Posted on February 16, 2021 at 1:31 pm by West Sider
The city released new statistics on the deployment of Covid-19 vaccines that show how many people received the vaccine at the postal code level. (Update: initially we had wrong numbers for the total vaccinations, but we have since corrected them.)
Across the city, 715,000 people were shot at least. That is just over 10% of the adult population. Of the neighborhoods, Manhattan has the second highest rate of adults who received at least one shot, at 14%. Staten Island has the largest, at 15%.
On the Upper West Side, each of the major postal codes has an above average percentage of people who have had at least one chance:
10023: 20% of the adult population
10024: 22%
10025: 19%
One reason for the high rate may be that the Upper West Side has a disproportionate number of senior citizens. But it can also have to do with the wealth of the neighborhood.
Council members have pointed out that the vaccine was widely administered to people with richer postal codes – and those who were often not hit so hard by Covid in the first place. The city and state have been criticized for doing too little reach and creating a complicated online system that favors people who understand technology. “In rich, white areas, 16% of adults have been completely wiped out. In low-income neighbors of color, as low as 2% ”, wrote adviser Mark Levine. “This is upside down. Can not stand. “
Explore the statistics here or below.
Correction: Initially, we had incorrect statistics for zip codes, but they have been updated.