As of July 18, 544,054 infants, toddlers and preschoolers have received at least one dose after the FDA and CDC authorized Pfizer and Moderna’s pediatric vaccines for emergency use a month ago.
Thirty states are below the national average, and the five states with the lowest vaccination rates among children younger than 5 are Georgia, South Dakota, Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Compared to children between 5 and 11, which had a vaccination rate of 9.3 percent two weeks after authorization, only 1.4 percent of the youngest population had at least one shot by the same measure, Kaiser reported.
Here’s the state-by-state inoculation rates, as ranked by Kaiser:
|
Rank |
Jurisdiction |
Number of children younger than 5 with at least one dose |
Percentage of children younger than 5 with at least one dose |
|
1 |
District of Columbia |
6,519 |
14.4 |
|
2 |
Vermont |
2,999 |
10.3 |
|
3 |
Massachusetts |
25,901 |
7.2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
Maryland |
22,093 |
6.1 |
|
5 |
Washington |
27,434 |
6 |
|
6 |
Maine |
3,650 |
5.7 |
|
7 |
Colorado |
18,501 |
5.6 |
|
8 |
Minnesota |
17,477 |
5 |
|
9 |
Connecticut |
8,568 |
4.7 |
|
10 |
Virginia |
22,742 |
4.5 |
|
11 |
California |
102,136 |
4.3 |
|
12 |
Pennsylvania |
27,964 |
4 |
|
13 |
Wisconsin |
11,669 |
3.5 |
|
14 |
New Hampshire |
2,217 |
3.5 |
|
15 |
Hawaii |
2,935 |
3.4 |
|
16 |
Kansas |
5,925 |
3.2 |
|
17 |
Rhode Island |
1,742 |
3.2 |
|
18 |
New York |
35,713 |
3.2 |
|
19 |
New Jersey |
15,635 |
3 |
|
20 |
Illinois |
22,117 |
3 |
|
21 |
Alaska |
1,441 |
2.8 |
|
22 |
Ohio |
18,766 |
2.7 |
|
23 |
North Carolina |
16,526 |
2.7 |
|
24 |
Oregon |
5,982 |
2.6 |
|
25 |
Utah |
6,484 |
2.6 |
|
26 |
Iowa |
4,967 |
2.5 |
|
27 |
Delaware |
1,365 |
2.5 |
|
28 |
New Mexico |
2,943 |
2.4 |
|
29 |
Missouri |
8,600 |
2.3 |
|
30 |
Arizona |
8,940 |
2.1 |
|
31 |
Nebraska |
2,379 |
1.8 |
|
32 |
Kentucky |
4,514 |
1.7 |
|
33 |
Indiana |
5,769 |
1.4 |
|
34 |
North Dakota |
697 |
1.3 |
|
35 |
South Carolina |
3,588 |
1.2 |
|
36 |
Michigan |
6,773 |
1.2 |
|
37 |
Nevada |
2,108 |
1.1 |
|
38 |
Texas |
22,442 |
1.1 |
|
39 |
Tennessee |
4,443 |
1.1 |
|
40 |
Montana |
653 |
1.1 |
|
41 |
Idaho |
1,240 |
1.1 |
|
42 |
Wyoming |
371 |
1.1 |
|
43 |
Oklahoma |
2,692 |
1.1 |
|
44 |
Florida |
11,607 |
1 |
|
45 |
West Virginia |
898 |
1 |
|
46 |
Louisiana |
2,220 |
0.7 |
|
47 |
Georgia |
4,671 |
0.7 |
|
48 |
South Dakota |
422 |
0.7 |
|
49 |
Arkansas |
1,180 |
0.6 |
|
50 |
Alabama |
1,645 |
0.6 |
|
51 |
Mississippi |
709 |
0.4 |
