The U.S. Vaccine Tracker
Survey respondents were asked, “Have you gotten the vaccine, or not?” They can reply “Yes,” “No, but I will get it in the future,” “No, and I am not sure if I will get it in the future” or “No, and I do not plan to get it.”
Morning Consult conducted around 30,000 weekly survey interviews in the United States on the vaccine rollout, providing deep insights at a granular level into which segments of the population are most and least opposed to vaccinations, and what factors are driving skepticism. The latest data is based on surveys conducted from March 7-13, 2023, among 24,968 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of +/-0.6%.
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Vaccine Opposition is Highest Among Republicans
Latest survey conducted March 7-13, 2023, among 24,968 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of +/-0.6 percentage points.
The most recent data shows that 32% of Republicans do not plan on getting vaccinated, the highest level of any major demographic group. Older Americans, Democrats, more educated adults and higher-income earners are less likely to oppose getting vaccinated.
Agriculture Workers Have the Highest Rate of Vaccine Unwillingness
Latest survey conducted March 7-13, 2023, among 24,968 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of +/-0.6 percentage points.
Rates of Vaccine Opposition by State
Morning Consult’s state-level vaccine results are based on 357,701 survey interviews conducted between Dec. 14, 2022, and March 13, 2023. The sample size for each state varies between 526 and 27,394, with an average of over 7,013 survey interviews per state.
Where Vaccine Opposition Rates Are Highest and Lowest
State-level vaccine results are based on 357,701 survey interviews conducted between Dec. 14, 2022, and March 13, 2023. The sample size for each state varies between 526 and 27,394, with an average of over 7,013 survey interviews per state.
How Vaccine Skepticism Has Shifted Since March 2021
Latest survey conducted March 7-13, 2023, among 24,968 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of +/-0.6 percentage points.
Since Morning Consult began tracking in mid-March 2021, the share of total vaccine skeptics (uncertain plus unwilling) has dropped from 39% to 26% of the adult population.
Side Effects Are the Top Concern for Adults Who Are Skeptical of the Vaccine
Drilling down into what’s driving skepticism, those who are uncertain tend to be more likely to cite side effects and that the risk of getting COVID-19 is too small. Those who are unwilling, on the other hand, are more likely to say they don’t trust the manufacturers and that they are against vaccines in general.
1 in 5 Adults Unwilling to Get the Vaccine Cite Distrust in Manufacturers As Primary Reason
Source of This Data
Methodology
Morning Consult conducted daily interviews with over 6,000 respondents in the United States. The interviews were conducted online through multiple nationally recognized vendors. Morning Consult uses a stratified sampling process based on age and gender to reach a broad, nationally representative audience in each country. Daily responses are weighted to approximate a representative sample of adults based on U.S. census data.
The weighting methodology for national data considers a range of demographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, and region. State-level results were weighted separately to be representative of age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, home ownership and population density.
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Special thanks to Peyton Shelburne for her assistance with this project.
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Justine Coleman is a digital producer at Morning Consult.
