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Curbside News Investigation

649 of 3,144 US counties

have no dedicated local news source on Curbside

That's 21% of counties where Curbside has not tagged a dedicated local newsroom. Some of those are true deserts; others are tagging gaps — regional outlets may still cover the area. County pages list what we actually track.

3,144
Counties tracked
649
No tagged local source
4,453
Tracked sources
51
States & territories

Statistics cover 3,144 unique county identifiers in our dataset. 23 historical, invalid, or unresolved taxonomy entries are excluded from coverage assignments pending reconciliation. Current county identities use the 2025 Census gazetteer.

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    County detail pages:

    649 News deserts
    No tagged local source
    641 Regional only
    Market-level, no local outlet
    499 Thin coverage
    1 feed
    581 Covered
    2–3 feeds
    774 Strong
    4+ feeds

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    County shading reflects sub-region-level source counts from Curbside's aggregation of 4453 local newsrooms. No tagged source (dark red) means no local source is assigned in our catalog; it does not prove no newsroom serves the county. Counties in regional only belong to DMA markets with sources, but those sources don't have a sub-region specific tag for this county. Learn about our methodology.

    News Desert Recovery

    These sub-regions have no Curbside-tagged local source. Pick a card to suggest an outlet, jump to the nearest covered community, or get notified when coverage improves.

    News desert — Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, AK

    Population unknown

    No Curbside source is tagged for Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, AK. The Anchorage market has nearby outlets; a tagging miss here is not the same as nobody reporting.

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    Coverage by Market

    Market Local sources Coverage
    Victoria 2 thin
    Laredo 2 thin
    Enid 2 thin
    Charleston-Charleston 2 thin
    Parkersburg 3 thin
    Greenwood-Greenville 3 thin
    Helena 3 thin
    Zanesville 3 thin
    Mansfield 3 thin
    St. George 3 thin
    Winnemucca 3 thin
    Price 3 thin
    Vernal 3 thin
    Lake Charles 3 thin
    Wheeling-Steubenville 4 moderate
    Lafayette 4 moderate
    San Angelo 4 moderate
    Cody 4 moderate
    Logan 4 moderate
    Elko 4 moderate
    Ely 4 moderate
    Erie 5 moderate
    Meridian 5 moderate
    Biloxi-Gulfport 5 moderate
    Charlottesville 5 moderate
    Cheyenne 5 moderate
    Twin Falls 5 moderate
    Jackson 5 moderate
    Fairbanks 5 moderate
    Lubbock 6 moderate
    Beaumont-Port Arthur 6 moderate
    Corpus Christi 6 moderate
    Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill 6 moderate
    Alexandria 6 moderate
    Jackson 6 moderate
    Hagerstown 6 moderate
    St. Joseph 6 moderate
    Tuscaloosa 6 moderate
    Lufkin-Nacogdoches 6 moderate
    Big Spring 6 moderate
    Glendive 6 moderate
    Sheridan 6 moderate
    Marquette 6 moderate
    Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 6 moderate
    Omaha 6 moderate
    Davenport-Rock Island-Moline 6 moderate
    West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce 7 moderate
    Youngstown 7 moderate
    Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville 7 moderate
    Salisbury 7 moderate
    Bakersfield 7 moderate
    Wichita Falls-Lawton 7 moderate
    Panama City 7 moderate
    Bend 7 moderate
    Quincy-Hannibal 7 moderate
    Bowling Green 7 moderate
    Harrisonburg 7 moderate
    Miles City 7 moderate
    Montgomery-Selma 7 moderate
    Lafayette-Acadiana 7 moderate
    Augusta-Aiken 8 moderate
    El Paso 8 moderate
    Amarillo 8 moderate
    Columbus 8 moderate
    Chico-Redding 8 moderate
    Hattiesburg-Laurel 8 moderate
    Ottumwa-Kirksville 8 moderate
    Yuma-El Centro 8 moderate
    Pullman-Moscow 8 moderate
    Ft. Smith-Fayetteville 9 moderate
    Macon 9 moderate
    Joplin-Pittsburg 9 moderate
    La Crosse-Eau Claire 9 moderate
    Palm Springs 9 moderate
    Yakima-Pasco-Richland 9 moderate
    Odessa-Midland 9 moderate
    Idaho Falls-Pocatello 9 moderate
    Sherman-Ada 9 moderate
    Lewiston 9 moderate
    Memphis 10 moderate
    Evansville 10 moderate
    Tallahassee-Thomasville 10 moderate
    Eugene 10 moderate
    Wilmington 10 moderate
    Casper-Riverton 10 moderate
    Clarksburg-Weston 10 moderate
    Ada-Ardmore 10 moderate
    Hobbs 10 moderate
    Chattanooga 11 strong
    Lansing 11 strong
    Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo 11 strong
    Terre Haute 11 strong
    Great Falls 11 strong
    Dothan 11 strong
    Roswell 11 strong
    Toledo 12 strong
    Ft. Myers-Naples 12 strong
    Medford-Klamath Falls 12 strong
    Missoula 12 strong
    Eureka 12 strong
    Rexburg 12 strong
    Charleston-Huntington 13 strong
    Huntsville-Decatur 13 strong
    Madison 13 strong
    Baton Rouge 13 strong
    Springfield-Holyoke 13 strong
    Boise 13 strong
    Rockford 13 strong
    Wausau-Rhinelander 13 strong
    Albany 13 strong
    Tupelo-Columbus 13 strong
    Tucson-Sierra Vista 13 strong
    St. Louis 14 strong
    Pittsburgh 14 strong
    Harrisburg-Lancaster-York 14 strong
    Austin 14 strong
    Columbia 14 strong
    Peoria-Bloomington 14 strong
    Colorado Springs-Pueblo 14 strong
    Ft. Wayne 14 strong
    Lima 14 strong
    Columbia-Jefferson City 14 strong
    Abilene-Sweetwater 14 strong
    Cincinnati 15 strong
    Las Vegas 15 strong
    Spokane 15 strong
    Traverse City-Cadillac 15 strong
    Waco-Temple-Bryan 15 strong
    Topeka 15 strong
    Tri-Cities TN-VA 15 strong
    Dayton 16 strong
    Albany-Schenectady-Troy 16 strong
    Fresno-Visalia 16 strong
    Springfield 16 strong
    Greenville-New Bern-Washington 16 strong
    Jonesboro 16 strong
    Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg 16 strong
    Louisville 17 strong
    Scranton-Wilkes Barre 17 strong
    Mobile-Pensacola 17 strong
    Florence-Myrtle Beach 17 strong
    Juneau 17 strong
    San Diego 18 strong
    Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo 18 strong
    Green Bay-Appleton 18 strong
    South Bend-Elkhart 18 strong
    Savannah 18 strong
    Sioux City 18 strong
    San Antonio 19 strong
    Norfolk-Portsmouth 19 strong
    Jacksonville 19 strong
    Tyler-Longview 19 strong
    Monterey-Salinas 19 strong
    Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson 19 strong
    Butte-Bozeman 19 strong
    Detroit 19 strong
    Knoxville 20 strong
    Buffalo 20 strong
    Rochester 20 strong
    Syracuse 20 strong
    Reno 20 strong
    Augusta 20 strong
    Honolulu 20 strong
    Rapid City 20 strong
    Miami-Fort Lauderdale 21 strong
    Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque 21 strong
    Anchorage 21 strong
    Billings 21 strong
    New Orleans 22 strong
    Tulsa 22 strong
    Houston 23 strong
    Baltimore 23 strong
    Providence-New Bedford 23 strong
    Tampa-St. Petersburg 24 strong
    Nashville 24 strong
    Milwaukee 25 strong
    Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 25 strong
    Cleveland-Akron 26 strong
    Roanoke-Lynchburg 26 strong
    Charlotte 27 strong
    Little Rock-Pine Bluff 27 strong
    Lexington 27 strong
    Salt Lake City 28 strong
    Richmond-Petersburg 28 strong
    Fargo-Valley City 28 strong
    Kansas City 29 strong
    Champaign-Springfield-Decatur 30 strong
    Raleigh-Durham 31 strong
    Duluth-Superior 31 strong
    Rochester-Mason City-Austin 31 strong
    Orlando-Daytona Beach 33 strong
    Columbus 34 strong
    Albuquerque-Santa Fe 35 strong
    Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville 35 strong
    Jackson 36 strong
    Sioux Falls-Mitchell 36 strong
    Oklahoma City 37 strong
    Phoenix 39 strong
    Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney 39 strong
    Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 41 strong
    Birmingham 41 strong
    Burlington-Plattsburgh 41 strong
    Wichita-Hutchinson 43 strong
    Portland-Auburn 46 strong
    Washington DC 49 strong
    Dallas-Fort Worth 55 strong
    Portland 55 strong
    Des Moines-Ames 62 strong
    Atlanta 63 strong
    Hartford-New Haven 64 strong
    Seattle-Tacoma 66 strong
    Minneapolis-St. Paul 66 strong
    Chicago 67 strong
    San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 76 strong
    Indianapolis 76 strong
    Philadelphia 78 strong
    Denver 88 strong
    Boston 89 strong
    New York 151 strong
    Los Angeles 153 strong

    Data updated every 30 minutes. Source: Curbside News aggregation of 4453 local newsrooms.

    Coverage by State

    Explore Curbside's local news coverage summaries by state, including county coverage tiers, local markets, and areas where local reporting is thin or missing. Use the map icon to zoom the map above without leaving this page.

    Alabama 6 markets, 67 counties, 13 desert Alaska 3 markets, 30 counties, 1 desert Arizona 3 markets, 15 counties, 5 desert Arkansas 3 markets, 75 counties, 11 desert California 11 markets, 58 counties, 10 desert Colorado 2 markets, 64 counties, 4 desert Connecticut 1 market, 9 counties, 9 desert Delaware 0 markets, 3 counties, 2 desert District of Columbia 1 market, 1 county, 0 desert Florida 8 markets, 67 counties, 26 desert Georgia 6 markets, 159 counties, 64 desert Hawaii 1 market, 5 counties, 1 desert Idaho 5 markets, 44 counties, 2 desert Illinois 5 markets, 102 counties, 35 desert Indiana 6 markets, 92 counties, 25 desert Iowa 5 markets, 99 counties, 22 desert Kansas 2 markets, 105 counties, 17 desert Kentucky 4 markets, 120 counties, 30 desert Louisiana 5 markets, 64 counties, 45 desert Maine 2 markets, 16 counties, 1 desert Maryland 3 markets, 24 counties, 7 desert Massachusetts 2 markets, 14 counties, 0 desert Michigan 6 markets, 83 counties, 48 desert Minnesota 3 markets, 87 counties, 34 desert Mississippi 6 markets, 82 counties, 13 desert Missouri 6 markets, 115 counties, 16 desert Montana 7 markets, 56 counties, 2 desert Nebraska 2 markets, 93 counties, 35 desert Nevada 5 markets, 17 counties, 5 desert New Hampshire 0 markets, 10 counties, 3 desert New Jersey 0 markets, 21 counties, 9 desert New Mexico 3 markets, 33 counties, 0 desert New York 5 markets, 62 counties, 21 desert North Carolina 5 markets, 100 counties, 4 desert North Dakota 2 markets, 53 counties, 2 desert Ohio 9 markets, 88 counties, 4 desert Oklahoma 4 markets, 77 counties, 1 desert Oregon 4 markets, 36 counties, 1 desert Pennsylvania 5 markets, 67 counties, 15 desert Rhode Island 1 market, 5 counties, 0 desert South Carolina 4 markets, 46 counties, 17 desert South Dakota 2 markets, 66 counties, 8 desert Tennessee 6 markets, 95 counties, 36 desert Texas 21 markets, 254 counties, 9 desert Utah 5 markets, 29 counties, 0 desert Vermont 1 market, 14 counties, 4 desert Virginia 5 markets, 133 counties, 1 desert Washington 4 markets, 39 counties, 7 desert West Virginia 5 markets, 55 counties, 8 desert Wisconsin 5 markets, 72 counties, 16 desert Wyoming 5 markets, 23 counties, 0 desert