Texas is 2021’s 3rd least vaccinated state

September 19, 2021

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Reprinted with permission from WalletHub

With 93% of unvaccinated adults saying they don’t ever plan to get the COID-19 vaccine, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s States that Vaccinate the Most, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.

In order to find out which states vaccinate most, WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 17 key metrics, ranging from share of vaccinated children to share of people without health insurance to flu vaccination rate among adults.

Vaccination in Texas (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

30^th – Influenza Vaccination Rate in Children Aged 6 Months to 17 Years Old
41^st – Share of Teenagers Aged 13-17 with Up-To-Date HPV Vaccination
38^th – Share of Teenagers Aged 13-17 with MenACWY Vaccination
48^th – Flu Vaccination Coverage Rate Among Adults
44^th – Share of Adults with Tetanus Vaccination
38^th – Share of Adults Aged 60 and Older with Zoster Vaccination
33^rd – Share of Children 19-35 Months old Living in Poverty with Combined 7-Vaccine Series
51^st – Share of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population without Health Insurance Coverage
47^th – Share of Children Under 6 Years Old Participating in an Immunization Information System

Source: WalletHub

Vaccination Rates by State

Overall Rank*	State	Total Score	Children & Teenagers Immunization Rates	Adult & Elderly Vaccination Rates	Immunization Uptake Disparities & Influencing Factors
1	Massachusetts	85.59	1	6	2
2	Vermont	78.57	12	1	1
3	Rhode Island	76.57	3	5	4
4	New Hampshire	74.16	5	4	9
5	North Dakota	70.30	2	10	27
6	Maryland	69.08	6	18	3
7	Nebraska	68.33	9	7	11
8	Connecticut	66.88	4	23	8
9	Washington	65.76	25	3	7
10	Virginia	65.63	11	13	13
11	Maine	65.32	15	12	6
12	South Dakota	64.27	14	11	18
13	Pennsylvania	63.75	13	14	12
14	Iowa	63.27	16	8	23
15	Delaware	62.24	7	25	17
16	Wisconsin	61.26	30	2	25
17	Oregon	60.41	22	15	14
18	Colorado	60.40	18	17	16
19	District of Columbia	59.84	8	26	20
20	Minnesota	59.05	40	9	5
21	West Virginia	54.28	21	24	28
22	Kansas	53.93	29	19	30
23	North Carolina	52.06	26	21	40
24	New Mexico	51.66	24	30	21
25	Illinois	51.63	17	33	19
26	California	48.77	36	27	22
27	Tennessee	48.40	10	40	37
28	Kentucky	47.69	32	29	34
29	New York	47.08	28	39	10
30	Montana	46.78	49	16	41
31	Arkansas	45.94	19	34	42
32	Utah	45.87	46	22	38
33	Ohio	45.83	41	28	33
34	Michigan	45.73	38	31	31
35	Oklahoma	43.66	50	20	43
36	Missouri	42.88	42	32	36
37	Hawaii	42.01	33	36	35
38	Indiana	40.58	43	35	29
39	Alaska	39.58	44	37	26
40	Florida	39.22	20	48	24
41	Louisiana	37.85	23	47	47
42	South Carolina	37.64	35	38	48
43	Wyoming	36.76	39	41	46
44	New Jersey	34.85	27	50	15
45	Idaho	34.71	37	45	45
46	Alabama	34.59	31	43	50
47	Nevada	33.40	34	49	32
48	Arizona	33.13	48	44	39
49	Texas	32.60	45	42	44
50	Georgia	29.95	47	46	49
51	Mississippi	13.11	51	51	51

Note: *No. 1 = Vaccinates the Most
With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

September 19, 2021

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