COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

FWIW... My personal experience is... People that live in highly populated areas (NOLA) are much more motivated to get the shot(s), because they interact and come in contact with many more people on a regular basis... Whereas people who live in very sparsely populated areas (rarely leave their property, see the same 10 people everyday, nearest neighbor maybe 3 football fields away, are on their boat for a week at a time, etc) are less motivated to get the shot(s). Almost everyone I talk to from the Highly Urban environments knows many many people that have impacted by Covid.... Almost everyone I talk to from Very Rural environments know maybe one person or heard of someone being impacted by Covid....

So it doesn't surprise me that states with lots of small rural towns, and maybe 1 or 2 highly populated urban areas would see such a disparity in Vaxs... The risk (or perceived risk anyway) is relative to population density and contact.

Just my experience based on conversations with people from different localities