Harford County, MD: website accessibility score

89out of 100

ScoreAlmost readyA few problems found, none a critical barrierAutomated checks of 12 pages, November 2, 2026. They find many problems, not all.

0critical barriers

The automated checks found no control a resident can’t use at all.

Compared

Maryland counties of 250,000 or more people average 86.

See how it does today

Our latest check was on November 2, 2026, and the next is in January 2027. You can check harfordcountymd.gov yourself now, free. You get a report of your own; this page changes at our next check.

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What we found

What is wrong and who it affects, most serious first.

9
9 links have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “link”, with no clue to where they go.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
4
4 buttons or links are so small, or so close to others, that people with shaky hands may tap the wrong thing.

Not in the score
- Limited hand movement
1
1 embedded section, such as a map, video or form from another site, has no title, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what it is.
- Screen readers
1
1 control shows no sign when a keyboard user moves to it, so they can’t tell where they are on the page.

Not in the score
- Keyboard users
- Low vision

More in the full report

The full report is for the county’s own staff. It adds:

The 12 pages we checked, by name
Where each problem is, with a screenshot
What needs to change, in the order to fix it
A new check any day, once something is fixed

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The keyboard test

We pressed Tab 125 times through the homepage, as someone who can’t use a mouse would. What it found is shown here and is not yet counted in the score.

Passed: “Skip to content” works. Keyboard users can jump past the menu.
Passed: Focus can be seen. Every control we reached shows where the keyboard is.

Questions about this page

Does this mean the county is breaking the law?

No. This is an automated check against WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard the ADA Title II rule sets for state and local governments. Automated checks find many problems but not all, and only a full review can say whether a site meets the rule.

How often is this page updated?

Every three months, in January, April, July and October. Once its staff claim this page, they can also scan the site again, once a day; the new result shows here like our regular check, marked as checked at their request. The date at the top shows the latest check, and the score can go up as problems are fixed.

How can the county respond?

Staff with an email address ending in @harfordcountymd.gov can claim this page to set its status for residents, see where each problem is, and scan the site again. Think a result is wrong? Tell us and we will check it again.

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