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Orange, Wake and Durham are most vaccinated counties; Hoke and Harnett among lowest

North Carolina's counties have a huge discrepancy in numbers of vaccinated and unvaccinated residents. The percentage of people with at least one dose in the most vaccinated county is more than double the least vaccinated county.

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Matt Talhelm
, WRAL reporter

North Carolina's counties have a huge discrepancy in numbers of vaccinated and unvaccinated residents.

The percentage of people with at least one dose in the most vaccinated county is more than double the least vaccinated county.

Depending on where you live, these numbers could have quite an impact on your daily life and sense of safety.

  • Hoke County has the lowest rate of vaccinated people, with just 35.9% of the population with one dose.
  • Harnett County is also trailing, with a low vaccination rate of 41.7% with at least one dose.
  • Just under 55% of residents of Johnston County have gotten one vaccine dose.
  • Two-thirds of people in Cumberland County have gotten their first dose.
  • Orange County has 78.6% of residents with one dose – more than double than in Hoke County, where the positivity rate has tripled in a month to almost 12%.
  • Wake County has 61% with at least one dose, with 58% fully vaccinated.
  • Durham has 59% with one dose, and 56% fully vaccinated.
  • Durham, Wake, and Orange are the most vaccinated counties in central NC.

Harnett and Hoke counties offer free vaccination clinics and mobile units.

Harnett County's health department is working with the school system to put out mobile vaccine clinics, starting Tuesday, to get more students and their families vaccinated.

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