Vaccinations and States: By The Numbers

Just a reminder if you have not already made your appointment to get vaccinated you can now. And here are some interesting tables etc. to track how your state is doing in terms of vaccinations that can be sorted by a number of factors.

Shout outs to the top 10 states in several categories as of today 4/19/21 I am also only including the 50 US states not the territories, federal agencies, and three countries with special arrangements with the US. 

* Denotes those states which are in the top 5 for population to show that even in states with lots of people it is possible to succeed on these metrics or in other words yes the more people you have the harder it is to increase your percentage of people given a shot but still doable

@ Denotes those states which are in the top 5 for size to show that even in states where vaccines would have to travel longer distances it is again possible to succeed by these metrics

Winners for highest percentage of people given at least one shot

1. New Hampshire = 58%
2. Connecticut = 49%
3. Maine = 49%
4. Massachusetts = 48%
5. New Mexico@ = 48%
6. Vermont = 47%
7. New Jersey = 46%
8. Rhode Island = 45%
9. California*@ = 43%
10. Pennsylvania* = 26%

Winners for highest percentage of people fully vaccinated 

1. New Mexico@ = 32%
2. Maine = 32%
3. Alaska@ = 32 %
4. Connecticut = 32 %
5. Rhode Island = 32%
6. South Dakota = 31%
7. Vermont = 31%
8. New Jersey = 30%
9. North Dakota = 30%
10. Massachusetts/Wisconsin/Minnesota/New York* = 29%

Winners for most effective use of doses that have been received by the state 

(aka percentage of doses that have been used so far) 

1. New Hampshire = 100%
2. Minnesota = 90%
3. Wisconsin = 89%
4. North Dakota = 89%
5. Maine = 88%
6. New Jersey = 87%
7. Massachusetts = 87%
8. Rhode Island = 87%
9. New Mexico - 86%
10. Utah = 86%

Winners for total shots given.

1. California*@
2. Texas*@
3. New York*
4. Florida*
5. Pennsylvania*
6. Illinois
7. Ohio
8. New Jersey
9. North Carolina
10. Michigan