Counties with the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Florida
The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2021, 40% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron variant, which comprises the majority of cases in the U.S.
The United States as of Oct. 28 reached over 1 million COVID-19-related deaths and 97.4 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Currently, 68.4% of the population is fully vaccinated, and 7.3% of people have received the most recent bivalent booster dose.
Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in Florida using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Covid Act Now. Counties are ranked by the highest vaccination rate as of Oct. 27, 2022. Due to inconsistencies in reporting, some counties do not have vaccination data available. Case count data based on Oct. 13 numbers reported by the Department of Health and Human Services. Keep reading to see whether your county ranks among the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in your state.
#50. Wakulla County
--- 34.9% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 412 (139 total deaths)
--- 7.6% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 34,465 (11,628 total cases)
--- 2.9% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#49. Bradford County
--- 33.7% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 603 (170 total deaths)
--- 57.4% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,137 (8,781 total cases)
--- 7.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#48. Okeechobee County
--- 32.5% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 460 (194 total deaths)
--- 20.1% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,702 (12,103 total cases)
--- 14.3% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#47. Madison County
--- 32.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 557 (103 total deaths)
--- 45.4% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,603 (6,769 total cases)
--- 9.3% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#46. Levy County
--- 31.5% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 434 (180 total deaths)
--- 13.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,316 (12,167 total cases)
--- 12.5% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#45. DeSoto County
--- 31.3% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 426 (162 total deaths)
--- 11.2% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,502 (10,831 total cases)
--- 14.9% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#44. Franklin County
--- 30.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 470 (57 total deaths)
--- 22.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,454 (3,450 total cases)
--- 15.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#43. Walton County
--- 28.1% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 305 (226 total deaths)
--- 20.4% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,743 (19,809 total cases)
--- 20.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#42. Hendry County
--- 27.1% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 397 (167 total deaths)
--- 3.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,691 (13,317 total cases)
--- 5.4% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#41. Gulf County
--- 23.9% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 638 (87 total deaths)
--- 66.6% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,450 (4,835 total cases)
--- 5.9% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#40. Highlands County
--- 23.6% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 715 (759 total deaths)
--- 86.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,592 (29,309 total cases)
--- 17.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#39. Bay County
--- 21.9% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 496 (867 total deaths)
--- 29.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,817 (53,838 total cases)
--- 8.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#38. Santa Rosa County
--- 21.2% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 366 (675 total deaths)
--- 4.4% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,772 (56,717 total cases)
--- 8.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#37. Clay County
--- 21.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 427 (936 total deaths)
--- 11.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,156 (63,926 total cases)
--- 12.9% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#36. Hernando County
--- 20.2% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 633 (1,227 total deaths)
--- 65.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,535 (51,456 total cases)
--- 20.8% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#35. Escambia County
--- 18.8% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 451 (1,435 total deaths)
--- 17.8% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,612 (94,259 total cases)
--- 11.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#34. Citrus County
--- 18.2% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 726 (1,086 total deaths)
--- 89.6% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 24,775 (37,078 total cases)
--- 26.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#33. Marion County
--- 17.2% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 641 (2,344 total deaths)
--- 67.4% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,426 (100,262 total cases)
--- 18.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#32. Leon County
--- 17.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 253 (743 total deaths)
--- 33.9% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,739 (107,858 total cases)
--- 9.7% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#31. Polk County
--- 16.3% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 454 (3,290 total deaths)
--- 18.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 34,032 (246,656 total cases)
--- 1.6% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#30. Gadsden County
--- 15.6% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 512 (234 total deaths)
--- 33.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,472 (16,653 total cases)
--- 8.9% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#29. Nassau County
--- 15.6% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 371 (329 total deaths)
--- 3.1% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,820 (26,428 total cases)
--- 11.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#28. St. Lucie County
--- 14.8% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 413 (1,357 total deaths)
--- 7.8% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,821 (91,334 total cases)
--- 16.9% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#27. Jefferson County
--- 13.9% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 477 (68 total deaths)
--- 24.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,511 (4,774 total cases)
--- 0.1% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#26. Pasco County
--- 13.9% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 388 (2,149 total deaths)
--- 1.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,373 (151,634 total cases)
--- 18.3% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#25. Volusia County
--- 13.4% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 400 (2,215 total deaths)
--- 4.4% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 25,965 (143,659 total cases)
--- 22.5% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#24. Duval County
--- 11.1% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 388 (3,714 total deaths)
--- 1.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,730 (303,895 total cases)
--- 5.2% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#23. Seminole County
--- 9.8% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 258 (1,219 total deaths)
--- 32.6% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,760 (126,259 total cases)
--- 20.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#22. Manatee County
--- 9.7% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 404 (1,631 total deaths)
--- 5.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,197 (117,738 total cases)
--- 12.8% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#21. Lee County
--- 9.4% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 313 (2,411 total deaths)
--- 18.3% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,926 (230,605 total cases)
--- 10.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#20. Hillsborough County
--- 8.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 286 (4,209 total deaths)
--- 25.3% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,119 (458,056 total cases)
--- 7.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#19. Flagler County
--- 7.4% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 356 (410 total deaths)
--- 7.0% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 23,923 (27,531 total cases)
--- 28.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#18. Martin County
--- 7.4% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 447 (720 total deaths)
--- 16.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 23,719 (38,187 total cases)
--- 29.2% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#17. Okaloosa County
--- 6.5% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 351 (739 total deaths)
--- 8.4% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,265 (59,565 total cases)
--- 15.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#16. Brevard County
--- 5.7% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 398 (2,393 total deaths)
--- 3.9% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,758 (167,087 total cases)
--- 17.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#15. Pinellas County
--- 5.7% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 392 (3,820 total deaths)
--- 2.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,933 (262,597 total cases)
--- 19.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#14. Charlotte County
--- 4.5% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 489 (923 total deaths)
--- 27.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 24,088 (45,504 total cases)
--- 28.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#13. Lake County
--- 4.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 463 (1,700 total deaths)
--- 20.9% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,294 (103,872 total cases)
--- 15.5% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#12. Palm Beach County
--- 3.3% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 381 (5,710 total deaths)
--- 0.5% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,364 (454,474 total cases)
--- 9.3% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#11. Alachua County
--- 3.0% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 287 (772 total deaths)
--- 25.1% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,469 (84,665 total cases)
--- 6.0% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#10. Indian River County
--- 1.8% lower vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 456 (729 total deaths)
--- 19.1% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 25,358 (40,553 total cases)
--- 24.3% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#9. Orange County
--- 1.3% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 226 (3,145 total deaths)
--- 41.0% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 32,769 (456,624 total cases)
--- 2.1% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#8. Sarasota County
--- 2.0% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 436 (1,893 total deaths)
--- 13.8% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,579 (115,286 total cases)
--- 20.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#7. St. Johns County
--- 2.3% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 246 (650 total deaths)
--- 35.8% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,291 (74,878 total cases)
--- 15.5% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#6. Collier County
--- 2.7% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 290 (1,115 total deaths)
--- 24.3% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,165 (100,710 total cases)
--- 21.9% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#5. Broward County
--- 3.7% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 330 (6,452 total deaths)
--- 13.8% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 37,740 (736,979 total cases)
--- 12.7% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#4. Osceola County
--- 6.8% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 326 (1,224 total deaths)
--- 14.9% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,704 (137,917 total cases)
--- 9.6% more cases per 100k residents than Florida
#3. Monroe County
--- 14.2% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 178 (132 total deaths)
--- 53.5% less deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,585 (21,960 total cases)
--- 11.7% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#2. Sumter County
--- 17.2% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 496 (657 total deaths)
--- 29.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 21,226 (28,107 total cases)
--- 36.6% less cases per 100k residents than Florida
#1. Miami-Dade County
--- 24.0% higher vaccination rate than Florida
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 436 (11,851 total deaths)
--- 13.8% more deaths per 100k residents than Florida
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 53,954 (1,465,900 total cases)
--- 61.1% more cases per 100k residents than Florida