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.
The numbers
measured 2026-07-26Half of the 44 measured homepages return their first byte within this time; the slowest takes 1552 ms.
Size of the delivered document before any subresource loads. 36 of 44 serve it compressed.
36 of 44 homepages reference a recognised analytics or advertising tracker in the delivered HTML.
The median homepage references this many distinct external domains before any interaction.
Only 1 of 44 expose a detectable consent platform — yet 21 set a cookie before any choice is possible.
39 of 44 provide a main landmark for assistive technology; 8 ship no first-level heading at all.
Explore every row
live explorer- 01Delaware37/1003rd-party27trackers2pre-cookies5
- 02Louisiana44/1003rd-party77trackers1pre-cookies1
- 03Kansas46/1003rd-party30trackers1pre-cookies0
- 04Connecticut49/1003rd-party13trackers3pre-cookies6
- 05Pennsylvania52/1003rd-party23trackers2pre-cookies0
- 06Alaska53/1003rd-party22trackers1pre-cookies2
- 07Montana54/1003rd-party33trackers1pre-cookies1
- 08Idaho56/1003rd-party20trackers1pre-cookies2
- 09Missouri56/1003rd-party21trackers0pre-cookies3
- 10New Jersey57/1003rd-party16trackers1pre-cookies4
- 11Michigan58/1003rd-party21trackers1pre-cookies0
- 12Ohio61/1003rd-party8trackers0pre-cookies9
- 13Vermont64/1003rd-party17trackers1pre-cookies0
- 14Colorado65/1003rd-party13trackers1pre-cookies2
- 15Nebraska65/1003rd-party13trackers2pre-cookies0
- 16Wyoming65/1003rd-party16trackers1pre-cookies0
- 17Indiana66/1003rd-party18trackers0pre-cookies0
- 18Kentucky66/1003rd-party15trackers1pre-cookies0
- 19Virginia66/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies2
- 20Oklahoma67/1003rd-party14trackers0pre-cookies2
- 21Nevada68/1003rd-party9trackers1pre-cookies3
- 22Alabama69/1003rd-party10trackers2pre-cookies0
- 23Rhode Island69/1003rd-party13trackers1pre-cookies0
- 24District of Columbia70/1003rd-party8trackers2pre-cookies1
- 25Iowa70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
- 26Maine70/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies0
- 27Maryland70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
- 28West Virginia70/1003rd-party12trackers1pre-cookies0
- 29Wisconsin70/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
- 30Oregon74/1003rd-party9trackers0pre-cookies2
- 31South Carolina74/1003rd-party9trackers1pre-cookies0
- 32Tennessee75/1003rd-party4trackers2pre-cookies1
- 33Mississippi76/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies0
- 34Texas76/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies0
- 35Washington76/1003rd-party5trackers2pre-cookies0
- 36California78/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies0
- 37Georgia78/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies0
- 38North Dakota78/1003rd-party9trackers0pre-cookies0
- 39South Dakota78/1003rd-party0trackers0pre-cookies6
- 40Illinois79/1003rd-party8trackers0pre-cookies0
- 41North Carolina79/1003rd-party4trackers1pre-cookies1
- 42Hawaii80/1003rd-party2trackers2pre-cookies0
- 43Florida81/1003rd-party4trackers1pre-cookies0
- 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
Against the other sectors
identical methodShare of homepages referencing a recognised analytics or advertising tracker in the delivered document.
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 exclusion, named
7 of 51One request per homepage. No JavaScript executed, nothing simulated — only what any client can observe.
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