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IDENTITY THEFT STATISTICS
Consumer
Sentinel's National and State Trends in Fraud and Identity Theft
| Identity Theft Statistics by State ( 2004
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Rank
|
State
|
# Victims Per 100,000 Population
|
Number of Vicitms
|
| 1 |
Arizona |
142.5 |
8,186 |
| 2 |
Nevada |
125.7 |
2,935 |
| 3 |
California |
122.1 |
43,839 |
| 4 |
Texas |
117.6 |
26,454 |
| 5 |
Colorado |
95.8 |
4,409 |
| 6 |
Florida |
92.3 |
16,062 |
| 7 |
New York |
92.0 |
17,680 |
| 8 |
Washington |
91.1 |
5,654 |
| 9 |
Oregon |
87.8 |
3,156 |
| 10 |
Illinois |
87.6 |
11,138 |
| 11 |
Georgia |
84.3 |
7,440 |
| 12 |
New Mexico |
83.4 |
1,588 |
| 13 |
Maryland |
83.0 |
4,612 |
| 14 |
Utah |
76.6 |
1,831 |
| 15 |
New Jersey |
75.1 |
6,530 |
| 16 |
Michigan |
72.3 |
7,307 |
| 17 |
Indiana |
68.5 |
4,274 |
| 18 |
Missouri |
67.9 |
3,905 |
| 19 |
Delaware |
66.6 |
553 |
| 20 |
Alaska |
66.1 |
433 |
| 21 |
North Carolina |
65.8 |
5,623 |
| 22 |
Virginia |
63.6 |
4,742 |
| 23 |
Kansas |
61.3 |
1,677 |
| 24 |
Massachusetts |
61.1 |
3,921 |
| 25 |
Pennsylvania |
61.0 |
7,563 |
| 26 |
Ohio |
60.7 |
6,956 |
| 27 |
Connecticut |
57.1 |
2,000 |
| 28 |
Minnesota |
57.0 |
2,905 |
| 29 |
Oklahoma |
56.0 |
1,973 |
| 30 |
Tennessee |
55.0 |
3,246 |
| 31 |
South Carolina |
51.2 |
2,148 |
| 32 |
Arkansas |
50.8 |
1,397 |
| 33 |
Hawaii |
50.7 |
640 |
| 34 |
Rhode Island |
50.6 |
547 |
| 35 |
Louisiana |
49.9 |
2,254 |
| 36 |
Alabama |
48.9 |
2,216 |
| 37 |
Wisconsin |
48.0 |
2,646 |
| 38 |
Mississippi |
46.5 |
1,350 |
| 39 |
Nebraska |
45.1 |
788 |
| 40 |
Idaho |
43.1 |
600 |
| 41 |
Wyoming |
42.2 |
214 |
| 42 |
New Hampshire |
41.8 |
543 |
| 43 |
Kentucky |
40.1 |
1,662 |
| 44 |
Montana |
39.3 |
364 |
| 45 |
Iowa |
34.8 |
1,028 |
| 46 |
West Virginia |
34.2 |
621 |
| 47 |
Vermont |
33.5 |
208 |
| 48 |
Maine |
32.2 |
424 |
| 49 |
North Dakota |
29.6 |
188 |
| 50 |
South Dakota |
23.2 |
179 |
| Source: Federal
Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel site |
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FEDERAL & NATIONAL IDENTITY THEFT
RESOURCE LINKS
Federal
Trade Commission's ID Theft Resources
Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft Complaint Form
U.S. Dept of Justice - Fraud
U.S. Dept of Justice - Identity Theft
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Internet Fraud
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Phishing Report
Social Security Administration - ID Theft
National Consumers League
National Conference of State Legislatures List of Identity
Theft Statutes by State
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
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