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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Colorado Stacks Up
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As the U.S. braces for winter and flu season, the national COVID-19 vaccination effort is as urgent as it ever has been. So far, an estimated 189,487,793 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 57.9% of the U.S. population.
Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Colorado, 61.4% of the population are fully vaccinated, higher than the U.S. average.
Though Colorado is doing a better job vaccinating its population than other states, there are still significant quantities of the vaccine sitting idle. As of Oct. 19, Colorado has received about 8,604,400 vaccinations and administered about 86.8% of those doses.
Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 704,839 confirmed cases of the virus in Colorado as of Oct. 19 — or 12,375 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 13,647 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.
All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Oct. 19, 2021.
Rank | Place | Share of pop. fully vaccinated | Fully vaccinated residents | Total COVID-19 cases per 100k people |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vermont | 70.4% | 440,661 | 5,399 |
2 | Maine | 70.1% | 938,337 | 7,302 |
3 | Rhode Island | 70.1% | 741,236 | 16,684 |
4 | Connecticut | 69.9% | 2,496,315 | 11,116 |
5 | Massachusetts | 68.9% | 4,754,331 | 12,073 |
6 | New Jersey | 65.5% | 5,831,664 | 13,260 |
7 | Maryland | 65.5% | 3,955,604 | 9,111 |
8 | New York | 65.3% | 12,769,463 | 12,829 |
9 | New Mexico | 64.4% | 1,350,200 | 12,587 |
10 | Washington D.C. | 63.4% | 434,232 | 9,200 |
11 | Washington | 63.3% | 4,771,849 | 9,223 |
12 | New Hampshire | 62.6% | 849,143 | 9,440 |
13 | Oregon | 62.6% | 2,622,520 | 8,322 |
14 | Virginia | 62.3% | 5,309,301 | 10,617 |
15 | Colorado | 61.4% | 3,499,083 | 12,375 |
16 | California | 60.3% | 23,867,195 | 12,103 |
17 | Pennsylvania | 59.6% | 7,630,178 | 11,794 |
18 | Delaware | 59.5% | 575,739 | 14,462 |
19 | Minnesota | 59.5% | 3,339,291 | 13,462 |
20 | Florida | 59.4% | 12,660,652 | 17,025 |
21 | Hawaii | 59.0% | 837,909 | 5,620 |
22 | Wisconsin | 57.8% | 3,359,457 | 14,711 |
23 | Nebraska | 55.9% | 1,077,850 | 14,324 |
24 | Iowa | 55.0% | 1,734,643 | 14,965 |
25 | Kentucky | 54.1% | 2,416,739 | 16,200 |
26 | Illinois | 54.1% | 6,888,528 | 13,074 |
27 | Utah | 53.2% | 1,682,008 | 16,739 |
28 | Arizona | 53.1% | 3,810,774 | 15,784 |
29 | Texas | 53.1% | 15,239,659 | 14,503 |
30 | South Dakota | 53.0% | 467,212 | 17,002 |
31 | Michigan | 52.9% | 5,289,972 | 12,202 |
32 | Nevada | 52.9% | 1,604,598 | 14,534 |
33 | Kansas | 52.5% | 1,527,889 | 14,538 |
34 | North Carolina | 52.4% | 5,440,213 | 13,934 |
35 | Alaska | 51.6% | 380,362 | 16,636 |
36 | Ohio | 51.3% | 5,996,443 | 12,804 |
37 | Montana | 50.1% | 531,838 | 15,501 |
38 | South Carolina | 49.8% | 2,530,552 | 17,380 |
39 | Indiana | 49.7% | 3,323,310 | 14,889 |
40 | Oklahoma | 49.3% | 1,943,521 | 16,054 |
41 | Missouri | 49.2% | 3,015,993 | 13,737 |
42 | Georgia | 47.6% | 5,005,519 | 15,359 |
43 | Tennessee | 47.4% | 3,209,037 | 18,696 |
44 | Arkansas | 47.0% | 1,415,228 | 16,821 |
45 | Louisiana | 46.7% | 2,176,149 | 16,135 |
46 | North Dakota | 45.6% | 346,340 | 18,614 |
47 | Mississippi | 44.9% | 1,340,694 | 16,668 |
48 | Alabama | 44.2% | 2,159,523 | 16,661 |
49 | Idaho | 43.8% | 767,730 | 15,800 |
50 | Wyoming | 43.2% | 249,741 | 16,813 |
51 | West Virginia | 40.5% | 732,239 | 14,422 |
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