I believe that the reason the Dakotas have higher vaccination rates than you might think is that that’s where a lot of Indian reservations are. I suspect you’d get a much different map if you factored them out. A county level map should confirm this theory.
Pro tip: whenever you see a surprising demographic map of the US, check Indian reservations.
Update: hypothesis pretty much confirmed after looking at NY Times county level map. Which means the state level map is even more depressing than we thought.
I believe that the reason the Dakotas have higher vaccination rates than you might think is that that’s where a lot of Indian reservations are. I suspect you’d get a much different map if you factored them out. A county level map should confirm this theory.
Plausibility check:
Why Native Americans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Faster https://www.npr.org/2021/02/19/969046248/why-native-americans-are-getting-the-covid-19-vaccines-faster
Pro tip: whenever you see a surprising demographic map of the US, check Indian reservations.
Update: hypothesis pretty much confirmed after looking at NY Times county level map. Which means the state level map is even more depressing than we thought.
Jesus, I had no idea that Native Americans were twice as likely to die of COVID as the average American.
There are Native American languages that may very well become extinct because of Covid-19
Very good point! This was also a major factor in Alaska’s vaccination numbers. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-alaska/native-health-providers-drive-alaskas-vaccination-success-story-idUSKBN2BZ114
Some villages are up at the 98% vaccinated range: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/03/26/heres-how-a-mother-daughter-team-helped-vaccinate-98-of-mekoryuks-population/
This appears to be the case for almost all counties between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.