While researching State vaccination rates for Covid-19 at ourworldindata, I ran across a rather curious anomaly that has apparently persisted for months, and for once doesn’t involve Florida. The following table ranks all States by the percentage of their entire population that has reportedly received at least one dose of vaccine as of August 29, along with the percentage who are considered fully vaccinated (i.e. 2 doses of Moderna or Pfizer, or a single dose of J&J). The difference between the two can be considered the percentage who are only partially vaccinated, and this is then traced back monthly to June 1.
The State that really stands out here is Hawaii, for despite having the 3rd highest portion of its population having received at least 1 dose of vaccine, it ranks only 12th in terms of being fully vaccinated because it apparently has a far higher portion of its population that remains only partially vaccinated — more than twice the national average, and more than 4% higher than distant runner-ups Illinois and Pennsylvania.
So what is going on in the Aloha State? Does a much larger than “normal” portion of its population think that being only partially vaccinated is somehow “good enough” — even in the face of the Delta surge? Note that Hawaii’s abnormally high numbers actually go clear back to April, so alternatively could this just be the result of sloppy record keeping instead?
US State Vaccination Rates:
As of
Aug 29
|
At Least
1 Dose
|
Fully
Vaxxed
|
Partial
Aug 29
|
Partial
Aug 1
|
Partial
Jul 1
|
Partial
Jun 1
|
USA |
VT |
MA |
HI |
PR |
CT |
RI |
ME |
NJ |
NM |
PA |
CA |
MD |
WA |
DC |
NY |
NH |
IL |
VA |
DE |
OR |
FL |
CO |
MN |
WI |
NV |
NE |
KS |
TX |
KY |
AZ |
UT |
IA |
SD |
NC |
MI |
AK |
OK |
AR |
MO |
OH |
MT |
SC |
GA |
IN |
LA |
AL |
TN |
ND |
WV |
MS |
WY |
ID |
|
61.6% |
76.0% |
75.2% |
74.0% |
73.8% |
73.4% |
71.4% |
71.3% |
69.7% |
69.7% |
69.2% |
68.7% |
68.0% |
67.6% |
67.3% |
67.2% |
67.0% |
65.7% |
65.1% |
63.9% |
63.8% |
63.6% |
63.2% |
61.7% |
58.5% |
57.8% |
57.4% |
57.2% |
56.9% |
56.8% |
56.5% |
56.3% |
56.1% |
56.1% |
55.5% |
55.2% |
53.9% |
53.1% |
53.1% |
52.6% |
52.4% |
52.1% |
51.4% |
50.9% |
50.0% |
49.5% |
49.5% |
49.1% |
48.2% |
47.0% |
46.3% |
44.9% |
44.1% |
|
52.3% |
67.8% |
65.8% |
55.2% |
62.8% |
65.8% |
64.6% |
65.6% |
61.3% |
59.9% |
55.0% |
55.7% |
61.3% |
60.0% |
57.2% |
59.9% |
59.6% |
51.0% |
57.0% |
55.2% |
57.9% |
52.6% |
56.8% |
55.8% |
53.9% |
47.6% |
51.9% |
48.1% |
47.2% |
48.3% |
47.7% |
47.5% |
51.5% |
49.1% |
46.2% |
50.4% |
47.1% |
43.6% |
41.3% |
45.0% |
48.3% |
45.9% |
43.1% |
41.2% |
46.2% |
41.4% |
37.9% |
41.5% |
41.7% |
39.6% |
37.7% |
38.4% |
39.1% |
|
9.3% |
8.2% |
9.4% |
18.8% |
11.0% |
7.6% |
6.8% |
5.7% |
8.4% |
9.8% |
14.2% |
13.0% |
6.7% |
7.6% |
10.1% |
7.3% |
7.4% |
14.7% |
8.1% |
8.8% |
5.9% |
11.0% |
6.4% |
5.9% |
4.6% |
10.2% |
5.5% |
9.1% |
9.7% |
8.5% |
8.8% |
8.8% |
4.6% |
7.1% |
9.3% |
4.8% |
6.8% |
9.5% |
11.8% |
7.6% |
4.1% |
6.2% |
8.3% |
9.7% |
3.8% |
8.1% |
11.6% |
7.6% |
6.6% |
7.4% |
8.6% |
6.5% |
5.0% |
|
8.1% |
8.0% |
8.7% |
17.9% |
8.9% |
6.6% |
5.9% |
5.0% |
7.6% |
8.4% |
13.2% |
12.0% |
5.9% |
6.4% |
9.2% |
6.0% |
6.5% |
13.9% |
7.2% |
8.0% |
4.8% |
9.0% |
5.9% |
5.1% |
3.9% |
9.3% |
4.5% |
8.2% |
8.0% |
6.6% |
7.9% |
7.3% |
3.7% |
5.8% |
7.6% |
4.3% |
6.0% |
7.7% |
10.7% |
7.6% |
3.4% |
5.2% |
6.2% |
7.6% |
3.1% |
5.8% |
9.0% |
5.7% |
5.4% |
7.0% |
5.3% |
5.1% |
3.9% |
|
7.7% |
8.3% |
8.7% |
18.1% |
9.4% |
6.3% |
5.7% |
5.0% |
7.6% |
8.4% |
13.2% |
11.5% |
5.9% |
6.7% |
9.1% |
5.9% |
6.4% |
13.2% |
7.2% |
8.1% |
5.0% |
7.9% |
6.0% |
5.1% |
4.1% |
7.7% |
4.0% |
7.3% |
7.0% |
6.0% |
7.4% |
11.4% |
3.5% |
5.1% |
6.8% |
4.3% |
6.1% |
6.4% |
7.8% |
5.8% |
3.5% |
4.9% |
5.6% |
6.8% |
4.6% |
3.5% |
7.3% |
6.3% |
5.0% |
6.4% |
6.5% |
4.9% |
3.5% |
|
9.9% |
14.3% |
12.8% |
19.1% |
13.8% |
9.7% |
9.2% |
8.8% |
11.6% |
10.0% |
14.8% |
13.7% |
9.4% |
10.1% |
10.8% |
8.9% |
10.8% |
14.9% |
10.1% |
11.5% |
9.5% |
10.1% |
8.9% |
8.3% |
6.6% |
8.7% |
6.1% |
8.4% |
8.7% |
8.0% |
10.3% |
12.8% |
5.4% |
5.9% |
7.3% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
7.8% |
8.4% |
7.9% |
5.6% |
7.0% |
7.2% |
7.8% |
6.4% |
4.5% |
6.8% |
7.5% |
5.6% |
6.8% |
6.9% |
5.3% |
4.9% |
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