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TOP TEN STATES BY FORECLOSURE RATE, 2011
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Rank State Percent of housing units
with foreclosure filings (1)
1 Nevada 6.25%
2 Arizona 4.14
3 California 3.19
4 Georgia 2.71
5 Utah 2.32
6 Michigan 2.21
7 Florida 2.06
8 Illinois 1.95
9 Colorado 1.78
10 Idaho 1.00

(1) Foreclosure filings include foreclosure-related documents in all phases of foreclosure, including defaults, auction notices and repossessions by banks. A single property may have more than one filing.

Source: RealtyTrac Inc., http://www.realtytrac.com/trendcenter.

 

Archived Tables

TOP TEN STATES IN FORECLOSURE RATES, 2008
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Rank State Percent of housing units in foreclosure
1 Nevada 7.29%
2 Florida 4.52
3 Arizona 4.49
4 California 3.97
5 Colorado 2.41
6 Michigan 2.35
7 Ohio 2.25
8 Georgia 2.20
9 Illinois 1.91
10 New Jersey 1.80

Source: RealtyTrac Inc.

 
TOP TEN STATES IN FORECLOSURE RATES, 2009
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Rank State Percent of housing units
with foreclosure filings (1)
1 Nevada 10.17%
2 Arizona 6.12
3 Florida 5.93
4 California 4.75
5 Utah 2.93
6 Idaho 2.72
7 Georgia 2.68
8 Michigan 2.61
9 Illinois 2.50
10 Colorado 2.37

(1) Foreclosure filings include foreclosure-related documents in all phases of foreclosure, including defaults, auction notices and repossessions by banks. One property may have more than one filing.

Source: RealtyTrac Inc.

 

 
TOP TEN STATES BY FORECLOSURE RATE, 2010
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Rank State Percent of housing units
with foreclosure filings (1)
1 Nevada 9.42%
2 Arizona 5.73
3 Florida 5.51
4 California 4.08
5 Utah 3.44
6 Georgia 3.25
7 Michigan 3.00
8 Idaho 2.98
9 Illinois 2.87
10 Colorado 2.51

(1) Foreclosure filings include foreclosure-related documents in all phases of foreclosure, including defaults, auction notices and repossessions by banks. A single property may have more than one filing.

Source: RealtyTrac Inc., http://www.realtytrac.com/trendcenter.