50 States in Debt

Several states in the Union are discussing bankruptcy, despite opposition in Washington. How bad is it? The Daily Beast crunches the numbers of all 50 states to find who's in the deepest debt—and it isn't who you think.

#1, Rhode Island

#2, Connecticut

#3, Massachusetts

#4, Illinois

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#5, Hawaii

#6, New Jersey

#7, New Hampshire

#8, Indiana

#9, Louisiana

#10, Oklahoma

#11, Montana

#12, West Virginia

#13, South Carolina

#14, Maine

#15, Kansas

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#16, Vermont

#17, Mississippi

#18, Alaska

#19, Maryland

#20, Kentucky

#21, Missouri

#22, New Mexico

#23, New York

#24, South Dakota

#25, California

#26, Colorado

#27, Michigan

#28, Nevada

#29, Pennsylvania

#30, Wyoming

#31, Delaware

#32, Minnesota

#33, Utah

#34, Oregon

#35, Washington

#36, Alabama

#37, Idaho

#38, Arkansas

#39, Iowa

#40, Virginia

#41, Florida

#42, Wisconsin

#43, Arizona

#44, Ohio

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#45, Tennessee

#46, North Dakota

#47, North Carolina

#48, Texas

#49, Georgia

#50, Nebraska