Covid-19 vaccine by states

Covid-19 vaccine by states

Only a sliver of residents of U.S. states and territories have received at least one covid-19 vaccination.

A New York Times analysis shows a high of 7% to less than 1%. It compares 59 states and U.S. territories, using data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Below are the top 5 and bottom 5, plus Arkansas and the national average. The percentage represents residents who have received at least one covid-19 vaccine injection. (The nation's two approved vaccines, by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, each require two injections to fully immunize a recipient.)

1.) Northern Marianna Islands, 7%

2.) American Samoa, 6.4%

3.) West Virginia, 6.3%

4.) Palua, 6.2%

5.) Alaska, 5.4%

29.) Arkansas, 3.2%

National average, 3.2%

55.) Georgia, 1.9%

56.) Alabama, 1.8%

57.) U.S. Virgin Islands, 1.4%

58.) Marshall Islands, 1.1%

59.) Micronesia, 0.6%

Source: New York Times, data as of Jan. 15

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html

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