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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How New York Stacks Up
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The rapidly spreading delta variant is fueling a surge in new cases of COVID-19 and adding urgency to the vaccination effort. So far, an estimated 179,289,983 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 54.8% of the U.S. population.
Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In New York, 61.6% of the population are fully vaccinated, higher than the U.S. average.
Though New York is doing a better job vaccinating its population than other states, there are still significant quantities of the vaccine sitting idle. As of Sept. 14, New York has received about 28,457,000 vaccinations and administered about 88.2% of those doses.
Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 2,336,640 confirmed cases of the virus in New York as of Sept. 14 — or 11,957 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 12,472 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.
All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Sept. 14, 2021.
Rank | Place | Share of pop. fully vaccinated | Fully vaccinated residents | Total COVID-19 cases per 100k people |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vermont | 68.4% | 428,656 | 4,397 |
2 | Maine | 67.3% | 900,614 | 6,015 |
3 | Connecticut | 67.1% | 2,398,333 | 10,606 |
4 | Massachusetts | 66.8% | 4,611,446 | 11,258 |
5 | Rhode Island | 66.4% | 701,682 | 15,686 |
6 | Maryland | 62.8% | 3,794,876 | 8,449 |
7 | New Jersey | 62.7% | 5,587,002 | 12,544 |
8 | Washington | 62.4% | 4,698,544 | 7,932 |
9 | New York | 61.6% | 12,032,960 | 11,957 |
10 | New Mexico | 61.5% | 1,288,968 | 11,448 |
11 | New Hampshire | 60.8% | 824,795 | 8,191 |
12 | Washington D.C. | 60.5% | 414,386 | 8,322 |
13 | Oregon | 59.7% | 2,501,336 | 7,083 |
14 | Virginia | 58.8% | 5,006,507 | 9,461 |
15 | Colorado | 58.8% | 3,346,895 | 11,147 |
16 | Minnesota | 57.3% | 3,217,321 | 11,878 |
17 | California | 57.2% | 22,640,451 | 11,497 |
18 | Delaware | 56.9% | 550,091 | 12,935 |
19 | Pennsylvania | 56.4% | 7,226,149 | 10,522 |
20 | Hawaii | 56.3% | 799,729 | 4,902 |
21 | Florida | 55.7% | 11,872,566 | 16,161 |
22 | Wisconsin | 55.2% | 3,209,820 | 12,969 |
23 | Nebraska | 53.5% | 1,032,416 | 13,118 |
24 | Iowa | 52.8% | 1,667,428 | 13,344 |
25 | Illinois | 52.0% | 6,627,684 | 12,278 |
26 | Michigan | 51.2% | 5,119,223 | 10,886 |
27 | Arizona | 50.6% | 3,626,908 | 14,621 |
28 | South Dakota | 50.5% | 445,130 | 15,503 |
29 | Kentucky | 50.2% | 2,243,979 | 13,883 |
30 | Nevada | 50.0% | 1,518,436 | 13,245 |
31 | Texas | 49.7% | 14,278,607 | 13,257 |
32 | Kansas | 49.7% | 1,447,023 | 13,297 |
33 | Utah | 49.6% | 1,567,519 | 15,184 |
34 | Ohio | 49.3% | 5,765,330 | 11,109 |
35 | North Carolina | 48.5% | 5,038,028 | 12,322 |
36 | Alaska | 48.1% | 354,618 | 12,333 |
37 | Montana | 47.5% | 504,921 | 12,587 |
38 | Indiana | 47.5% | 3,177,308 | 13,447 |
39 | Missouri | 46.6% | 2,853,498 | 12,845 |
40 | Oklahoma | 45.9% | 1,808,630 | 14,715 |
41 | South Carolina | 45.7% | 2,325,482 | 15,415 |
42 | Tennessee | 43.9% | 2,974,562 | 16,613 |
43 | Arkansas | 43.9% | 1,323,456 | 15,761 |
44 | Louisiana | 43.3% | 2,019,965 | 15,291 |
45 | Georgia | 43.2% | 4,544,963 | 14,110 |
46 | North Dakota | 42.9% | 325,756 | 16,125 |
47 | Mississippi | 41.2% | 1,229,562 | 15,413 |
48 | Idaho | 41.0% | 719,766 | 13,334 |
49 | Alabama | 40.5% | 1,980,807 | 15,350 |
50 | Wyoming | 40.2% | 232,414 | 13,958 |
51 | West Virginia | 39.7% | 716,327 | 11,645 |
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