Health officials across Rock County are reaching out to underserved and vulnerable populations to ensure everyone has access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Health and community organization officials say the local response to address demographic disparities regarding vaccination ultimately helped boost vaccinations, but they stressed work needs to continue to reach vulnerable individuals as uptake of immunizations continues to fall in the stateline area. In Rock County, 48.6% of residents (79,456 people) have received at least one vaccine dose and 44% of residents (71,947 people) have completed vaccination as of Wednesday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. A breakdown of vaccinations by race shows 45.5% of people vaccinated in Rock County are White; 42.2% are Asian; 22.3% are American Indian and 22% are Black, DHS data shows. In terms of an ethnic breakdown, 46.5% of Rock County residents who received one dose identified as non-Hispanic while 30.1% identified as Hispanic. In 6.5% of all Rock County vaccinations, no race information was reported and in 3.4% of vaccinations a personâs race was recorded as âother.â