The Center for Digital Government's Digital Cities Survey is conducted annually in the summer: July - August. All United States cities, towns, villages and consolidated city/county governments with populations of 30,000 or greater are invited to participate in this survey. The awards are presented concurrently with the NLC conference held each November.
The Center for Digital Government is pleased to announce the results of its fourth annual Digital Cities Survey, underwritten by Oracle
Mayors, chief information officers and city managers at over 300 of the nation's cities were invited to participate. Officials responded to a set of 16 questions and ranked their jurisdictions according to a four-point scale, providing URLs and background data for final verification and validation. The survey grouped cities into four categories based on population: 250,000 or greater, 125,000-249,999, and 75,000-124,999,and 30,000-74,999.
250,000 or more population:
1st Place: Virginia Beach, Virginia
2nd Place: Tucson, Arizona
3rd Place: Los Angeles, California
4th Place: Tampa, Florida
5th Place: Aurora, Colorado
6th Place: Phoenix, Arizona
7th Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
8th Place: Nashville, Tennessee
9th Place: Washington, D. C.
10th Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado (tie)
10th Place: Corpus Christi, Texas (tie)
125,000-249,999 population:
1st Place: Des Moines, Iowa
2nd Place: Hampton, Virginia
3rd Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
4th Place: Madison, Wisconsin
5th Place: Norfolk, Virginia
6th Place: Torrance, California
7th Place: Chesapeake, Virginia
8th Place: Hollywood, Florida
9th Place: Chandler, Arizona
10th Place: Naperville, Illinois
75,000-124,999 population:
1st Place: Denton, Texas (tie)
1st Place: Ogden, Utah (tie)
2nd Place: Pueblo, Colorado
3rd Place: Santa Monica, California
4th Place: Richardson, Texas
5th Place: Roanoke, Virginia
6th Place: Bellevue, Washington
7th Place: Westminster, Colorado
8th Place: Olathe, Kansas
9th Place: Independence, Missouri
10th Place: Orem, Utah
30,000-74,999 population:
1st Place: Redmond, Washington
2nd Place: Blacksburg, Virginia
3rd Place: Manchester, Connecticut
4th Place: Lynchburg, Virginia
5th Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
6th Place: Wellington, Florida
7th Place: Flower Mound, Texas
8th Place: Walnut Creek, California
9th Place: Sarasota, Florida
10th Place: Palo Alto, California
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