Who Will Win Most Fraudulent State?

Here’s a fun list! See if your state made The Huffington Post’s list of Most Fraudulent States!

(Remember, it’s just an honor to be nominated.)

There’s an unsurprising correlation between the Most Fraudulent States and those states his hardest by the recession.

Check out the list below, and then participate in the poll!

10. New Jersey
Complaints per 100,000 population: 538
Total complaints: 47,336
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 86.4 (8th most)
Recession home value decline: 19.2 percent (17th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 10.6 percent (3rd most)

9. Washington (state, not D.C.)
Complaints per 100,000 population: 546
Total complaints: 36,685
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 72.2 (18th most)
Recession home value decline: 26.6 percent (8th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 6.2 percent (22nd most)

8. Georgia
Complaints per 100,000 population: 568
Total complaints: 55,020
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 120 (2nd most)
Recession home value decline: 26 percent (10th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 19 percent (6th most)

7. Virginia
Complaints per 100,000 population: 595
Total complaints: 47,581
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 67.7 (21st most)
Recession home value decline: 16.7 percent (21st largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 4.1 percent (10th fewest)

6. Arizona
Complaints per 100,000 population: 602
Total complaints: 38,561
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 98.5 (4th most)
Recession home value decline: 47.9 percent (2nd largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 7.1 percent (11th most)

5. Nevada
Complaints per 100,000 population: 620
Total complaints: 36,561
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 89.9 (7th most)
Recession home value decline: 60 percent (the largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 13.4 percent (2nd most)

4. Maryland
Complaints per 100,000 population: 633
Total complaints: 36,561
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 86.3 (9th most)
Recession home value decline: 23.7 percent (12th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 8 percent (5th most)

3. Delaware
Complaints per 100,000 population: 636
Total complaints: 5,708
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 83.5 (10th most)
Recession home value decline: 20.3 percent (16th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 6.7 percent (16th most)

2. Colorado
Complaints per 100,000 population: 656
Total complaints: 33,010
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 82.6 (11th most)
Recession home value decline: 6.9 percent (15th smallest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 4.1 percent (8th fewest)

And the #1 Most Fraudulent State is…

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1. Florida
Complaints per 100,000 population: 694
Total complaints: 130,449
Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 178.7 (the most)
Recession home value decline: 44.8 percent (4th largest)
Homes late on payment or in foreclosure: 17.4 percent (the most)