Special Report

States Where the Most People Are Vaccinated

Samuel Stebbins

Published: April 8, 2021 5:45 am

Rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States got off to a slower start than expected. In response, the Biden Administration announced plans to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer. Though whether or not the timeline is achievable remains to be seen. Currently, 63,016,976 people have been fully vaccinated, or 19.3% of the population.

So far, vaccination coordination efforts have been largely left to states to manage themselves — and some have proven more efficient at it than others. Depending on the state, the share of the population that has been fully vaccinated ranges from as low as 13.5% all the way up to 26.3%.

Regardless of the share of the population each state has managed to vaccinate, data reveals inefficiencies in vaccination campaigns everywhere in the country as millions of doses are currently sitting idle under the purview of state governments, yet to be administered. As of April 6, only about 76.9% of the 219,194,200 doses of the vaccine that have been distributed to the 50 states and Washington D.C. have been administered. In one state, only 61.1% of delivered doses have gone into the arms of residents. Meanwhile, the state that has proven most efficient has used 90.4% of the vaccine doses it has received.

As the virus mutates and new variants begin to spread, vaccinating the population as rapidly as possible is critical. In total, there have been 9,296 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

Alabama
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 725,270 (14.8% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 61.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,573 per 100,000 people (total: 516,809)
> Population: 4,887,871

These are all the counties in Alabama where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Alaska
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 179,359 (24.3% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 65.7%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,261 per 100,000 people (total: 60,918)
> Population: 737,438

These are all the counties in Alaska where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Arizona
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,399,810 (19.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 80.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 11,773 per 100,000 people (total: 844,302)
> Population: 7,171,646

These are all the counties in Arizona where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Arkansas
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 489,479 (16.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 67.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,985 per 100,000 people (total: 331,054)
> Population: 3,013,825

These are all the counties in Arkansas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

California
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 7,249,897 (18.3% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 75.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,051 per 100,000 people (total: 3,580,351)
> Population: 39,557,045

These are all the counties in California where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Colorado
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,131,482 (19.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 81.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,219 per 100,000 people (total: 468,121)
> Population: 5,695,564

These are all the counties in Colorado where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Connecticut
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 843,076 (23.6% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 77.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,788 per 100,000 people (total: 313,956)
> Population: 3,572,665

These are all the counties in Connecticut where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Delaware
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 178,965 (18.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 77.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,965 per 100,000 people (total: 96,376)
> Population: 967,171

These are all the counties in Delaware where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

District of Columbia
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 113,268 (16.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 73.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 6,580 per 100,000 people (total: 45,037)
> Population: 684,498

Click here to see all current COVID-19 data for Washington D.C.

Florida
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 3,879,316 (18.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 72.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,591 per 100,000 people (total: 2,042,881)
> Population: 21,299,325

These are all the counties in Florida where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Georgia
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,421,747 (13.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 64.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,120 per 100,000 people (total: 1,064,554)
> Population: 10,519,475

These are all the counties in Georgia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Hawaii
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 303,429 (21.4% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 71.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 2,054 per 100,000 people (total: 29,170)
> Population: 1,420,491

These are all the counties in Hawaii where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Idaho
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 328,309 (18.7% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 76.2%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,328 per 100,000 people (total: 181,181)
> Population: 1,754,208

These are all the counties in Idaho where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Illinois
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 2,357,970 (18.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.7%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,863 per 100,000 people (total: 1,256,634)
> Population: 12,741,080

These are all the counties in Illinois where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Indiana
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,252,763 (18.7% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 74.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,325 per 100,000 people (total: 690,910)
> Population: 6,691,878

These are all the counties in Indiana where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Iowa
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 686,954 (21.8% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 83.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 11,193 per 100,000 people (total: 353,280)
> Population: 3,156,145

These are all the counties in Iowa where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Kansas
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 562,450 (19.3% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 76.8%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,403 per 100,000 people (total: 302,873)
> Population: 2,911,505

These are all the counties in Kansas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Kentucky
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 906,780 (20.3% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,603 per 100,000 people (total: 429,106)
> Population: 4,468,402

These are all the counties in Kentucky where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Louisiana
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 855,231 (18.4% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 69.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,559 per 100,000 people (total: 445,469)
> Population: 4,659,978

These are all the parishes in Louisiana where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Maine
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 319,682 (23.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 83.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 3,884 per 100,000 people (total: 51,988)
> Population: 1,338,404

These are all the counties in Maine where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Maryland
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,222,748 (20.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 77.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 6,921 per 100,000 people (total: 418,188)
> Population: 6,042,718

These are all the counties in Maryland where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Massachusetts
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,500,461 (21.7% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 83.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,910 per 100,000 people (total: 614,951)
> Population: 6,902,149

These are all the counties in Massachusetts where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Michigan
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,948,930 (19.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 73.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 7,692 per 100,000 people (total: 768,892)
> Population: 9,995,915

These are all the counties in Michigan where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Minnesota
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,230,329 (21.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 89.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,379 per 100,000 people (total: 526,267)
> Population: 5,611,179

These are all the counties in Minnesota where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Mississippi
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 504,324 (16.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 66.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,251 per 100,000 people (total: 306,158)
> Population: 2,986,530

These are all the counties in Mississippi where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Missouri
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,081,202 (17.6% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 74.8%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,460 per 100,000 people (total: 579,536)
> Population: 6,126,452

These are all the counties in Missouri where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Montana
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 231,361 (21.8% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 78.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,898 per 100,000 people (total: 105,142)
> Population: 1,062,305

These are all the counties in Montana where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Nebraska
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 408,483 (21.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 78.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,986 per 100,000 people (total: 211,958)
> Population: 1,929,268

These are all the counties in Nebraska where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Nevada
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 560,900 (18.5% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,057 per 100,000 people (total: 305,176)
> Population: 3,034,392

These are all the counties in Nevada where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

New Hampshire
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 273,259 (20.1% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 90.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 6,329 per 100,000 people (total: 85,846)
> Population: 1,356,458

These are all the counties in New Hampshire where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

New Jersey
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,948,426 (21.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 88.2%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,408 per 100,000 people (total: 927,195)
> Population: 8,908,520

These are all the counties in New Jersey where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

New Mexico
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 550,694 (26.3% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 85.7%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,170 per 100,000 people (total: 192,152)
> Population: 2,095,428

These are all the counties in New Mexico where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

New York
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 4,151,808 (21.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 80.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,768 per 100,000 people (total: 1,908,898)
> Population: 19,542,209

These are all the counties in New York where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

North Carolina
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,914,300 (18.4% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 77.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,823 per 100,000 people (total: 916,159)
> Population: 10,383,620

These are all the counties in North Carolina where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

North Dakota
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 176,603 (23.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 86.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 13,645 per 100,000 people (total: 103,714)
> Population: 760,077

These are all the counties in North Dakota where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Ohio
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 2,248,836 (19.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 77.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,760 per 100,000 people (total: 1,024,011)
> Population: 11,689,442

These are all the counties in Ohio where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Oklahoma
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 812,570 (20.6% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 73.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 11,159 per 100,000 people (total: 440,023)
> Population: 3,943,079

These are all the counties in Oklahoma where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Oregon
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 811,749 (19.4% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 75.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 3,982 per 100,000 people (total: 166,882)
> Population: 4,190,713

These are all the counties in Oregon where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Pennsylvania
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 2,448,811 (19.1% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 8,141 per 100,000 people (total: 1,042,682)
> Population: 12,807,060

These are all the counties in Pennsylvania where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rhode Island
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 263,821 (25.0% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 85.8%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 13,076 per 100,000 people (total: 138,255)
> Population: 1,057,315

These are all the counties in Rhode Island where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

South Carolina
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 866,348 (17.0% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 72.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,910 per 100,000 people (total: 554,664)
> Population: 5,084,127

These are all the counties in South Carolina where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

South Dakota
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 221,239 (25.1% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.3%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 13,416 per 100,000 people (total: 118,361)
> Population: 882,235

These are all the counties in South Dakota where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Tennessee
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,066,408 (15.8% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 69.2%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 12,061 per 100,000 people (total: 816,499)
> Population: 6,770,010

These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Texas
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 4,796,711 (16.7% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 76.1%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,733 per 100,000 people (total: 2,793,524)
> Population: 28,701,845

These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Utah
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 442,327 (14.0% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 82.8%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 12,253 per 100,000 people (total: 387,341)
> Population: 3,161,105

These are all the counties in Utah where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Vermont
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 141,456 (22.6% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 79.4%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 3,217 per 100,000 people (total: 20,149)
> Population: 626,299

These are all the counties in Vermont where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Virginia
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,693,897 (19.9% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 81.9%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 7,351 per 100,000 people (total: 626,171)
> Population: 8,517,685

These are all the counties in Virginia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Washington
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,586,873 (21.1% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 78.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 4,901 per 100,000 people (total: 369,312)
> Population: 7,535,591

These are all the counties in Washington where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

West Virginia
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 382,002 (21.2% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 73.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 7,944 per 100,000 people (total: 143,456)
> Population: 1,805,832

These are all the counties in West Virginia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Wisconsin
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 1,244,042 (21.4% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 84.5%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 10,995 per 100,000 people (total: 639,227)
> Population: 5,813,568

These are all the counties in Wisconsin where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Wyoming
> Residents who are fully vaccinated as of April 6, 2021: 119,735 (20.7% of the pop.)
> Share of vaccine doses administered: 68.0%
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of April 6, 2021: 9,770 per 100,000 people (total: 56,447)
> Population: 577,737

These are all the counties in Wyoming where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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