States Ranked by Foreclosure Rates
U.S home foreclosure filings continued their upward climb in December, rising 97% from the previous year and 7% from the month before. Total foreclosures rose 75% in all of 2007.
|
Rate Rank |
State Name |
Total # of filings |
% chng. from 2006 |
% chng. from 2005 |
Total # of properties |
%Households |
|
1 |
Nevada |
66,316 |
215.12 |
758.68 |
34,417 |
3.376 |
|
2 |
Florida |
279,325 |
123.96 |
129.25 |
165,291 |
2.002 |
|
3 |
Michigan |
136,205 |
68.32 |
282.22 |
87,210 |
1.947 |
|
4 |
California |
481,392 |
237.99 |
681.95 |
249,513 |
1.921 |
|
5 |
Colorado |
71,149 |
29.96 |
140.12 |
39,403 |
1.919 |
|
6 |
Ohio |
153,196 |
87.93 |
207.35 |
89,979 |
1.797 |
|
7 |
Georgia |
99,578 |
31.07 |
118.43 |
59,057 |
1.566 |
|
8 |
Arizona |
69,970 |
150.91 |
160.7 |
38,568 |
1.516 |
|
9 |
Illinois |
90,782 |
25.29 |
94.3 |
64,310 |
1.25 |
|
10 |
Indiana |
52,930 |
11.31 |
73.57 |
27,980 |
1.027 |
|
11 |
Tennessee |
45,834 |
24.56 |
65.66 |
25,914 |
0.983 |
|
12 |
Texas |
149,703 |
-4.57 |
9.22 |
84,469 |
0.936 |
|
13 |
Missouri |
32,022 |
80.93 |
176.74 |
23,492 |
0.906 |
|
14 |
New Jersey |
53,652 |
34.06 |
52.75 |
31,071 |
0.902 |
|
15 |
Utah |
9,668 |
-25.87 |
-16.19 |
7,438 |
0.852 |
|
16 |
Connecticut |
23,470 |
100.05* |
111.38* |
11,860 |
0.833 |
|
17 |
Maryland |
25,109 |
455.26 |
388.41 |
18,879 |
0.83 |
|
18 |
North Carolina |
37,426 |
66.52 |
135.07 |
29,101 |
0.739 |
|
19 |
Mass. |
41,487 |
161.14 |
751.36 |
17,737 |
0.66 |
|
20 |
Idaho |
6,032 |
140.51* |
119.83* |
3,640 |
0.611 |
|
21 |
Washington |
23,705 |
27.95 |
59.47 |
15,184 |
0.573 |
|
22 |
Oregon |
10,746 |
12.25 |
56.76 |
8,461 |
0.543 |
|
23 |
Oklahoma |
13,594 |
-12.78 |
0.71 |
8,256 |
0.52 |
|
24 |
Virginia |
24,199 |
456.3 |
728.73 |
16,307 |
0.514 |
|
25 |
Minnesota |
13,615 |
127.11* |
506.73* |
11,557 |
0.513 |
|
26 |
Arkansas |
14,310 |
26.44 |
23.58 |
6,406 |
0.513 |
|
27 |
New York |
57,350 |
10.19 |
54.72 |
38,688 |
0.493 |
|
28 |
Alaska |
1,650 |
54.64 |
17.69 |
1,332 |
0.486 |
|
29 |
Wisconsin |
17,503 |
131.15* |
241.79* |
12,133 |
0.486 |
|
30 |
Nebraska |
3,971 |
30.88 |
91.84 |
3,636 |
0.474 |
|
31 |
Rhode Island |
3,241 |
153.80* |
7804.88* |
1,838 |
0.41 |
|
32 |
New Mexico |
3,893 |
-26.04 |
-46.55 |
2,994 |
0.357 |
|
33 |
Iowa |
7,404 |
114.92* |
251.90* |
4,103 |
0.314 |
|
34 |
Pennsylvania |
34,089 |
-11.07 |
18.98 |
16,379 |
0.302 |
|
35 |
Kentucky |
8,793 |
23.45 |
76.96 |
5,105 |
0.274 |
|
36 |
Montana |
1,378 |
29.27 |
52.6 |
1,150 |
0.268 |
|
37 |
Alabama |
7,903 |
81.76 |
83.07 |
5,572 |
0.268 |
|
38 |
Delaware |
1,430 |
225.00* |
342.72* |
999 |
0.266 |
|
39 |
South Carolina |
5,038 |
-27.56 |
-33.76 |
4,247 |
0.22 |
|
40 |
New Hampshire |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
1,238 |
0.212 |
|
41 |
Louisiana |
7,331 |
151.58* |
90.61 |
3,968 |
0.204 |
|
42 |
Kansas |
4,978 |
20.85 |
161.31* |
2,434 |
0.203 |
|
43 |
Hawaii |
1,270 |
88.71 |
-60.39 |
966 |
0.197 |
|
44 |
Wyoming |
497 |
21.52 |
99.6 |
356 |
0.151 |
|
45 |
Mississippi |
1,997 |
91.65 |
4.55 |
1,409 |
0.114 |
|
46 |
North Dakota |
308 |
74.01 |
86.67 |
250 |
0.082 |
|
47 |
West Virginia |
1,135 |
30.31 |
10.95 |
460 |
0.053 |
|
48 |
Maine |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
286 |
0.042 |
|
49 |
Vermont |
61 |
35.56 |
1.67 |
29 |
0.009 |
|
50 |
South Dakota |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
24 |
0.007 |
| District of Columbia |
800 |
607.96* |
393.83* |
777 |
0.28 |
|
|
– |
U.S. |
2,203,295 |
74.99 |
148.83 |
1,285,873 |
1.033 |
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