Washington county websites: readability rankings

Readability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 39 Washington county government websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 39
  • Last scan: 10/9/2026

Showing Washington county sites. All U.S. county sites

F 58

Average readability score of 35 fully scanned Washington county sites

18th

of 48 states, ranked by average readability score

35 of 39

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 4, so they're listed without grades

D 61

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

Washington's state site, wa.gov, could not be fully scanned. State rankings.

How Washington county readability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 35 fully scanned Washington county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Washington average
  • U.S. county average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 914
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

Washington 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.

Adams County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Asotin County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Benton County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Chelan County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Clallam County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Clark County, WA: grade -, readability score Columbia County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Cowlitz County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Douglas County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Ferry County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Franklin County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Garfield County, WA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Grant County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Grays Harbor County, WA: grade -, readability score Island County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Jefferson County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 King County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Kitsap County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Kittitas County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Klickitat County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Lewis County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Lincoln County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Mason County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Okanogan County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Pacific County, WA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 998) Pend Oreille County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Pierce County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 San Juan County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Skagit County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Skamania County, WA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 403) Snohomish County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Spokane County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Stevens County, WA: not fully scanned, so not graded (status 996) Thurston County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Wahkiakum County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Walla Walla County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Whatcom County, WA: grade F, readability score 0 Whitman County, WA: grade A, readability score 100 Yakima County, WA: grade A, readability score 100
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
  • Not fully scanned

Washington counties by readability grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Washington: 35 sites. U.S.: 2421 sites.

  1. Washington
  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)
Washington54% (19)0% (0)40% (14)
All U.S. counties58% (1,411)0% (0)37% (899)

Top 3 Washington county sites by readability score

#1 in Washington · U.S. rank 1

Adams County, WA

A 100 readability

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

#1 in Washington · U.S. rank 1

Chelan County, WA

A 100 readability

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

#1 in Washington · U.S. rank 1

Columbia County, WA

A 100 readability

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

Most common readability failures among Washington county sites

Share of the 35 fully scanned Washington 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 level40%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Reading level40%14

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 Washington county sites by readability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 co.adams.wa.gov
Adams County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.chelan.wa.us
Chelan County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 columbiaco.com
Columbia County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.cowlitz.wa.us
Cowlitz County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 ferry-county.com
Ferry County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 franklincountywa.gov
Franklin County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 islandcountywa.gov
Island County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 kingcounty.gov
King County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 kitsap.gov
Kitsap County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 klickitatcounty.gov
Klickitat County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 lewiscountywa.gov
Lewis County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 lincolncountywa.com
Lincoln County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 okanogancounty.gov
Okanogan County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 pendoreille.gov
Pend Oreille County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 piercecountywa.gov
Pierce County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 co.wahkiakum.wa.us
Wahkiakum County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 wwcowa.gov
Walla Walla County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 whitmancounty.gov
Whitman County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 yakimacounty.us
Yakima County, WA U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
2 asotincountywa.gov
Asotin County, WA U.S. rank 119 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 bentoncountywa.gov
Benton County, WA U.S. rank 65 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 clallamcountywa.gov
Clallam County, WA U.S. rank 139 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 douglascountywa.gov
Douglas County, WA U.S. rank 11 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 grantcountywa.gov
Grant County, WA U.S. rank 7 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 co.jefferson.wa.us
Jefferson County, WA U.S. rank 183 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 co.kittitas.wa.us
Kittitas County, WA U.S. rank 129 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 masoncountywa.gov
Mason County, WA U.S. rank 175 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 sanjuancountywa.gov
San Juan County, WA U.S. rank 165 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 skagitcounty.net
Skagit County, WA U.S. rank 129 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 snohomishcountywa.gov
Snohomish County, WA U.S. rank 181 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 spokanecounty.gov
Spokane County, WA U.S. rank 65 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 thurstoncountywa.gov
Thurston County, WA U.S. rank 37 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 whatcomcounty.us
Whatcom County, WA U.S. rank 175 		0 of 1 checks pass F
3 clark.wa.gov
Clark County, WA U.S. rank 152 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 -
garfieldcountywa.gov
Garfield County, WA 		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 graysharbor.us
Grays Harbor County, WA U.S. rank 164 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 -
co.pacific.wa.us
Pacific County, WA 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
skamaniacounty.org
Skamania County, WA 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
stevenscountywa.gov
Stevens County, WA 		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 this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Washington. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 7/19/2026 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 4 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.