How state compares on vaccinations

Arkansas has delivered at least one shot of covid-19 vaccine to 36% of state residents and has fully vaccinated one-fourth, or 25%, according to a vaccine-rollout tracking project conducted by The New York Times.

In comparison with the national average over the past several weeks, Arkansas is losing ground, according to the data.

Some 44% of all Americans have received “at least one shot,” which 8 percentage points ahead of Arkansas. Six weeks ago, on March 19, the national average sat at 23%, and Arkansas ranked 2 percentage points behind, at 21%.

Below are U.S. states and territories — along with Palau and the Marshall Islands — faring best and worst in distributing covid-19 vaccines, as of Friday.

The Times uses data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more about the tracking project at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid19-vaccine-doses.html.

Two of the nation’s approved vaccines, Pfizer/ BioNTech and Moderna, require two injections to fully immunize a recipient. A third vaccine, by Johnson & Johnson, requires just one shot.

The percentage of residents who have received at least one vaccination in best- and poorest-performing places include:

■ Palau: 69%

■ New Hampshire: 60%

■ Massachusetts: 56%

■ Vermont: 55%

■ Connecticut: 55%

■ Maine: 55%

■ Hawaii: 53%

■ Rhode Island: 52%

■ New Jersey: 52%

■ New Mexico: 51%

■ U.S. total: 44%

■ Indiana: 36%

■ West Virginia: 36%

■ Arkansas: 36%

■ Puerto Rico: 35%

■ Georgia: 35%

■ Tennessee: 34%

■ Wyoming: 34%

■ Idaho: 34%

■ Alabama: 32%

■ Louisiana: 32%

■ U.S. Virgin Islands: 32%

■ Mississippi: 31%

■ Marshall Islands: 25%

■ Micronesia: 18%