New Mexico county websites: readability rankings

Readability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 33 New Mexico county government websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 33
  • Last scan: 10/9/2026

Showing New Mexico county sites. All U.S. county sites

C 76

Average readability score of 26 fully scanned New Mexico county sites

4th

of 48 states, ranked by average readability score

26 of 33

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 7, so they're listed without grades

D 61

U.S. county average readability score, 2421 fully scanned sites

New Mexico's state site, nm.gov, ranks 9th of 51 state sites with a B. State rankings.

How New Mexico county readability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 26 fully scanned New Mexico county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • New Mexico average
  • U.S. county average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 96
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 790
80 to 890
90 to 10019

New Mexico counties by readability 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.

Bernalillo County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Catron County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Chaves County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Cibola County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Colfax County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Curry County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) De Baca County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Doña Ana County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Eddy County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Grant County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 Guadalupe County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Harding County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Hidalgo County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Lea County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 Lincoln County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 Los Alamos County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Luna County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 McKinley County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Mora County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Otero County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 Quay County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Rio Arriba County, NM: grade -, readability score Roosevelt County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 Sandoval County, NM: grade F, readability score 0 San Juan County, NM: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) San Miguel County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Santa Fe County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Sierra County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Socorro County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Taos County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Torrance County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Union County, NM: grade A, readability score 100 Valencia County, NM: grade A, readability score 100
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
  • Not fully scanned

New Mexico counties by readability grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. New Mexico: 26 sites. U.S.: 2421 sites.

  1. New Mexico
  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)
New Mexico73% (19)0% (0)23% (6)
All U.S. counties58% (1,411)0% (0)37% (899)

Top 3 New Mexico county sites by readability score

#1 in New Mexico · U.S. rank 1

Cibola County, NM

A 100 readability

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

#1 in New Mexico · U.S. rank 1

Colfax County, NM

A 100 readability

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

#1 in New Mexico · U.S. rank 1

Doña Ana County, NM

A 100 readability

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

Most common readability failures among New Mexico county sites

Share of the 26 fully scanned New Mexico 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. Reading level23%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Reading level23%6

What each check means

  • Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.

All New Mexico county sites by readability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 cibolacountynm.com
Cibola County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.colfax.nm.us
Colfax County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 donaana.gov
Doña Ana County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 eddycountynm.gov
Eddy County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 guadalupecountynm.org
Guadalupe County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 hardingcounty.org
Harding County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 hidalgocounty.org
Hidalgo County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 losalamosnm.gov
Los Alamos County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 lunacounty.gov
Luna County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.mckinley.nm.us
McKinley County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 quaycounty-nm.gov
Quay County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.sanmiguel.nm.us
San Miguel County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 santafecountynm.gov
Santa Fe County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 sierraco.org
Sierra County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 socorrocounty.net
Socorro County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 taoscounty.org
Taos County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 torrancecountynm.org
Torrance County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 unionnm.us
Union County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.valencia.nm.us
Valencia County, NM U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
2 grantcountynm.gov
Grant County, NM U.S. rank 99 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 leacounty.gov
Lea County, NM U.S. rank 31 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 lincolncountynm.gov
Lincoln County, NM U.S. rank 97 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 co.otero.nm.us
Otero County, NM U.S. rank 161 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 rooseveltcounty.com
Roosevelt County, NM U.S. rank 179 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 sandovalcountynm.gov
Sandoval County, NM U.S. rank 179 		0 of 1 checks pass F
bernco.gov
Bernalillo County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
catroncounty.us
Catron County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
chavescounty.gov
Chaves County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
currycountynm.gov
Curry County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
debaca.nmgenweb.us
De Baca County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
countyofmora.com
Mora County, NM 		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 -
3 rio-arriba.org
Rio Arriba County, NM U.S. rank 128 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 -
sjcounty.net
San Juan County, NM 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -

About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in New Mexico. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 7/18/2026 and 10/2/2026; 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 7 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.