3rd Annual Digital Counties Survey - 2005 Results

The Center for Digital Government and National Association of Counties are pleased to announce the winners of their 2005 Digital Counties Survey, the nation's most respected study on information technology applications in county government - and the most powerful benchmarking tool for county governments.

In April, all counties in the United States were invited to participate in the survey, which consisted of 22 questions (95 data points) that focused on how county governments are deploying information technology to advance their service delivery to citizens. The survey grouped counties into four population categories 500,000 or more; 250,000-499,999; 150,000-249,999; and less than 150,000. A top-10 ranking was established for each population category.

This year's survey is sponsored by Hyland Software, developers of OnBase -- and proud supporter of all local governments in the United States.

It gives us great pleasure to honor and acknowledge the hard work and effort put forth by our nation's top digital county governments. Congratulations to all of them.

Congraultations to the Digital Counties Survey Winners 2005:

500,000 or more population:
1st Fairfax County, Virginia
2nd Fulton County, Georgia (tie)
2nd San Diego County, California (tie)
3rd Orange County, Florida
4th King County, Washington
5th Montgomery County, Maryland
6th Oakland County, Michigan
7th Westchester County, New York
8th Anne Arundel County, Maryland
9th Alameda County, California (tie)
9th Tulsa County, Oklahoma (tie)
10th Miami-Dade County, Florida

250,000-499,999 population:
1st Prince William County, Virginia
2nd Loudoun County, Virginia
3rd Dakota County, Minnesota
4th Boulder County, Colorado
5th Sedgwick County, Kansas (tie)
5th Seminole County, Florida (tie)
6th Utah County, Utah
7th Richland County, South Carolina
8th Dutchess County, New York
9th Washtenaw County, Michigan
10th Marin County, California

150,000-249,999 population:
1st Roanoke County, Virginia
2nd Merced County, California
3rd Arlington County, Virginia (tie)
4th Hamilton County, Indiana (tie)
4th Clermont County, Ohio
5th Scott County, Iowa
6th Frederick County, Maryland
7th Jackson County, Oregon
8th Racine County, Wisconsin
9th Carroll County, Maryland
10th McLean County, Illinois

Less than 150,000 population:
1st Charles County, Maryland
2nd Nevada County, California
3rd Napa County, California
4th Sutter County, California
5th Boone County, Missouri,
6th Stearns County, Minnesota
7th Olmsted County, Minnesota
8th Albemarle County, Virginia
9th Delaware County, Ohio
10th Deschutes County, Oregon