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