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Florida Legislative Black Caucus Town Hall Highlights Feb. 1 Data: African Americans Make Up Only 6% Of Vaccinated Floridians
By Maybel Cerrato
February 9, 2021
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, African Americans make up 16% of the population in Florida. But as of Feb. 1, only 6% of the over two million Floridians vaccinated are African Americans.
Their data also shows that Hispanics make up 27% of the total population and a disproportionate 37% of COVID cases in Florida, but only 15% of individuals vaccinated.
Legislators and members of the Florida healthcare community met Monday evening in the last of their four-part town hall meeting series to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, hosted by the Florida Legislative Black Caucus.
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