Though only a small percent of the U.S. population has received at least one covid-19 vaccination, Arkansas is close to the national average when ranking how states and territories are delivering shots to people, according to The New York Times analysis.
Below are the top 5 and bottom 5, plus Arkansas and the national average. The Times uses data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Among other states with higher percentages than Arkansas' are: North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Florida and Louisiana.
This list represents the percent of residents who have received at least one covid-19 vaccine injection. (The nation's two approved vaccines, by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, each require two injections to fully immunize a recipient.) Data is current as of Friday.
• Palau, 13.4%
• American Samoa, 9.6%
• Northern Marianna Islands, 8.5%
• Alaska, 8.1%
• West Virginia, 7.6%
• Arkansas, 4.8%
National average, 4.5%
• Nevada, 3.1%
• Alabama, 2.9%
• U.S. Virgin Islands, 2.3%
• Guam, 2.2%
• Micronesia, 1.9%