Government website statistics

Every number on this sheet was measured, not surveyed: one HTTPS request per homepage across 44 US state (and DC) government sites (51 sampled; 7 excluded for refusing an automated request), no JavaScript executed.

Rev A2026-07-26n = 44dataset (JSON)

The numbers

measured 2026-07-26
386 msmedian server response

Half of the 44 measured homepages return their first byte within this time; the slowest takes 1552 ms.

76 KBmedian HTML delivered

Size of the delivered document before any subresource loads. 36 of 44 serve it compressed.

82%ship a known tracker

36 of 44 homepages reference a recognised analytics or advertising tracker in the delivered HTML.

12median third-party domains

The median homepage references this many distinct external domains before any interaction.

2%surface a consent mechanism

Only 1 of 44 expose a detectable consent platform — yet 21 set a cookie before any choice is possible.

89%expose a main landmark

39 of 44 provide a main landmark for assistive technology; 8 ship no first-level heading at all.

Explore every row

live explorer
Median trackers1
≥1 tracker36/44
Any consent signal1/44
  1. 01Delaware37/1003rd-party27trackers2pre-cookies5
  2. 02Louisiana44/1003rd-party77trackers1pre-cookies1
  3. 03Kansas46/1003rd-party30trackers1pre-cookies0
  4. 04Connecticut49/1003rd-party13trackers3pre-cookies6
  5. 05Pennsylvania52/1003rd-party23trackers2pre-cookies0
  6. 06Alaska53/1003rd-party22trackers1pre-cookies2
  7. 07Montana54/1003rd-party33trackers1pre-cookies1
  8. 08Idaho56/1003rd-party20trackers1pre-cookies2
  9. 09Missouri56/1003rd-party21trackers0pre-cookies3
  10. 10New Jersey57/1003rd-party16trackers1pre-cookies4
  11. 11Michigan58/1003rd-party21trackers1pre-cookies0
  12. 12Ohio61/1003rd-party8trackers0pre-cookies9
  13. 13Vermont64/1003rd-party17trackers1pre-cookies0
  14. 14Colorado65/1003rd-party13trackers1pre-cookies2
  15. 15Nebraska65/1003rd-party13trackers2pre-cookies0
  16. 16Wyoming65/1003rd-party16trackers1pre-cookies0
  17. 17Indiana66/1003rd-party18trackers0pre-cookies0
  18. 18Kentucky66/1003rd-party15trackers1pre-cookies0
  19. 19Virginia66/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies2
  20. 20Oklahoma67/1003rd-party14trackers0pre-cookies2
  21. 21Nevada68/1003rd-party9trackers1pre-cookies3
  22. 22Alabama69/1003rd-party10trackers2pre-cookies0
  23. 23Rhode Island69/1003rd-party13trackers1pre-cookies0
  24. 24District of Columbia70/1003rd-party8trackers2pre-cookies1
  25. 25Iowa70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
  26. 26Maine70/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies0
  27. 27Maryland70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
  28. 28West Virginia70/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies0
  29. 29Wisconsin70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
  30. 30Oregon74/1003rd-party9trackers0pre-cookies2
  31. 31South Carolina74/1003rd-party9trackers1pre-cookies0
  32. 32Tennessee75/1003rd-party4trackers2pre-cookies1
  33. 33Mississippi76/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies0
  34. 34Texas76/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies0
  35. 35Washington76/1003rd-party5trackers2pre-cookies0
  36. 36California78/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies0
  37. 37Georgia78/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies0
  38. 38North Dakota78/1003rd-party9trackers0pre-cookies0
  39. 39South Dakota78/1003rd-party0trackers0pre-cookies6
  40. 40Illinois79/1003rd-party8trackers0pre-cookies0
  41. 41North Carolina79/1003rd-party4trackers1pre-cookies1
  42. 42Hawaii80/1003rd-party2trackers2pre-cookies0
  43. 43Florida81/1003rd-party4trackers1pre-cookies0
  44. 44Utah82/1003rd-party3trackers1pre-cookies0

44 of 51 US state (and DC) government homepages · measured 2026-07-26 · score = transparent composite of the raw signals in each row

The statistics above are recomputable from this table — switch dimensions to re-rank the sector.

Against the other sectors

identical method

Share of homepages referencing a recognised analytics or advertising tracker in the delivered document.

Healthcaren = 2948%
Legaln = 3291%
DTC ecommercen = 2186%
Governmentn = 4482%

Healthcare holds the best posture here — 48% against 91% and 86% and 82%.

Lower is better · all sectors measured with the same script and method · 2026-07-20

Every measured sector, one metric at a time. The ordering changes with the metric — which is the point.

Every exclusion, named

7 of 51
ArizonaHTTP 403 (automated request blocked)ArkansasHTTP 403 (automated request blocked)MassachusettsHTTP 403 (automated request blocked)Minnesotabot wall (validate.perfdrive.com) — automated request blockedNew HampshireHTTP 403 (automated request blocked)New MexicoHTTP 502 (origin error)New YorkHTTP 403 (automated request blocked)

One request per homepage. No JavaScript executed, nothing simulated — only what any client can observe.

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