Wyoming, Idaho, Oklahoma Ranked as States With Highest COVID Vaccine Opposition: Poll

By Matthew Impelli On 11/11/21 at 12:19 PM EST

Wyoming, Idaho and Oklahoma currently rank as the three states with the highest rate of opposition to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll.

The poll conducted by Morning Consult found that 35 percent of Wyoming residents said they do not plan on receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which is the highest across all states. In Idaho and Oklahoma, 29 percent of residents were opposed to receiving the shot.

Arkansas and South Dakota were tied for the fourth-highest rate of COVID-19 vaccine opposition, according to the poll, as 27 percent of residents in each state said they were unwilling to get the inoculation.

In addition to these states, the poll found that at least 21 other states had 20 percent or more residents saying that they were opposed to receiving a vaccine.

In both Wyoming and Idaho, less than 50 percent of the population is considered fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data shows that 44.6 percent of the population is considered fully vaccinated in Wyoming; 44.4 percent are fully vaccinated in Idaho. In Oklahoma. 50.6 percent of the total population is considered fully vaccinated, CDC data shows.

The poll also identified states with the lowest percentage of COVID-19 vaccine opposition. Only 9 percent of Massachusetts residents said they were opposed to receiving the vaccine, which was the lowest rate the poll found. In Massachusetts, 70.2 percent of the total population is considered fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

Following behind Massachusetts are Connecticut and New Jersey, with 11 percent of residents opposed in each state, while New York, Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, Washington and Rhode Island all have below 15 percent of residents saying they are unwilling to receive the shot.

Morning Consult said that the state-level vaccine opposition rates are based on 208,502 surveys conducted from October 9 to November 8. An average of 4,088 surveys were conducted in each state.