Fla. most vulnerable, Maine among least when it comes to ID theft, report says

With businesses such as Marriott and Nintendo experiencing data breaches this year but the number of breaches down from 2019, the free credit-monitoring website WalletHub today released its report on 2020's States Most Vulnerable to Identity theft and Fraud.

To determine where Americans are most susceptible to such crimes, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics. The data set ranges from identity-theft complaints per capita to the average loss amount due to fraud.

Key Stats

• South Dakota has the fewest identity-theft complaints (per 100,000 residents), 47, which is 9.1 times fewer than in Georgia, the state with the most at 427.
• Hawaii has the fewest people arrested for fraud per capita, 0.000086, which is 15.7 times fewer than in Delaware, the state with the most at 0.001352.
• South Dakota has the fewest fraud complaints (per 100,000 residents), 366, which is three times fewer than in the District of Columbia, which has the most at 1,090.
• Wisconsin has the lowest median loss amount due to fraud, $236, which is 1.7 times lower than in Hawaii, the state with the highest at $399.

To view the full report and your state or the District's rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-where-identity-theft-and-fraud-are-worst/17549/