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Identity Theft Statistics by State 2009

Rank	State	# Victims Per 100,000	# of Complaints
1	Florida	122.3	22,664
2	Arizona	119.4	7,875
3	Texas	116.4	28,844
4	California	114.2	42,209
5	Nevada	106.0	2,802
6	New Mexico	98.0	1,969
7	Georgia	97.2	9,556
8	New York	96.7	18,906
9	Colordao	95.0	4,774
10	Illinois	93.8	12,113
11	Maryland	91.8	5,232
12	New Jersey	84.5	7,361
13	Delaware	81.9	725
14	Pennsylvania	78.4	9,887
15	Washington	77.2	5,145
16	Connecticut	76.2	2,682
17	Alabama	76.2	3,586
18	Michigan	75.5	7,525
19	Mississippi	73.2	2,161
20	Virginia	72.8	5,741
21	North Carolina	72.5	6,798
22	Louisiana	72.4	3,252
23	Oklahoma	71.4	2,633
24	Tennessee	69.4	4,370
25	Massachusetts	69.0	4,551
26	Kansas	67.6	1,906
27	Oregon	67.5	2,583
28	South Carolina	67.3	3,070
29	Ohio	65.2	7,525
30	Indiana	64.8	4,163
31	Arkansas	64.4	1,862
32	Missouri	64.3	3,850
33	Rhode Island	63.8	672
34	Utah	62.4	1,738
35	Minnesota	54.6	2,877
36	Nebraska	52.2	938
37	Wyoming	49.2	268
38	Wisconsin	49.1	2,777
39	Idaho	48.8	755
40	Kentucky	48.4	2,088
41	West Virginia	46.2	841
42	Hawaii	45.1	584
43	Alaska	44.8	313
44	Vermont	44.6	277
45	New Hampshire	44.1	584
46	Montana	41.8	408
47	Iowa	39.2	1,179
48	Maine	38.8	511
49	North Dakota	29.7	192
50	South Dakota	29.1	236
Source: Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel 2010