Top States for Vaccinating Against COVID-19 After Initial Distribution

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Jan 25, 2021, 07:00 ET

SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces, published a report last week evaluating each state for administering the COVID-19 vaccine after initial distribution.

It was initially estimated that around 20 million doses would be distributed and administered to Americans by the end of December under Operation Warp Speed. According to the CDC, however, only about 2.6 million people were vaccinated in December, and nearly 9 million have received vaccinations as of early last week.

Visit the full report here: https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/top-states-for-vaccinating-against-covid-19

Key Findings:

Of the country's total population, the national average for administered COVID-19 vaccines is 3.5%.
West Virginia administered the highest rate of vaccines at 7.5%.
West Virginia, Alaska and South Dakota have the highest rates of administered vaccines.
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have the lowest rates of vaccinated residents.
As of the first week of January 2021, only 9 million have been vaccinated.
In the U.S., around 202 million unique persons need to be vaccinated in Phases 1a, 1b and 1c, and around 126 million (All remaining) in Phase 2.

Rank	State	Total Doses Distributed	Total Doses Administered	Administered vaccines (%)	State Population Administered (%)
1	West Virginia	205,475	134,207	65.3%	7.5%
2	Alaska	150,450	49,039	32.6%	6.7%
3	South Dakota	93,675	57,103	61.0%	6.5%
4	North Dakota	68,675	46,410	67.6%	6.1%
5	Connecticut	328,775	185,866	56.5%	5.2%
6	Vermont	74,000	32,470	43.9%	5.2%
7	Oklahoma	424,000	203,410	48.0%	5.1%
8	New Mexico	204,750	99,305	48.5%	4.7%
9	Colorado	531,775	272,233	51.2%	4.7%
10	Nebraska	211,500	91,195	43.1%	4.7%
11	Montana	98,500	49,364	50.1%	4.6%
12	New Hampshire	127,225	62,517	49.1%	4.6%
13	Maine	136,875	61,129	44.7%	4.5%
14	Rhode Island	108,425	47,548	43.9%	4.5%
15	Tennessee	657,550	303,338	46.1%	4.4%
16	Louisiana	370,175	197,967	53.5%	4.3%
17	Texas	2,105,600	1,160,242	55.1%	4.0%
18	Utah	268,175	128,210	47.8%	4.0%
19	Florida	2,069,175	853,081	41.2%	4.0%
20	Wyoming	58,775	22,745	38.7%	3.9%
21	Arkansas	297,800	118,338	39.7%	3.9%
22	Kentucky	337,450	174,748	51.8%	3.9%
23	New York	1,884,325	757,466	40.2%	3.9%
24	Indiana	642,425	260,310	40.5%	3.9%
25	Iowa	269,000	120,983	45.0%	3.8%
26	Massachusetts	669,325	257,175	38.4%	3.7%
27	Michigan	773,750	364,182	47.1%	3.6%
28	New Jersey	658,800	317,070	48.1%	3.6%
29	Minnesota	519,600	198,253	38.2%	3.5%
30	Pennsylvania	1,075,350	448,151	41.7%	3.5%
31	Oregon	335,075	146,153	43.6%	3.5%
32	Illinois	1,011,225	437,765	43.3%	3.5%
33	Kansas	263,175	97,779	37.2%	3.4%
34	Hawaii	154,150	46,958	30.5%	3.3%
35	Maryland	565,125	194,705	34.5%	3.2%
36	Ohio	968,250	375,428	38.8%	3.2%
37	Delaware	91,250	31,090	34.1%	3.2%
38	Washington	696,175	242,606	34.8%	3.2%
39	Missouri	528,800	190,447	36.0%	3.1%
40	Wisconsin	437,900	169,803	38.8%	2.9%
41	North Carolina	999,650	302,824	30.3%	2.9%
42	Virginia	852,725	244,234	28.6%	2.9%
43	Mississippi	233,550	84,328	36.1%	2.8%
44	Nevada	211,750	83,674	39.5%	2.7%
45	California	3,548,575	1,072,959	30.2%	2.7%
46	Arizona	571,725	197,086	34.5%	2.7%
47	Idaho	160,075	46,636	29.1%	2.6%
48	South Carolina	350,550	121,836	34.8%	2.4%
49	Georgia	1,011,200	231,305	22.9%	2.2%
50	Alabama	444,650	100,567	22.6%	2.1%
--	United States	28,856,950	11,492,238	39.8%	3.5%

Methodology
To determine the states that have the highest rates of vaccine administration, QuoteWizard analyzed the CDC COVID Data Tracker. The rank is based on states that have the highest rates of vaccine inoculation relative to their state populations as of January 19, 2020. States that have administered the highest rates of vaccines compared to their total state populations are ranked closer to 1, and states with lower coronavirus vaccination rates closer to 50. Associated in the table but not used in the ranking is the number of vaccines distributed and administered in each state, and their administration rates relative to the total number of available vaccines distributed.

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