How childhood vaccine exemptions have changed across the country since the pandemic

Nationwide, childhood vaccination rates are on the decline, according to research from the Journal of American Medicine.

Percentage of children receiving nonmedical exemptions from vaccine requirements, by county

Note: Kansas data is at the school district level, and Nebraska data is by state health districts. Data for Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Rhode Island, West Virginia and the District of Columbia is only available at the state/district level. Four states—California, Connecticut, Maine and New York—eliminated nonmedical exemptions in recent years. Mississippi reversed a ban on nonmedical exemptions in 2023.

Source: JAMA

Graphic: Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN