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Flu shot, adults 65+: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Flu shot, adults 65+. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Self-rated health and cost barriers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 70.5 %
RI 70.6 %
DE 69 %
CT 69.5 %
NJ 63.4 %
MD 70.8 %
MA 72.5 %
VT 73.1 %
NH 71.5 %

Lowest: 52 to 59.6 %
Group 2: 59.6 to 62.5 %
Group 3: 62.5 to 64.5 %
Group 4: 64.5 to 68.4 %
Highest: 68.4 to 73.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Vermont	73.1
2	Massachusetts	72.5
3	New Hampshire	71.5
4	Maryland	70.8
5	Rhode Island	70.6
6	District of Columbia	70.5
7	Maine	69.9
8	Connecticut	69.5
9	Delaware	69
10	Virginia	68.4
11	Minnesota	67.7
12	Colorado	67.2
12	Washington	67.2
14	North Carolina	66.9
15	Oregon	66.5
16	California	65.5
17	Iowa	64.9
17	Kentucky	64.9
17	Nebraska	64.9
20	New Mexico	64.5
21	Missouri	64.2
22	New York	63.6
22	South Dakota	63.6
22	Wisconsin	63.6
25	New Jersey	63.4
26	Kansas	63.3
27	Pennsylvania	63.1
28	Michigan	62.9
29	Hawaii	62.7
30	Indiana	62.5
31	Ohio	62.3
32	Arkansas	62
33	Illinois	61.9
34	North Dakota	61.2
35	West Virginia	61.1
36	Oklahoma	60.3
37	Utah	60
38	Mississippi	59.8
39	South Carolina	59.7
40	Arizona	59.6
41	Alabama	59.5
42	Georgia	58.9
43	Montana	58.3
44	Texas	57.8
45	Florida	55.7
45	Idaho	55.7
47	Wyoming	54.5
48	Louisiana	53.7
49	Nevada	52.5
50	Alaska	52

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by flu shot, adults 65+ (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-flu-shot-adults-65-plus/

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