Identity Theft

HRinNH

I saw an article on MSN. Some of these surprised me. If nothing else, it should cause everyone to be more careful about how they dispose of their documents with personal info.


Top 10 states for identity theft (on per-capita basis)

1 – AZ with 142.5 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 8,186
2 – NV with 125.7 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 2,935
3 – CA with 122.1 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 43,839
4 – TX with 117.6 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 26,454
5 – CO with 95.8 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 4,409
6 – FL with 92.3 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 16,062
7 – NY with 92.0 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 17,680
8 – WA with 91.1 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 5,654
9 – OR with 87.8 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 3,156
10 – IL with 87.6 Victims/100,000 = Total Victims 11,138


Cheryl C.

Gillian3

How come NH isn't on the list? Is it because the formula won't work since there are less than 100,000 population in the state?

HRinNH

Ha! you're pretty funny for a semi-retiree.

For your info, in 2004, NH had a Population of an estimated 1,299,500 people. I know, you're probably gonna say that you have about that many in San Diego alone, right?

Cheryl C.

Gillian3

How many people is that per square yard?

HRinNH

Sorry, best I can do is 137.8 people per square mile. You can do the math. :-)

Cheryl C.

System

You know, I wouldn't mind someone stealing my credit card and making the payments. But I'm pretty sure that's not how identity theft works. $$$

James Sokolowski
HRhero.com