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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The omicron variant pushed new daily cases of COVID-19 to all-time highs in the United States and underscored the urgency of the national vaccination effort. So far, an estimated 215,677,777 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 65.9% of the U.S. population.

Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Washington, 72.2% 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 March 1, Washington has received about 16,839,100 vaccinations and administered about 82.3% of those doses.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 1,417,498 confirmed cases of the virus in Washington as of March 1 — or 18,811 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 23,906 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

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

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 80.9% 855,078 31,965
2 Vermont 79.8% 499,921 16,568
3 Maine 78.7% 1,053,406 16,896
4 Connecticut 77.7% 2,774,302 20,220
5 Massachusetts 77.5% 5,350,298 24,189
6 Hawaii 77.0% 1,093,746 16,198
7 New York 75.2% 14,697,207 25,114
8 Maryland 74.1% 4,480,296 16,580
9 New Jersey 74.1% 6,598,782 24,322
10 Washington D.C. 73.8% 504,971 19,624
11 Washington 72.2% 5,443,025 18,811
12 Virginia 72.2% 6,147,710 19,236
13 California 70.4% 27,841,658 22,604
14 Colorado 70.0% 3,986,279 23,019
15 New Mexico 69.7% 1,461,194 24,376
16 Oregon 69.1% 2,897,802 16,519
17 Minnesota 68.6% 3,848,796 25,173
18 New Hampshire 68.1% 923,539 21,949
19 Delaware 68.0% 657,961 26,526
20 Illinois 67.1% 8,552,058 23,756
21 Pennsylvania 67.0% 8,579,266 21,523
22 Florida 66.5% 14,169,133 27,261
23 Wisconsin 64.7% 3,762,012 27,014
24 Utah 64.2% 2,028,026 29,166
25 Nebraska 62.7% 1,209,495 23,510
26 Iowa 61.1% 1,928,899 23,727
27 Arizona 61.0% 4,376,924 27,565
28 Texas 60.7% 17,426,894 22,808
29 Nevada 60.6% 1,839,899 22,455
30 Alaska 60.5% 446,122 31,304
31 Kansas 60.2% 1,751,920 26,295
32 South Dakota 60.1% 530,100 26,726
33 North Carolina 60.0% 6,226,604 24,880
34 Michigan 59.2% 5,913,506 23,589
35 Ohio 57.6% 6,735,880 22,698
36 South Carolina 56.6% 2,878,967 28,697
37 Kentucky 56.4% 2,521,585 28,527
38 West Virginia 56.4% 1,017,894 27,043
39 Montana 56.3% 598,218 25,021
40 Oklahoma 56.2% 2,217,212 25,877
41 Missouri 55.2% 3,384,105 22,772
42 North Dakota 54.6% 415,066 31,316
43 Indiana 54.4% 3,639,521 25,110
44 Idaho 54.2% 951,586 24,150
45 Georgia 54.2% 5,699,023 23,411
46 Tennessee 54.1% 3,661,353 29,604
47 Arkansas 53.6% 1,614,916 27,189
48 Louisiana 52.4% 2,443,839 24,947
49 Mississippi 50.8% 1,516,327 26,420
50 Wyoming 50.7% 293,046 26,813
51 Alabama 50.4% 2,463,862 26,178
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