Despite flaws in the Florida Department of Health’s reporting of vaccination rates for each of the 80 ZIP codes in Miami-Dade, a Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald analysis of the data reveals trends that suggest areas with predominantly Black and low-income residents are falling behind on vaccination against COVID-19.
In the nine Miami-Dade ZIP codes where more than half of residents describe themselves as non-Hispanic Black, the average vaccination rate was just 48% of the population as of Friday. Only one of the nine ZIP codes had more than 50% of its population fully vaccinated.
Because the health department’s data includes vaccination rates higher than 100% in some ZIP codes, the Herald, in consultation with experts, adjusted the percentages in ZIP codes where the number of people vaccinated exceeded the eligible population.
