Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here’s How Georgia Stacks Up

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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here’s How Georgia Stacks Up

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As the omicron variant spreads and new daily cases of COVID-19 hit new highs in the United States, the national vaccination effort is as urgent as it ever has been. So far, an estimated 211,954,555 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 64.8% of the U.S. population.

Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Georgia, 53.4% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average.

Lower than average vaccination rates in Georgia appear to be attributable in part to vaccine hesitancy and resistance among residents. As of Feb. 1, Georgia has received about 19,900,500 vaccinations and administered about 70.6% of those doses.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 2,346,518 confirmed cases of the virus in Georgia as of Feb. 1 — or 22,306 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 22,549 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Feb. 1, 2022.

These are all the counties in Georgia 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 79.2% 837,505 32,290
2 Vermont 79.1% 495,648 15,091
3 Maine 77.9% 1,042,561 13,017
4 Connecticut 76.5% 2,731,560 19,483
5 Massachusetts 76.4% 5,270,527 23,159
6 Hawaii 75.7% 1,075,269 14,978
7 New York 73.8% 14,430,732 24,491
8 Maryland 72.7% 4,393,280 15,791
9 New Jersey 72.6% 6,464,514 23,683
10 Washington D.C. 72.2% 494,514 18,965
11 Washington 70.8% 5,334,250 17,178
12 Virginia 70.8% 6,028,516 18,025
13 California 69.0% 27,307,403 20,764
14 Colorado 69.0% 3,930,513 21,778
15 New Hampshire 69.0% 936,009 20,088
16 New Mexico 68.4% 1,434,048 22,454
17 Oregon 68.3% 2,862,932 14,810
18 Minnesota 67.4% 3,783,597 23,340
19 Delaware 66.8% 645,787 25,604
20 Illinois 66.0% 8,404,248 22,739
21 Pennsylvania 65.8% 8,423,121 20,743
22 Florida 65.7% 13,987,885 25,991
23 Wisconsin 63.7% 3,704,241 25,861
24 Nebraska 61.8% 1,191,647 22,566
25 Utah 61.6% 1,946,163 27,688
26 Iowa 60.4% 1,906,748 22,568
27 Arizona 59.7% 4,284,236 25,913
28 Texas 59.5% 17,084,876 21,576
29 Nevada 59.4% 1,803,094 21,358
30 Kansas 59.2% 1,722,231 24,826
31 South Dakota 59.1% 521,332 25,547
32 North Carolina 59.0% 6,131,190 22,871
33 Michigan 58.1% 5,812,467 22,361
34 Alaska 57.9% 427,300 27,832
35 Ohio 56.8% 6,643,357 22,039
36 West Virginia 55.8% 1,007,172 24,646
37 Kentucky 55.7% 2,488,702 25,532
38 South Carolina 55.7% 2,829,748 26,539
39 Montana 55.6% 590,470 22,480
40 Oklahoma 55.4% 2,183,804 24,439
41 Missouri 54.5% 3,339,081 21,669
42 North Dakota 54.1% 411,450 29,387
43 Indiana 53.6% 3,585,903 23,970
44 Georgia 53.4% 5,618,584 22,306
45 Tennessee 53.2% 3,604,972 27,249
46 Idaho 53.2% 933,891 21,532
47 Arkansas 52.8% 1,591,771 25,485
48 Louisiana 51.7% 2,408,521 23,718
49 Mississippi 50.0% 1,492,435 24,030
50 Wyoming 50.0% 288,654 25,016
51 Alabama 49.6% 2,426,408 24,924
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