With vaccines against covid-19 widely available, Arkansas ranks among eight states that have the lowest vaccination rates nationally, according to a tracking project conducted by The New York Times.
This state has delivered at least one shot of covid-19 vaccine to 38% of state residents and has fully vaccinated 30%. The U.S. average is 49% receiving at least first shots and 38% fully vaccinated, according to data updated Friday.
The Times uses data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more about the tracking project at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html.
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Below are selected U.S. states and territories -- along with Palau and the Marshall Islands -- that are faring best and worst in distributing covid-19 vaccines. Percentages represent residents who have received at least one shot:
• Palau: 72%
• Vermont: 67%
• Hawaii: 64%
• Massachusetts: 64%
• New Hampshire: 64%
• Maine: 61%
• Connecticut: 61%
• Rhode Island: 58%
• New Jersey: 58%
• U.S. total: 49%
• Georgia: 38%
• Arkansas: 38%
• Tennessee: 38%
• Idaho: 36%
• Wyoming: 36%
• Alabama: 35%
• Louisiana: 35%
• U.S. Virgin Islands: 35%
• Mississippi: 33%
• Marshall Islands: 27%
• Micronesia: 21%