It has now been 32 weeks since the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine were sent out to states, kicking off the largest vaccination campaign in human history. As of July 28, 395,974,515 doses of the vaccine have been sent out across the country — equivalent to 120.6% of the U.S. population.

While the initial distribution of the vaccine took longer than federal projections had indicated, in recent months the U.S. has made great leaps in the worldwide race to administer vaccinations — and some states are faring far better than others. Under the current system, led by the White House COVID-19 Response Team, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sends states limited shipments of the vaccine as well as funding and tasks them with distributing the vaccine in accordance with relatively loose federal guidelines.

Each state has developed its own rollout plan, prioritizing different age groups and classes of essential workers. The mix of policies and logistical challenges across the country has led to wide variations across states in both the percentage of vaccines that have been administered and the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated.

In Tennessee, 86.2% of allocated vaccines have been administered to residents as of July 28, in line with the national average of 86.7% and the 25th largest share of all states.

The administered doses amount to 83.6% of the state population, lower than the 104.6% national figure and the ninth smallest share of all states.

While a majority of Americans remain unvaccinated due to a lack of supply, there are some who have no plans to receive a vaccine at all. According to a survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, 45.8% of U.S. adults 18 and over who have not yet received the vaccine will either probably not or definitely not get a COVID-19 vaccine in the future. In Tennessee, 56.7% of adults who have not yet received the vaccine report that they will probably not or definitely not get a vaccine in the future, the third largest share of any state. The most common reason cited for not wanting a vaccine is being concerned about possible side effects. Other commonly cited reasons include that they were planning to wait and see if it is safe, not trusting COVID-19 vaccines, and not trusting the government.

To determine how states are doing with the vaccine rollout, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. States were ranked based on the number of vaccines administered within a state as a percentage of the number of vaccines distributed to that state by the federal government as of July 28. Data on confirmed COVID-19 cases as of July 28 came from various state and local health departments and were adjusted for population using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey. Data on the percentage of adults who probably or definitely will not get a COVID-19 vaccine and their reasons for not getting one came from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, conducted from June 23, 2021 to July 5, 2021.

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

Rank	State	Vaccines distributed from federal gov’t	Vaccines administered in state	Pct. of vaccines administered	Vaccines administered as % of pop.	COVID-19 cases per 100,000
50	Alabama	5,031,270	3,557,652	70.7%	72.6%	11,667
49	West Virginia	1,953,655	1,485,406	76.0%	82.9%	9,246
48	Mississippi	2,779,885	2,131,339	76.7%	71.6%	11,195
47	Georgia	11,575,865	8,877,174	76.7%	83.6%	10,904
46	Idaho	1,737,250	1,367,020	78.7%	76.5%	11,096
45	South Carolina	5,496,605	4,379,272	79.7%	85.1%	11,797
44	North Carolina	12,049,860	9,658,982	80.2%	92.1%	9,839
43	Arkansas	2,968,260	2,410,715	81.2%	79.9%	12,438
42	Alaska	851,265	694,288	81.6%	94.9%	9,671
41	Michigan	11,942,650	9,763,518	81.8%	97.8%	10,077
40	Delaware	1,321,865	1,083,839	82.0%	111.3%	11,378
39	Oregon	5,756,625	4,723,919	82.1%	112.0%	5,094
38	Maryland	8,728,690	7,172,046	82.2%	118.6%	7,707
37	Texas	32,980,075	27,175,812	82.4%	93.7%	10,571
36	Oklahoma	4,124,420	3,430,195	83.2%	86.7%	11,941
35	Arizona	8,446,190	7,057,355	83.6%	97.0%	12,601
34	New Hampshire	1,893,790	1,587,990	83.9%	116.8%	7,366
33	Missouri	6,452,415	5,414,504	83.9%	88.2%	10,823
32	Kansas	3,194,505	2,683,642	84.0%	92.1%	11,233
31	Louisiana	4,247,160	3,592,125	84.6%	77.3%	11,032
30	Wyoming	525,435	445,039	84.7%	76.9%	11,102
29	Rhode Island	1,555,325	1,322,996	85.1%	124.9%	14,485
28	South Dakota	990,365	846,690	85.5%	95.7%	14,124
27	Montana	1,130,745	967,066	85.5%	90.5%	10,784
26	New Jersey	12,003,135	10,317,112	86.0%	116.2%	11,638
25	Tennessee	6,628,620	5,711,164	86.2%	83.6%	12,938
24	Florida	25,876,115	22,343,510	86.3%	104.0%	11,547
23	Hawaii	1,984,960	1,714,187	86.4%	121.1%	2,754
22	Ohio	12,764,915	11,028,252	86.4%	94.3%	9,600
21	Indiana	6,973,270	6,038,913	86.6%	89.7%	11,355
20	Maine	1,902,340	1,660,309	87.3%	123.5%	5,200
19	Iowa	3,564,135	3,128,462	87.8%	99.2%	11,959
18	California	50,661,395	44,832,247	88.5%	113.5%	9,976
17	Illinois	15,179,155	13,535,577	89.2%	106.8%	11,111
16	Colorado	7,201,455	6,438,352	89.4%	111.8%	9,886
15	Virginia	10,754,595	9,626,757	89.5%	112.8%	8,073
14	Pennsylvania	16,171,685	14,482,512	89.6%	113.1%	9,531
13	Nebraska	2,154,180	1,930,639	89.6%	99.8%	11,727
12	Utah	3,337,250	2,993,563	89.7%	93.4%	13,301
11	Kentucky	4,640,535	4,165,645	89.8%	93.2%	10,619
10	North Dakota	732,860	659,829	90.0%	86.6%	14,596
9	Nevada	3,261,040	2,941,670	90.2%	95.5%	11,332
8	Minnesota	6,688,140	6,051,371	90.5%	107.3%	10,805
7	Massachusetts	9,964,430	9,102,682	91.4%	132.1%	10,376
6	New York	24,861,515	22,820,585	91.8%	117.3%	10,981
5	Vermont	945,020	870,892	92.2%	139.6%	3,694
4	Washington	9,671,755	8,957,339	92.6%	117.6%	6,123
3	Connecticut	4,900,135	4,570,229	93.3%	128.2%	9,874
2	Wisconsin	6,331,365	6,135,763	96.9%	105.4%	11,715
1	New Mexico	2,428,965	2,468,519	99.9%	117.7%	9,943

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