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Tort Costs And Compensation Paid By State, 2016 (1)
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Rank (2) State/
territory		 Total tort
costs (3)
($ millions)		 Total tort
costs as
percent of
state GDP (4)		 Tort costs
per
household
(dollars) (5)		 Rank (2) State/
territory		 Total tort
costs (3)
($ millions)		 Total tort
costs as
percent of
state GDP (4)		 Tort costs
per
household
(dollars) (5)
1 D.C. $1,760 1.4% $6,257 27 New Mexico $2,273 2.4% $2,998
2 New York 43,730 2.9 6,066 28 Oklahoma 4,246 2.3 2,890
3 New Jersey 17,734 3.1 5,551 29 Minnesota 6,173 1.8 2,873
4 Delaware 1,890 2.7 5,383 30 Arkansas 3,265 2.7 2,857
5 Connecticut 6,209 2.4 4,574 31 Arizona 7,122 2.3 2,827
6 Florida 33,645 3.6 4,442 32 Tennessee 7,204 2.2 2,818
7 California 55,966 2.1 4,324 33 Nebraska 2,103 1.8 2,813
8 Nevada 4,507 3.0 4,272 34 South Carolina 5,261 2.5 2,802
9 Rhode Island 1,660 2.9 4,066 35 West Virginia 2,019 2.8 2,796
10 Louisiana 6,909 2.9 4,015 36 Alabama 5,122 2.5 2,765
11 Massachusetts 9,980 2.0 3,869 37 Virginia 8,439 1.7 2,704
12 Illinois 18,026 2.3 3,738 38 New Hampshire 1,405 1.8 2,698
13 Pennsylvania 18,374 2.5 3,721 39 Mississippi 2,921 2.7 2,676
14 Colorado 7,672 2.4 3,638 40 Wyoming 598 1.6 2,675
15 Georgia 13,384 2.5 3,631 41 Iowa 3,316 1.8 2,657
16 Hawaii 1,629 1.9 3,573 42 Indiana 6,644 1.9 2,623
17 Texas 33,704 2.1 3,535 43 Kentucky 4,479 2.3 2,608
18 Utah 3,285 2.1 3,483 44 North Dakota 806 1.5 2,557
19 Maryland 8,032 2.1 3,360 45 Idaho 1,519 2.2 2,486
20 Montana 1,329 2.9 3,195 46 Kansas 2,744 1.8 2,471
21 Alaska 771 1.5 3,105 47 Wisconsin 5,734 1.8 2,464
21 Oregon 4,879 2.1 3,105 48 Ohio 11,166 1.8 2,414
23 Missouri 7,352 2.5 3,099 49 South Dakota 791 1.6 2,369
24 Washington 8,501 1.8 3,071 50 North Carolina 8,900 1.7 2,292
25 Vermont 780 2.5 3,061 51 Maine 1,163 2.0 2,187
26 Michigan 11,846 2.4 3,050   United States $428,966 2.3% $3,329

(1) Ranked on tort costs per household.
(2) States that have the same tort costs receive the same ranking.
(3) Includes general, professional, homeowners , and personal and commercial automobile liability tort costs.
(4) Gross domestic product.
(5) 2016 state household estimates from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Source: U.S Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform.

 

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