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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Texas Stacks Up
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An estimated 161,631,676 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 49.4% of the U.S. population.
So far, states have largely managed their own vaccination coordination efforts — and some have proven more efficient at it than others. In Texas, 43.4% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average.
Lower than average vaccination rates in Texas appear to be attributable in part to less efficient vaccination rollout. As of July 20, Texas has received about 32,512,900 vaccinations and administered about 82.0% of those doses.
As the virus mutates and new variants spread, vaccinating the population as rapidly as possible is critical. In total, there have been 3,029,285 confirmed cases of the virus in Texas as of July 20 — or 10,554 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 10,313 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.
All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of July 20, 2021.
These are all the counties in Texas 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 | Vermont | 66.8% | 418,339 | 3,661 |
2 | Maine | 63.2% | 845,498 | 5,191 |
3 | Massachusetts | 63.1% | 4,357,007 | 10,320 |
4 | Connecticut | 62.3% | 2,225,346 | 9,816 |
5 | Rhode Island | 60.7% | 641,930 | 14,468 |
6 | Maryland | 57.9% | 3,500,639 | 7,682 |
7 | New Hampshire | 57.9% | 785,697 | 7,365 |
8 | Washington | 57.3% | 4,320,331 | 6,105 |
9 | New Jersey | 57.0% | 5,077,581 | 11,550 |
10 | New Mexico | 56.3% | 1,179,876 | 9,888 |
11 | New York | 55.9% | 10,915,227 | 10,875 |
12 | Oregon | 55.7% | 2,334,446 | 5,059 |
13 | Washington D.C. | 55.7% | 381,131 | 7,254 |
14 | Colorado | 54.2% | 3,086,226 | 9,925 |
15 | Virginia | 53.8% | 4,580,737 | 8,042 |
16 | Minnesota | 53.4% | 2,997,756 | 10,827 |
17 | Hawaii | 52.8% | 750,266 | 2,655 |
18 | Delaware | 52.2% | 504,923 | 11,413 |
19 | California | 51.8% | 20,480,346 | 9,476 |
20 | Pennsylvania | 51.3% | 6,575,932 | 9,499 |
21 | Wisconsin | 51.2% | 2,979,114 | 11,694 |
22 | Iowa | 49.1% | 1,549,216 | 11,905 |
23 | Nebraska | 49.0% | 944,969 | 11,707 |
24 | Michigan | 48.3% | 4,826,819 | 10,038 |
25 | Florida | 48.3% | 10,277,618 | 11,300 |
26 | Illinois | 47.5% | 6,053,831 | 10,988 |
27 | South Dakota | 46.5% | 409,951 | 14,140 |
28 | Ohio | 45.9% | 5,368,516 | 9,557 |
29 | Arizona | 45.3% | 3,245,176 | 12,664 |
30 | Kentucky | 44.8% | 2,003,228 | 10,512 |
31 | Alaska | 44.6% | 329,206 | 9,418 |
32 | Utah | 44.6% | 1,409,162 | 13,369 |
33 | Nevada | 44.1% | 1,339,499 | 11,307 |
34 | Montana | 44.1% | 468,821 | 10,794 |
35 | Indiana | 43.8% | 2,933,840 | 11,359 |
36 | North Carolina | 43.5% | 4,519,991 | 9,851 |
37 | Texas | 43.4% | 12,456,699 | 10,554 |
38 | Kansas | 43.1% | 1,255,255 | 11,107 |
39 | South Carolina | 40.5% | 2,057,399 | 11,849 |
40 | Missouri | 40.4% | 2,472,883 | 10,567 |
41 | North Dakota | 39.7% | 301,939 | 14,605 |
42 | Oklahoma | 39.7% | 1,566,238 | 11,803 |
43 | Tennessee | 38.8% | 2,628,470 | 12,917 |
44 | West Virginia | 38.5% | 696,124 | 9,133 |
45 | Georgia | 38.3% | 4,025,666 | 10,894 |
46 | Idaho | 37.6% | 660,309 | 11,222 |
47 | Louisiana | 36.1% | 1,684,060 | 10,643 |
48 | Wyoming | 36.1% | 208,489 | 10,995 |
49 | Arkansas | 35.5% | 1,069,679 | 12,031 |
50 | Alabama | 33.9% | 1,654,644 | 11,476 |
51 | Mississippi | 33.8% | 1,008,740 | 10,943 |
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