2007 Foreclosure Rankings by State *Forbes.com

Rate Rank	State Name	Total # of filings	% chng. from 2006	Total # of properties

1	Nevada	66,316	215.12	34,417
2	Florida	279,325	123.96	165,291
3	Michigan	136,205	68.32	87,210
4	California	481,392	237.99	249,513
5	Colorado	71,149	29.96	39,403
6	Ohio	153,196	87.93	89,979
7	Georgia	99,578	31.07	59,057
8	Arizona	69,970	150.91	38,568
9	Illinois	90,782	25.29	64,310
10	Indiana	52,930	11.31	27,980
11	Tennessee	45,834	24.56	25,914
12	Texas	149,703	-4.57	84,469
13	Missouri	32,022	80.93	23,492
14	New Jersey	53,652	34.06	31,071
15	Utah	9,668	-25.87	7,438
16	Connecticut	23,470	100.05*	11,860
17	Maryland	25,109	455.26	18,879
18	North Carolina	37,426	66.52	29,101
19	Mass.	41,487	161.14	17,737
20	Idaho	6,032	140.51*	3,640
21	Washington	23,705	27.95	15,184
22	Oregon	10,746	12.25	8,461
23	Oklahoma	13,594	-12.78	8,256
24	Virginia	24,199	456.3	16,307
25	Minnesota	13,615	127.11*	11,557
26	Arkansas	14,310	26.44	6,406
27	New York	57,350	10.19	38,688
28	Alaska	1,650	54.64	1,332
29	Wisconsin	17,503	131.15*	12,133
30	Nebraska	3,971	30.88	3,636
31	Rhode Island	3,241	153.80*	1,838
32	New Mexico	3,893	-26.04	2,994
33	Iowa	7,404	114.92*	4,103
34	Pennsylvania	34,089	-11.07	16,379
35	Kentucky	8,793	23.45	5,105
36	Montana	1,378	29.27	1,150
37	Alabama	7,903	81.76	5,572
38	Delaware	1,430	225.00*	999
39	South Carolina	5,038	-27.56	4,247
40	New Hampshire	N/A	N/A	1,238
41	Louisiana	7,331	151.58*	3,968
42	Kansas	4,978	20.85	2,434
43	Hawaii	1,270	88.71	966
44	Wyoming	497	21.52	356
45	Mississippi	1,997	91.65	1,409
46	North Dakota	308	74.01	250
47	West Virginia	1,135	30.31	460
48	Maine	N/A	N/A	286
49	Vermont	61	35.56	29
50	South Dakota	N/A	N/A	24
	District of Columbia	800	607.96*	777
--	U.S.	2,203,295	74.99	1,285,873