With frontline health care workers and other vulnerable populations like the elderly first in line to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, WalletHub today released its report on the Cities That Need the Most Initial Vaccinations Against COVID-19, along with accompanying videos and audio files.
In order to determine the cities that will need the most initial COVID-19 vaccinations, WalletHub compared more than 90 large cities across 13 key metrics. Our data set looks at factors like each city’s share of frontline health care workers, nursing home residents, essential workers, residents diagnosed with various diseases and more.
| Most Vaccinations | Least Vaccinations |
| 1. Detroit, MI | 84. Austin, TX |
| 2. Cleveland, OH | 85. Chandler, AZ |
| 3. Birmingham, AL | 86. San Diego, CA |
| 4. Memphis, TN | 87. Denver, CO |
| 5. Louisville, KY | 88. Gilbert, AZ |
| 6. Toledo, OH | 89. Seattle, WA |
| 7. Baton Rouge, LA | 90. San Jose, CA |
| 8. Buffalo, NY | 91. San Francisco, CA |
| 9. Cincinnati, OH | 92. Fremont, CA |
| 10. Newark, NJ | 93. Irvine, CA |
