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Curbside News Investigation

792 of 3,143 US counties

have no dedicated local news source on Curbside

That's 25% of the country. In these counties, there are no working local RSS feeds — no newspaper sites, TV stations, or digital news outlets that Curbside can find. If a breaking local story happens here, there may be no one there to report it.

3,143
Counties tracked
792
News deserts
4,456
Local sources
48
States & territories
792 News deserts
0 working local feeds
544 Regional only
Market-level, no local outlet
473 Thin coverage
1 feed
611 Covered
2–3 feeds
762 Strong
4+ feeds

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Coverage tiers — click to filter

County shading reflects sub-region-level source counts from Curbside's aggregation of 4456 local newsrooms. True deserts (dark red) have zero working local feeds at any level. 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

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Coverage by Market

Market Local sources Coverage
Victoria 2 thin
Laredo 2 thin
Enid 2 thin
St. George 2 thin
Parkersburg 3 thin
Helena 3 thin
Zanesville 3 thin
Mansfield 3 thin
Winnemucca 3 thin
Price 3 thin
Vernal 3 thin
Wheeling-Steubenville 4 moderate
San Angelo 4 moderate
Cody 4 moderate
Logan 4 moderate
Elko 4 moderate
Ely 4 moderate
Fairbanks 4 moderate
Erie 5 moderate
Meridian 5 moderate
Biloxi-Gulfport 5 moderate
Charlottesville 5 moderate
Greenwood-Greenville 5 moderate
Cheyenne 5 moderate
Twin Falls 5 moderate
Jackson 5 moderate
Lubbock 6 moderate
Beaumont-Port Arthur 6 moderate
Corpus Christi 6 moderate
Alexandria 6 moderate
Jackson 6 moderate
Hagerstown 6 moderate
St. Joseph 6 moderate
Tuscaloosa 6 moderate
Lufkin-Nacogdoches 6 moderate
Pullman-Moscow 6 moderate
Glendive 6 moderate
Sheridan 6 moderate
Marquette 6 moderate
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 6 moderate
Omaha 6 moderate
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce 7 moderate
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville 7 moderate
Salisbury 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
El Paso 8 moderate
Amarillo 8 moderate
Columbus 8 moderate
Bakersfield 8 moderate
Chico-Redding 8 moderate
Lafayette 8 moderate
Hattiesburg-Laurel 8 moderate
Yuma-El Centro 8 moderate
Big Spring 8 moderate
Augusta-Aiken 9 moderate
Youngstown 9 moderate
Ft. Smith-Fayetteville 9 moderate
Macon 9 moderate
Joplin-Pittsburg 9 moderate
Palm Springs 9 moderate
Yakima-Pasco-Richland 9 moderate
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill 9 moderate
Ottumwa-Kirksville 9 moderate
Sherman-Ada 9 moderate
Lewiston 9 moderate
Memphis 10 moderate
Evansville 10 moderate
Tallahassee-Thomasville 10 moderate
La Crosse-Eau Claire 10 moderate
Eugene 10 moderate
Odessa-Midland 10 moderate
Idaho Falls-Pocatello 10 moderate
Wilmington 10 moderate
Clarksburg-Weston 10 moderate
Tucson-Sierra Vista 10 moderate
Chattanooga 11 strong
Lansing 11 strong
Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo 11 strong
Terre Haute 11 strong
Great Falls 11 strong
Ada-Ardmore 11 strong
Roswell 11 strong
Hobbs 11 strong
Toledo 12 strong
Ft. Myers-Naples 12 strong
Medford-Klamath Falls 12 strong
Missoula 12 strong
Casper-Riverton 12 strong
Eureka 12 strong
Rexburg 12 strong
Charleston-Huntington 13 strong
Huntsville-Decatur 13 strong
Madison 13 strong
Springfield-Holyoke 13 strong
Boise 13 strong
Rockford 13 strong
Abilene-Sweetwater 13 strong
Albany 13 strong
Tupelo-Columbus 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
Wausau-Rhinelander 14 strong
Lima 14 strong
Columbia-Jefferson City 14 strong
Dothan 14 strong
Cincinnati 15 strong
Las Vegas 15 strong
Traverse City-Cadillac 15 strong
Waco-Temple-Bryan 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
Baton Rouge 16 strong
Topeka 16 strong
Jonesboro 16 strong
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg 16 strong
Juneau 16 strong
Louisville 17 strong
Scranton-Wilkes Barre 17 strong
Mobile-Pensacola 17 strong
Spokane 17 strong
San Diego 18 strong
San Antonio 18 strong
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo 18 strong
Green Bay-Appleton 18 strong
South Bend-Elkhart 18 strong
Savannah 18 strong
Florence-Myrtle Beach 18 strong
Sioux City 18 strong
Detroit 18 strong
Norfolk-Portsmouth 19 strong
Jacksonville 19 strong
Tyler-Longview 19 strong
Reno 19 strong
Monterey-Salinas 19 strong
Butte-Bozeman 19 strong
Miami-Fort Lauderdale 20 strong
Knoxville 20 strong
Buffalo 20 strong
Rochester 20 strong
Augusta 20 strong
Honolulu 20 strong
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson 20 strong
Syracuse 21 strong
Billings 21 strong
New Orleans 22 strong
Tulsa 22 strong
Rapid City 22 strong
Baltimore 23 strong
Providence-New Bedford 23 strong
Anchorage 23 strong
Tampa-St. Petersburg 24 strong
Nashville 24 strong
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque 24 strong
Cleveland-Akron 25 strong
Salt Lake City 25 strong
Milwaukee 25 strong
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 25 strong
Charlotte 26 strong
Lexington 26 strong
Roanoke-Lynchburg 26 strong
Little Rock-Pine Bluff 27 strong
Houston 28 strong
Kansas City 28 strong
Richmond-Petersburg 28 strong
Fargo-Valley City 28 strong
Raleigh-Durham 30 strong
Champaign-Springfield-Decatur 30 strong
Rochester-Mason City-Austin 31 strong
Duluth-Superior 32 strong
Orlando-Daytona Beach 33 strong
Columbus 34 strong
Albuquerque-Santa Fe 35 strong
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville 36 strong
Jackson 36 strong
Sioux Falls-Mitchell 37 strong
Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney 39 strong
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 40 strong
Phoenix 41 strong
Oklahoma City 41 strong
Birmingham 41 strong
Burlington-Plattsburgh 41 strong
Wichita-Hutchinson 44 strong
Portland-Auburn 47 strong
Washington DC 48 strong
Dallas-Fort Worth 53 strong
Portland 55 strong
Atlanta 63 strong
Des Moines-Ames 63 strong
Hartford-New Haven 65 strong
Minneapolis-St. Paul 66 strong
Chicago 68 strong
Seattle-Tacoma 68 strong
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 76 strong
Indianapolis 76 strong
Philadelphia 77 strong
Denver 88 strong
Boston 89 strong
New York 151 strong
Los Angeles 156 strong

Data updated every 30 minutes. Source: Curbside News aggregation of 4456 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, 18 desert Alaska 3 markets, 38 counties, 3 desert Arizona 3 markets, 15 counties, 5 desert Arkansas 3 markets, 75 counties, 18 desert California 11 markets, 58 counties, 11 desert Colorado 2 markets, 65 counties, 4 desert Connecticut 1 market, 8 counties, 0 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, 45 counties, 2 desert Illinois 5 markets, 103 counties, 40 desert Indiana 6 markets, 95 counties, 27 desert Iowa 4 markets, 99 counties, 22 desert Kansas 2 markets, 105 counties, 19 desert Kentucky 4 markets, 123 counties, 64 desert Louisiana 3 markets, 64 counties, 50 desert Maine 2 markets, 16 counties, 1 desert Maryland 3 markets, 24 counties, 8 desert Massachusetts 2 markets, 17 counties, 0 desert Michigan 6 markets, 83 counties, 49 desert Minnesota 3 markets, 88 counties, 36 desert Mississippi 6 markets, 82 counties, 13 desert Missouri 6 markets, 118 counties, 25 desert Montana 7 markets, 56 counties, 2 desert Nebraska 2 markets, 93 counties, 35 desert Nevada 5 markets, 17 counties, 6 desert New Mexico 3 markets, 33 counties, 0 desert New York 5 markets, 64 counties, 21 desert North Carolina 5 markets, 100 counties, 5 desert North Dakota 2 markets, 53 counties, 2 desert Ohio 9 markets, 89 counties, 27 desert Oklahoma 4 markets, 77 counties, 12 desert Oregon 4 markets, 36 counties, 1 desert Pennsylvania 5 markets, 69 counties, 16 desert Rhode Island 1 market, 5 counties, 0 desert South Carolina 3 markets, 47 counties, 18 desert South Dakota 2 markets, 69 counties, 10 desert Tennessee 6 markets, 96 counties, 36 desert Texas 21 markets, 254 counties, 9 desert Utah 5 markets, 29 counties, 9 desert Vermont 1 market, 14 counties, 4 desert Virginia 5 markets, 138 counties, 8 desert Washington 4 markets, 39 counties, 7 desert West Virginia 5 markets, 55 counties, 19 desert Wisconsin 5 markets, 72 counties, 16 desert Wyoming 5 markets, 23 counties, 2 desert