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

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Some States Are Vaccinating for COVID Faster Than Others, Here’s How Washington 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 195,435,688 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 59.7% of the U.S. population.

Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Washington, 65.1% of the population are fully vaccinated, higher than the U.S. average.

Though Washington is doing a better job vaccinating its population than other states, there are still significant quantities of the vaccine sitting idle. As of Nov. 16, Washington has received about 13,528,100 vaccinations and administered about 80.7% of those doses.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 750,477 confirmed cases of the virus in Washington as of Nov. 16 — or 9,959 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 14,299 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Nov. 16, 2021.

These are all the counties in Washington 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 71.9% 760,573 17,332
2 Maine 71.9% 962,283 8,304
3 Vermont 71.9% 450,241 6,515
4 Connecticut 71.3% 2,547,152 11,413
5 Massachusetts 70.4% 4,857,106 12,652
6 New York 67.4% 13,169,871 13,451
7 New Jersey 67.0% 5,967,959 13,677
8 Maryland 66.8% 4,035,528 9,460
9 Washington D.C. 65.5% 448,652 9,550
10 Washington 65.1% 4,903,335 9,959
11 Virginia 64.3% 5,473,023 11,084
12 Oregon 63.9% 2,678,326 9,024
13 New Hampshire 63.9% 866,642 10,662
14 Colorado 63.2% 3,599,101 13,729
15 New Mexico 63.0% 1,319,377 13,939
16 California 62.3% 24,639,061 12,601
17 Minnesota 62.2% 3,490,068 14,999
18 Pennsylvania 61.7% 7,903,294 12,843
19 Illinois 61.2% 7,791,475 13,622
20 Florida 61.1% 13,016,480 17,238
21 Delaware 60.9% 589,403 15,289
22 Hawaii 60.2% 855,649 5,842
23 Wisconsin 59.1% 3,434,266 15,846
24 Nebraska 57.0% 1,100,134 15,348
25 Iowa 56.2% 1,773,343 15,955
26 Utah 55.3% 1,747,437 18,079
27 Arizona 54.8% 3,930,108 16,934
28 Nevada 54.7% 1,658,987 15,156
29 Texas 54.7% 15,691,269 14,866
30 North Carolina 54.1% 5,619,298 14,463
31 Michigan 54.1% 5,404,429 13,474
32 Kansas 54.0% 1,572,949 15,380
33 South Dakota 53.9% 475,748 18,061
34 Alaska 53.1% 391,356 18,962
35 Ohio 52.5% 6,139,691 13,726
36 Montana 51.7% 548,911 17,358
37 Kentucky 51.5% 2,301,594 17,007
38 South Carolina 51.5% 2,615,899 17,821
39 Oklahoma 51.1% 2,014,904 16,576
40 Indiana 50.6% 3,385,470 15,684
41 Missouri 50.5% 3,096,343 14,245
42 Georgia 49.5% 5,202,626 15,659
43 Tennessee 49.4% 3,342,399 19,126
44 Arkansas 48.8% 1,471,692 17,246
45 North Dakota 48.4% 367,616 20,413
46 Louisiana 48.2% 2,246,770 16,403
47 Mississippi 46.4% 1,386,037 17,025
48 Alabama 45.6% 2,231,219 17,184
49 Idaho 45.5% 798,126 17,093
50 Wyoming 45.1% 260,286 18,604
51 West Virginia 41.1% 743,031 15,676
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