Florida's nation-leading identity theft rate dwarfs every other state

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http://m.networkworld.com/columnists/2013/052013-buzz.html

Network World - Sure, the headline gives away the answer, but if you had been asked to guess which state has the highest rate of reported identity theft you'd likely have chosen Florida: A large population of vulnerable retirees and a generally high crime rate all but guarantee the distinction.What might surprise you, however, is the magnitude of Florida's "lead" over the other 49 states. It's mindboggling. According to statistics gleaned from the Federal Trade Commission's most recent Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, Floridians reported about 70,000 incidents of identity theft in 2012, or 361 for every 100,000 residents.

Florida's neighbor to the north, Georgia, ranks second on the list, but with only 194 reports per 100,000 residents, or roughly half that of the Sunshine State. Yet even that lopsided comparison doesn't begin to do justice to the enormity of Florida's ID theft plague.

Numbers three through five are California, Michigan and New York -- large industrial states with crime-fighting challenges of their own yet only one-third of the identity theft as Florida.

Nevada is No.6 and even carrying the full weight of Sin City reports only 30% as many victims of identity theft as does Florida. Same thing for Arizona, which like Florida is a haven for retirees.

Let's jump down to the median, where Washington sits at No. 25 and Ohio at No. 26: Floridians are fully five times more likely to be victimized than residents of these two states.

And then we have the Dakotas at No. 49 (North) and No. 50 (South): Residents there run only one-tenth the risk of identity theft as your average Floridian.

Of course, when's the last time you heard of anyone retiring to the Dakotas?

 

[88m3]

become someone else in Florida, brehs!

 

[GMOGMediaTV]

I was trying to figure out why a mexican would call him self Tyrone Jackson.

 

[Jello Biafra]

 

[MostReal]

what is the deal with this state

 

[LostOne]

Old retired white people with feeble minds and Jews. I think they know where the money is.

 

[Crakface]

Everyones ignoring that jobs are scarce, college graduates are low and skills are few. What do you think people are going to resort to.

 

[Serious]

what is the deal with this state

at this point I'm willing to let them succeed. They're single handily making this country look bad. Even Arizona ( @NZA ) was forced to lean back...

 

[Serious]

Everyones ignoring that jobs are scarce, college graduates are low and skills are few. What do you think people are going to resort to.

You're right. Somehow I missed this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/e...ine-in-college-enrollment.html?pagewanted=all

 

[tru_m.a.c]

what is the deal with this state

Florida is the Chi-raq of political discourse

 

[Crakface]

You're right. Somehow I missed this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/e...ine-in-college-enrollment.html?pagewanted=all

In general only 30 percent of Americans hold a B.A. Unemployment plus, an industry specific skill that isnt hiring with no degree = people scheming.