States with more African Americans are vaccinating less

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Friday January 15, 2021 · 7:59 PM PST

2021/01/15 · 19:59

This is a map of Black population density as a percentage of population in each area in the United States.

The United States has now been giving vaccines for one month. A lot of quantitative information on vaccine delivery can be found on a CDC page. The page has a + halfway down on the right side that allows you to view and download state data.

The states that have given the most vaccines per person are West Virginia, South Dakota, and Alaska. One thing those states have in common in addition to a lot of vaccines delivered is a low African American population.

The states that have given fewest vaccines per person are Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. One thing those states have in common in addition to vew vaccines delivered is a high African American population.

The correlation is not perfect—Connecticut has given a lot of vaccines and has about an average African American population. Louisiana has given more vaccines than average and has a high African American population. Idaho has given few vaccines and has a low African American population.

That being said, the correlation is there and it is clear. I went to Wikipedia and got the African American population per state, and I measured the correlation between the two numbers. If you are not familiar with correlation coefficients, they go from -1 to 1. A value of -1 means that when one number goes up the other always goes down, and a value of 1 means that when one number goes up the other always goes up. In social sciences, data is messy, and correlation coefficients are often near 0. The correlation coefficient between vaccines delivered per person and percent African American population is -0.46. Something is happening here. States with more African Americans are delivering fewer vaccines.

I do not know what is causing this. I do not know whether this is coming from the top with the way Trump and Operation Warp Speed are sending out the vaccines or this is coming locally because states with Republican Governors and a lot of African Americans are being more selective in who gets the vaccine. I know that with 3400 COVID-19 deaths per day in the US the vaccines are a matter of life and death, and there are systematic reasons that some people are getting the vaccine and others are not.

Here is the data:

State	Administered per 100K	Percent Black
Alabama	2051	27.8
Alaska	6703	4.7
Arizona	2708	6
Arkansas	3921	16.7
California	2716	7
Colorado	4727	5.4
Connecticut	5213	13.2
Delaware	3193	24.4
Florida	3972	17.6
Georgia	2179	33.5
Hawaii	3317	3.5
Idaho	2610	1.2
Illinois	3455	15.4
Indiana	3867	11
Iowa	3835	5.2
Kansas	3356	7.4
Kentucky	3911	9.5
Louisiana	4258	33.4
Maine	4548	2.4
Maryland	3221	32.2
Massachusetts	3731	9
Michigan	3647	15.3
Minnesota	3515	8.1
Mississippi	2833	38.9
Missouri	3103	12.9
Montana	4619	1.4
Nebraska	4714	6.1
Nevada	2717	11.3
New Hampshire	4598	2.2
New Jersey	3570	15.1
New Mexico	4736	3.4
New York State	3894	17.6
North Carolina	2887	23.1
North Dakota	6090	3.9
Ohio	3212	14.4
Oklahoma	5141	9.2
Oregon	3465	3
Pennsylvania	3501	12.9
Rhode Island	4488	9.6
South Carolina	2366	28
South Dakota	6455	3
Tennessee	4442	18
Texas	4001	13.5
Utah	3999	1.9
Vermont	5204	2.1
Virginia	2861	21.3
Washington	3186	5.6
West Virginia	7489	4.8
Wisconsin	2916	7.5
Wyoming	3930	2.1

The incoming Biden Administration is inheriting a lot of messes that need to be fixed. This is one of them.

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