Kane County's Black, Latino residents 'underserved' by vaccination effort
Kenneth Shepro
Updated 2/18/2021 7:36 PM
Far fewer Black and Latino residents in Kane County have received COVID-19 vaccinations than their white neighbors.
Latino residents constitute more than 30% of Kane County's population, the largest concentration of any county in the state, according to Kane County Public Health Department officials. But only about 10% of the county's vaccines have gone to Latino residents so far, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The county's Black residents are faring even worse, with only 2.7% of the shots going to them. White residents have received about 70% of the shots.