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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Tennessee Stacks Up

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Samuel Stebbins
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An estimated 222,682,315 Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or 68.1% of the U.S. population.

Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Tennessee, 55.5% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average.

Lower than average vaccination rates in Tennessee appear to be attributable in part to vaccine hesitancy and resistance among residents. As of July 18, Tennessee has received about 13,783,500 vaccinations and administered about 74.5% of those doses.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 2,156,443 confirmed cases of the virus in Tennessee as of July 18 — or 31,853 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 26,906 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of July 18, 2022.

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

Rank Place Share of pop. fully vaccinated Fully vaccinated residents Total COVID-19 cases per 100k people
1 Rhode Island 84.1% 889,412 36,522
2 Vermont 81.8% 512,291 20,280
3 Maine 81.0% 1,084,551 20,370
4 Connecticut 80.1% 2,860,091 23,514
5 Massachusetts 80.0% 5,524,061 28,056
6 Washington D.C. 79.0% 540,890 23,301
7 Hawaii 79.0% 1,122,122 21,793
8 New York 77.6% 15,162,143 29,123
9 Maryland 76.6% 4,630,717 19,114
10 New Jersey 76.4% 6,802,022 28,409
11 Virginia 74.1% 6,307,510 22,409
12 Washington 73.9% 5,567,197 22,505
13 California 72.9% 28,824,931 26,153
14 New Mexico 72.2% 1,512,682 27,454
15 New Hampshire 71.9% 975,450 24,685
16 Colorado 71.8% 4,087,310 27,457
17 Oregon 70.8% 2,966,806 19,807
18 Delaware 70.7% 684,079 29,838
19 Minnesota 70.2% 3,938,992 27,828
20 Pennsylvania 69.7% 8,932,293 23,722
21 Illinois 68.8% 8,762,881 27,361
22 Florida 68.3% 14,549,762 31,120
23 Wisconsin 66.3% 3,855,151 30,039
24 Utah 65.8% 2,080,418 31,311
25 Nebraska 64.4% 1,241,668 26,306
26 Arizona 63.5% 4,552,363 30,133
27 North Carolina 63.3% 6,576,141 28,162
28 Texas 63.1% 18,103,722 25,226
29 South Dakota 62.9% 555,362 28,028
30 Kansas 62.7% 1,826,799 28,153
31 Iowa 62.5% 1,972,517 25,532
32 Nevada 62.5% 1,895,353 26,029
33 Alaska 62.3% 459,677 36,166
34 Michigan 60.7% 6,063,790 26,373
35 Ohio 58.9% 6,885,058 24,529
36 South Carolina 58.5% 2,974,902 30,951
37 Oklahoma 58.3% 2,297,268 27,819
38 Kentucky 58.0% 2,590,737 31,884
39 Montana 57.8% 613,840 27,237
40 West Virginia 57.8% 1,043,095 29,962
41 Idaho 57.0% 999,610 26,819
42 Missouri 56.9% 3,485,985 24,852
43 Indiana 56.8% 3,803,600 26,818
44 North Dakota 56.3% 428,006 33,287
45 Georgia 56.0% 5,894,561 25,611
46 Tennessee 55.5% 3,756,545 31,853
47 Arkansas 55.2% 1,664,181 29,246
48 Louisiana 53.9% 2,511,808 26,934
49 Mississippi 52.3% 1,561,513 28,542
50 Alabama 51.9% 2,534,488 28,391
51 Wyoming 51.6% 297,846 28,973

 
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