All U.S. countiesA (90 to 100): 4% (90 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 82% (2,028 sites)D to F (below 70): 14% (349 sites)

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

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Minnesota counties by overall grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Group	A (90 to 100)	B to C (70 to 89)	D to F (below 70)
Minnesota	3% (2)	93% (69)	4% (3)
All U.S. counties	4% (90)	82% (2,028)	14% (349)

Minnesota county average score by indicator, compared with all U.S. counties

Average of the 74 fully scanned Minnesota county sites, score 0 to 100. U.S. average covers 2467 fully scanned county sites.

Accessibility90U.S. counties: 88
Botability76U.S. counties: 76
Security88U.S. counties: 83
Usability45U.S. counties: 48
Readability73U.S. counties: 62

Minnesota
U.S. counties

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Minnesota county average score by indicator, compared with all U.S. counties
Indicator	Minnesota average	U.S. counties average
Accessibility	90	88
Botability	76	76
Security	88	83
Usability	45	48
Readability	73	62

Top 3 Minnesota county sites by overall score

#1 in Minnesota · U.S. rank 4

Beltrami County, MN

A 93 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability B
Readability A

#2 in Minnesota · U.S. rank 7

Otter Tail County, MN

A 90 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security B
Usability B
Readability A

#3 in Minnesota · U.S. rank 8

Olmsted County, MN

B 89 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability D
Readability F

Most common failures by indicator

The check Minnesota county sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.

55% (41 of 74 sites) fail this accessibility check: Links have a discernible name. Links have unique, descriptive text so users know where they go. More accessibility failures in Minnesota.
100% (74 of 74 sites) fail this botability check: GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type. Homepage is marked up as an official government organization. More botability failures in Minnesota.
39% (29 of 74 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures in Minnesota.
99% (73 of 74 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures in Minnesota.
26% (19 of 74 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures in Minnesota.

All Minnesota county sites by overall score

Minnesota county sites ranked by overall score
Rank	Site	Indicator grades	Grade
1	beltramicountymn.gov Beltrami County, MN U.S. rank 4	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade B Readability grade A	A
2	ottertailcounty.gov Otter Tail County, MN U.S. rank 7	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade A	A
3	olmstedcounty.gov Olmsted County, MN U.S. rank 8	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade D Readability grade F	B
4	ramseycountymn.gov Ramsey County, MN U.S. rank 9	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
4	redwoodcounty-mn.gov Redwood County, MN U.S. rank 9	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade A	B
4	wilkincounty.gov Wilkin County, MN U.S. rank 9	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade C Readability grade A	B
4	co.ym.mn.gov Yellow Medicine County, MN U.S. rank 9	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
5	swiftcounty.gov Swift County, MN U.S. rank 10	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade C Readability grade F	B
6	renvillecountymn.gov Renville County, MN U.S. rank 11	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade A	B
7	dakotacountymn.gov Dakota County, MN U.S. rank 13	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
7	normanmn.gov Norman County, MN U.S. rank 13	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade C Usability grade C Readability grade A	B
8	goodhuecountymn.gov Goodhue County, MN U.S. rank 15	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
8	hennepincounty.gov Hennepin County U.S. rank 15	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	B
8	toddcountymn.gov Todd County, MN U.S. rank 15	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	B
9	hocomn.gov Houston County, MN U.S. rank 16	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade D Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
9	mahnomencounty.gov Mahnomen County, MN U.S. rank 16	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade -	B
10	co.rock.mn.us Rock County, MN U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
10	stlouiscountymn.gov Saint Louis County, MN U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
10	scottcountymn.gov Scott County, MN U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
11	browncountymn.gov Brown County, MN U.S. rank 18	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
11	lakecountymn.gov Lake County, MN U.S. rank 18	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	claycountymn.gov Clay County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	faribaultcountymn.gov Faribault County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	koochiching.gov Koochiching County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	lesueurcounty.gov Le Sueur County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	marshallcountymn.gov Marshall County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade B Botability grade F Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
12	roseaucountymn.gov Roseau County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	traversecountymn.gov Traverse County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
12	wadenacounty.gov Wadena County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	washingtoncountymn.gov Washington County, MN U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	carltoncountymn.gov Carlton County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
13	chippewacountymn.gov Chippewa County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	chisagocountymn.gov Chisago County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
13	douglascountymn.gov Douglas County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	lqpcomn.gov Lac qui Parle County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	nicolletcountymn.gov Nicollet County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
13	sibleycounty.gov Sibley County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	wasecacounty.gov Waseca County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade A Botability grade C Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
13	watonwancountymn.gov Watonwan County, MN U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	anokacountymn.gov Anoka County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	casscountymn.gov Cass County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	polkcountymn.gov Polk County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade B Botability grade C Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	ricecountymn.gov Rice County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	co.sherburne.mn.us Sherburne County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
14	stearnscountymn.gov Stearns County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade -	C
14	winonacounty.gov Winona County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
14	wrightcountymn.gov Wright County, MN U.S. rank 21	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
15	blueearthcountymn.gov Blue Earth County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
15	cottonwoodcountymn.gov Cottonwood County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
15	crowwing.gov Crow Wing County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
15	kcmn.us Kandiyohi County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade D Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
15	millelacs.mn.gov Mille Lacs County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
15	pinecountymn.gov Pine County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade B Botability grade F Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
15	stevenscountymn.gov Stevens County, MN U.S. rank 22	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
16	itascacountymn.gov Itasca County, MN U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
16	lotwcounty.gov Lake of the Woods County, MN U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
16	meekercountymn.gov Meeker County, MN U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
16	morrisoncountymn.gov Morrison County, MN U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
16	pipestone-county.com Pipestone County, MN U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
17	bigstonecounty.gov Big Stone County, MN U.S. rank 24	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
17	steelecountymn.gov Steele County, MN U.S. rank 24	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
18	bentoncountymn.gov Benton County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
18	freeborncountymn.gov Freeborn County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
18	co.lincoln.mn.us Lincoln County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
18	mcleodcountymn.gov McLeod County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
18	murraycountymn.com Murray County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade B Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
18	co.pennington.mn.us Pennington County, MN U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade C Botability grade F Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
19	co.martin.mn.us Martin County, MN U.S. rank 26	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
19	co.mower.mn.us Mower County, MN U.S. rank 26	Accessibility grade B Botability grade C Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
20	dodgecountymn.gov Dodge County, MN U.S. rank 27	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
20	co.fillmore.mn.us Fillmore County, MN U.S. rank 27	Accessibility grade C Botability grade F Security grade D Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
21	kanabeccounty.org Kanabec County, MN U.S. rank 28	Accessibility grade A Botability grade F Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade -	D
21	redlakecounty.gov Red Lake County, MN U.S. rank 28	Accessibility grade C Botability grade F Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	D
22	co.kittson.mn.us Kittson County, MN U.S. rank 30	Accessibility grade C Botability grade D Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade A	D
	co.becker.mn.us Becker County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because its security certificate didn't pass validation. Status 993	-
	carvercountymn.gov Carver County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403	-
	clearwatercountymn.gov Clearwater County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	co.cook.mn.us Cook County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	co.houston.mn.us Houston County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 408	-
	isanticountymn.gov Isanti County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	lyoncountymn.gov Lyon County, MN	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403	-
	co.nobles.mn.us Nobles County, MN	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	-
	popecountymn.gov Pope County, MN	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.wabasha.mn.us Wabasha County, MN	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 this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county site on our county list in Minnesota. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 9/28/2026 and 11/6/2026. 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 10 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.