Rural residents, Republicans and white evangelicals report being less vaccinated than their counterparts

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Rural Americans are significantly less vaccinated against Covid-19 than other Americans, according to the latest Pew Research Center poll.

Only 68 percent of rural residents in the Jan. 24-30 online survey said they were vaccinated, compared to 80% of suburbanites and 82% of urbanites.

White evangelical Protestants, who live disproportionately in rural areas, show a similar pattern; only 62% of them reported being vaccinated. The figure was 77% for non-evangelical white protestants, 80% for the religiously unaffiliated and 85% for Roman Catholics.

Rural residents are disproportionately Republican, and another big difference in the results was seen by party affiliation. "Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic Party are 26 percentage points more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say they’ve received a Covid-19 vaccine (90% vs. 64%)," Pew reports. Among Democrats, ruralites are only slightly less vaccinated; among Republicans, the differences are similar to the overall sample. (See bottom of chart.)