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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Oklahoma 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 182,012,343 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 55.6% of the U.S. population.
Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Oklahoma, 46.8% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average.
Lower than average vaccination rates in Oklahoma appear to be attributable in part to vaccine hesitancy and resistance among residents. As of Sept. 21, Oklahoma has received about 4,943,700 vaccinations and administered about 82.1% of those doses.
Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 594,210 confirmed cases of the virus in Oklahoma as of Sept. 21 — or 15,070 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 12,786 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.
All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Sept. 21, 2021.
Rank | Place | Share of pop. fully vaccinated | Fully vaccinated residents | Total COVID-19 cases per 100k people |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vermont | 68.8% | 430,763 | 4,630 |
2 | Maine | 68.1% | 911,032 | 6,270 |
3 | Connecticut | 67.9% | 2,424,726 | 10,758 |
4 | Massachusetts | 67.3% | 4,643,212 | 11,460 |
5 | Rhode Island | 67.2% | 711,015 | 15,932 |
6 | Maryland | 63.5% | 3,834,301 | 8,590 |
7 | New Jersey | 63.4% | 5,649,685 | 12,721 |
8 | Washington | 63.2% | 4,764,888 | 8,238 |
9 | New York | 62.4% | 12,203,762 | 12,143 |
10 | New Mexico | 62.3% | 1,306,182 | 11,679 |
11 | New Hampshire | 61.2% | 830,537 | 8,428 |
12 | Washington D.C. | 61.1% | 418,395 | 8,598 |
13 | Oregon | 60.4% | 2,531,556 | 7,394 |
14 | Virginia | 59.9% | 5,100,364 | 9,754 |
15 | Colorado | 59.3% | 3,379,989 | 11,389 |
16 | California | 58.0% | 22,947,662 | 11,669 |
17 | Minnesota | 57.9% | 3,249,157 | 12,147 |
18 | Delaware | 57.2% | 553,129 | 13,261 |
19 | Pennsylvania | 57.0% | 7,302,523 | 10,778 |
20 | Hawaii | 56.9% | 808,398 | 5,149 |
21 | Florida | 56.7% | 12,081,811 | 16,451 |
22 | Wisconsin | 55.8% | 3,245,845 | 13,277 |
23 | Nebraska | 54.1% | 1,044,528 | 13,362 |
24 | Iowa | 53.4% | 1,685,496 | 13,759 |
25 | Illinois | 52.6% | 6,695,930 | 12,482 |
26 | Michigan | 51.8% | 5,176,433 | 11,101 |
27 | Arizona | 51.2% | 3,671,606 | 14,875 |
28 | Kentucky | 51.2% | 2,287,346 | 14,540 |
29 | South Dakota | 51.1% | 450,780 | 15,864 |
30 | Texas | 50.9% | 14,595,284 | 13,657 |
31 | Nevada | 50.8% | 1,540,844 | 13,515 |
32 | Utah | 50.5% | 1,594,995 | 15,532 |
33 | Kansas | 50.4% | 1,466,980 | 13,632 |
34 | Ohio | 49.7% | 5,813,299 | 11,525 |
35 | North Carolina | 49.3% | 5,120,552 | 12,813 |
36 | Alaska | 48.9% | 360,740 | 13,018 |
37 | Montana | 48.2% | 511,994 | 13,152 |
38 | Indiana | 48.1% | 3,219,583 | 13,847 |
39 | Missouri | 47.2% | 2,892,226 | 13,087 |
40 | Oklahoma | 46.8% | 1,845,303 | 15,070 |
41 | South Carolina | 46.8% | 2,377,394 | 16,106 |
42 | Tennessee | 44.9% | 3,037,807 | 17,566 |
43 | Arkansas | 44.8% | 1,349,836 | 16,070 |
44 | Georgia | 44.5% | 4,679,672 | 14,498 |
45 | Louisiana | 44.4% | 2,069,667 | 15,572 |
46 | North Dakota | 43.5% | 330,399 | 16,551 |
47 | Mississippi | 42.4% | 1,265,761 | 15,852 |
48 | Alabama | 41.7% | 2,038,644 | 15,801 |
49 | Idaho | 41.7% | 730,992 | 13,814 |
50 | Wyoming | 40.9% | 236,319 | 14,532 |
51 | West Virginia | 39.9% | 720,036 | 12,355 |
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