California COVID-19 Vaccine Progress by County and Demographic Group

Daily-updated demographic data from the California Open Data Portal tracks COVID-19 vaccination progress across the state's counties. Columns suggest it contains detailed breakdowns by demographic category and value, including cumulative counts for doses, boosters, and population estimates for different age groups. The dataset's cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov indicates its use for public health monitoring and reporting.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vaccine equity across demographic groups using `demographic_category`, `demographic_value`, and `cumulative_at_least_one_dose`.
• Tracking county-level booster coverage over time using `date`, `county`, and `cumulative_bivalent_booster_recip_count`.
• Estimating vaccination rates for specific age cohorts using `est_age_5plus_pop` and `cumulative_fully_vaccinated`.
• Monitoring up-to-date vaccination status by county using `up_to_date_count` and `cumulative_up_to_date_count`.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near real-time tracking of vaccination metrics.
• Contains granular demographic and county-level breakdowns, as indicated by columns like `demographic_value` and `county`.
• Includes detailed vaccination status columns, such as `cumulative_bivalent_booster_recip_count` and `up_to_date_count`.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: row count and total size are unknown, and the license is listed as both unknown and 'other-license-specified'.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is not explicitly stated, limiting understanding of its historical depth.
• Documentation gaps exist, as the source code link points to a general indicators repository, not specific documentation for this resource.

Provenance

Source

California Open Data Portal, with associated code from the City of Los Angeles GitHub repository.

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from state and county public health reporting systems.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 17:45:01 (Socrata).

Geography

California, United States, at the county level.