The FTC recently released its annual report (2.6mb PDF)summarizing complaints of fraud, identity theft, and similar problems across the country and broken down by individual states. It makes for some interesting reading.
I’ve broken out the data on general fraud and identity thefts by states in the tables below. I was surprised to see Michigan, where I live, at #3 for fraud complaints and #1 for identity theft complaints.
Fraud and Other Complaints, 2016
State | Complaints Per 100,000 Population | Complaints |
---|---|---|
Florida | 1305.6 | 269117 |
Georgia | 1136.6 | 117189 |
Michigan | 1083.3 | 107557 |
Texas | 952.3 | 265347 |
Nevada | 872 | 25636 |
Alabama | 809 | 39344 |
Maryland | 807.7 | 48594 |
Delaware | 797.5 | 7593 |
Tennessee | 767.3 | 51036 |
California | 713.1 | 279887 |
Missouri | 706.5 | 43050 |
Louisiana | 701.9 | 32861 |
Virginia | 701.3 | 58991 |
South Carolina | 700.8 | 34767 |
Rhode Island | 682.1 | 7206 |
New Mexico | 667.9 | 13900 |
Ohio | 664.8 | 77213 |
Pennsylvania | 659.2 | 84270 |
Arizona | 656.9 | 45528 |
North Carolina | 641.2 | 65059 |
New Jersey | 636.7 | 56951 |
Mississippi | 609.3 | 18210 |
Colorado | 609.1 | 33745 |
Connecticut | 590.4 | 21117 |
Illinois | 576.7 | 73829 |
New York | 567.3 | 112006 |
New Hampshire | 563.8 | 7525 |
Indiana | 562.8 | 37329 |
Washington | 554.7 | 40423 |
Massachusetts | 547.2 | 37271 |
Oregon | 546.8 | 22385 |
West Virginia | 543.3 | 9948 |
Kentucky | 539.7 | 23948 |
Arkansas | 519 | 15510 |
Oklahoma | 518.7 | 20350 |
Kansas | 503.4 | 14635 |
Minnesota | 470.7 | 25980 |
Wisconsin | 465.9 | 26921 |
Idaho | 463.4 | 7800 |
Montana | 441.2 | 4600 |
Maine | 423.7 | 5642 |
Utah | 417.9 | 12750 |
Wyoming | 416.2 | 2437 |
Nebraska | 411.9 | 7855 |
Vermont | 405.4 | 2532 |
Hawaii | 403.8 | 5768 |
Alaska | 358.9 | 2663 |
Iowa | 342.5 | 10735 |
South Dakota | 320.6 | 2775 |
North Dakota | 284.7 | 2185 |
Identity Theft Complaints, 2016
State | Complatins Per 100,000 Population | Complaints |
---|---|---|
Michigan | 175.6 | 17430 |
Florida | 166.8 | 34384 |
Delaware | 155.9 | 1484 |
California | 139.5 | 54744 |
Illinois | 138 | 17660 |
Connecticut | 137.9 | 4933 |
Maryland | 137.1 | 8251 |
Missouri | 136.1 | 8292 |
Nevada | 135.8 | 3993 |
Arizona | 126.2 | 8748 |
Georgia | 124 | 12787 |
Texas | 119.2 | 33214 |
Rhode Island | 115.1 | 1216 |
Washington | 114 | 8310 |
Colorado | 112 | 6203 |
New Jersey | 111.5 | 9977 |
Pennsylvania | 109.7 | 14030 |
Minnesota | 107.2 | 5919 |
Massachusetts | 107 | 7287 |
Oregon | 105.3 | 4312 |
Virginia | 104.3 | 8772 |
New York | 102.3 | 20205 |
New Hampshire | 101.3 | 1352 |
New Mexico | 96.9 | 2016 |
Alaska | 96.1 | 713 |
North Carolina | 96.1 | 9746 |
Ohio | 94.8 | 11009 |
South Carolina | 89.5 | 4438 |
Maine | 87.9 | 1170 |
Wisconsin | 87.5 | 5054 |
Kansas | 87.1 | 2532 |
Tennessee | 86 | 5718 |
Oklahoma | 85.1 | 3337 |
Utah | 83.2 | 2540 |
Nebraska | 83.1 | 1584 |
Alabama | 82.4 | 4007 |
Idaho | 80.1 | 1348 |
Mississippi | 79.6 | 2378 |
Arkansas | 77.2 | 2308 |
Indiana | 76.8 | 5091 |
Wyoming | 74.6 | 437 |
Louisiana | 69.7 | 3264 |
Montana | 68.2 | 711 |
Iowa | 68.1 | 2135 |
Kentucky | 65.3 | 2898 |
Vermont | 62 | 387 |
North Dakota | 61.3 | 465 |
West Virginia | 59.7 | 1093 |
South Dakota | 58.1 | 503 |
Hawaii | 55.2 | 789 |