Worst States for Identity Theft & Fraud

by Norb Vonnegut | Jul 12, 2018

In order to determine who is most likely to be exposed to and affected by identity theft and fraud, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across eight key metrics. Our data set ranges from identity-theft complaints per capita to average loss amount due to fraud.

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Rank	State	Score	ID Theft Rank	Fraud Rank	Policy Rank
1	California	69.43	1	19	10
2	Rhode Island	68.29	3	18	1
3	DC	67.66	9	6	10
4	Florida	67.55	12	2	30
5	Georgia	66.48	7	10	30
6	Michigan	64.41	8	12	10
7	Nevada	64.26	14	5	30
8	Texas	64.20	13	7	30
9	New York	63.97	5	20	10
10	Connecticut	62.25	2	39	30
11	New Mexico	60.05	15	13	30
12	South Carolina	59.12	17	14	10
13	Massachusetts	59.07	6	45	1
14	Illinois	57.78	4	50	10
15	Minnesota	57.09	16	35	1
16	Indiana	55.74	10	31	30
17	Delaware	55.39	30	1	48
18	North Carolina	55.16	26	4	30
19	Pennsylvania	53.37	28	15	1
20	Alabama	52.99	36	3	10
21	North Dakota	52.65	18	40	1
22	Tennessee	52.02	32	8	30
23	Vermont	51.53	11	51	10
24	Colorado	50.84	19	26	10
25	New Jersey	50.46	25	24	1
26	Virginia	49.66	29	16	30
27	Missouri	49.16	24	30	1
28	Mississippi	47.47	44	9	30
29	Oregon	47.23	22	33	10
30	Arizona	47.07	27	23	30
31	Montana	46.26	20	44	10
32	New Hampshire	45.86	37	21	1
33	Nebraska	44.99	40	17	10
34	Washington	44.83	23	43	10
35	Maryland	44.82	21	37	48
36	Arkansas	43.59	34	27	30
37	Alaska	42.82	42	22	10
38	Idaho	41.98	35	41	1
39	Oklahoma	41.45	39	29	10
40	Maine	41.32	31	47	10
41	Utah	40.09	43	28	30
42	Ohio	40.08	33	36	48
43	Louisiana	39.38	47	25	10
44	Kentucky	38.63	38	46	10
45	South Dakota	38.25	51	11	30
46	Wisconsin	37.83	46	32	30
47	Kansas	37.17	45	38	30
48	Wyoming	36.03	50	34	10
49	Hawaii	34.67	41	48	30
50	West Virginia	32.29	49	49	10
51	Iowa	31.67	48	42	48

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