Government Accountability Score: United States

Scores for the national government and 103 subnational jurisdictions.

Government Accountability Score › United States

United States

Open records
55
Open meetings
38
Oversight
83
Fiscal transparency
96
Accessibility
76
Score
71.5
out of 100

Rank 3 of 144 · range 2 to 4 (what the range means)

Subnational Jurisdictions

Jurisdiction Records Meetings Oversight Fiscal Accessibility Score
Illinois 95 57 89 87 51 81.9
California 90 71 73 90 56 79.9
Michigan 82 56 86 82 72 78.1
Pennsylvania 95 49 73 84 — 77.8
Colorado 95 49 77 81 72 77.6
Texas 90 63 63 89 62 76.2
New York 88 50 73 91 53 76.0
Massachusetts 87 47 79 82 72 76.0
Utah 92 49 73 80 — 75.8
New Jersey 90 42 77 82 72 75.5
Vermont 87 67 68 77 — 75.4
Washington 87 44 73 89 65 75.2
New Mexico 92 45 73 80 — 75.1
Virginia 90 60 65 81 56 73.8
Georgia 92 42 63 85 — 73.2
Louisiana 92 49 71 78 53 73.0
Hawaii 62 73 80 75 — 72.6
Missouri 87 34 73 81 — 72.2
Tennessee 92 40 63 78 — 70.9
Connecticut 87 39 75 77 51 70.8
District of Columbia 77 52 69 79 66 70.5
Oregon 62 56 73 88 62 70.5
Alaska 62 64 77 76 — 70.4
South Dakota 87 52 60 74 — 69.7
Rhode Island 83 37 69 78 — 69.7
Florida 70 47 65 88 — 69.5
Arizona 72 52 69 80 62 69.2
Kentucky 77 42 73 79 53 69.0
Minnesota 72 42 69 83 62 68.4
Delaware 57 66 73 73 — 67.5
Nebraska 62 47 73 80 — 67.4
Nevada 62 63 63 79 — 67.1
Maryland 77 44 60 80 62 66.9
Alabama 67 49 72 72 — 66.6
Maine 72 43 65 78 — 66.6
South Carolina 67 47 67 79 62 66.4
North Carolina 62 32 73 89 56 66.4
North Dakota 67 37 73 77 — 66.2
Mississippi 52 53 73 80 — 65.8
Ohio 60 29 73 87 65 65.6
Wisconsin 67 34 67 83 59 65.1
Indiana 62 52 59 78 72 64.4
West Virginia 67 48 60 76 — 64.2
Montana 52 65 60 78 — 63.7
Wyoming 68 37 63 76 — 63.4
Kansas 67 34 63 78 — 63.1
New Hampshire 72 37 60 74 — 63.1
Idaho 57 51 60 79 — 62.8
Arkansas 62 38 63 79 — 62.8
Iowa 48 39 73 80 — 62.2
Oklahoma 48 39 73 78 — 61.7
OK-OKLAHOMA-CITY — — 22 — — —
PA-PHILADELPHIA — — 67 — — —
PA-PITTSBURGH — — 67 — — —
Marin County — — 65 — — —
Sacramento County — — 45 — — —
San Diego County — — 53 — — —
City and County of San Francisco — — 67 — — —
Santa Clara County — — 60 — — —
Sonoma County — — 64 — — —
City of Boise — — 22 — — —
Oklahoma City — — 22 — — —
City of Pittsburgh — — 67 — — —
King County — — 65 — — —
Athens Clarke — — 53 — — —
Baltimore County — — 53 — — —
U.S. Virgin Islands 62 — 66 — — —
American Samoa 48 — 36 — — —
Guam 85 — 67 — — —
Cook County — — 71 — — —
Anne Arundel County — — 55 — — —
Calvert County — — 53 — — —
Charles County — — 47 — — —
Frederick County — — 47 — — —
Garrett County — — 55 — — —
Harford County — — 55 — — —
Howard County — — 55 — — —
Montgomery County — — 53 — — —
Northern Mariana Islands 82 — 67 — — —
City of Los Angeles — — 63 — — —
Carroll County — — 48 — — —
Prince George's County — — 55 — — —
Talbot County — — 53 — — —
Washington County — — 53 — — —
Wicomico County — — 42 — — —
Worcester County — — 53 — — —
Athens-Clarke County — — 53 — — —
Baltimore County — — 53 — — —
Orange County — — 34 — — —
Santa Cruz County — — 58 — — —
Pima County — — 7 — — —
City and County of Denver — — 50 — — —
Bernalillo County — — 32 — — —
Clark County — — 43 — — —
Cuyahoga County — — 59 — — —
City of Chicago — — 71 — — —
ID-BOISE — — 22 — — —
Los Angeles — — 63 — — —
United States (Federal) 55 38 — — — —
New York City — — 57 — — —
City of Philadelphia — — 67 — — —
Puerto Rico 49 — 83 — — —
Los Angeles County — — 65 — — —

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