050 States in DebtSeveral 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.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:42PM ET / Published Jun. 14, 2010 10:03AM ET #1, Rhode Island #2, Connecticut #3, Massachusetts #4, IllinoisJewel Samad, AFP / Getty Images #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, KansasGetty Images #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, OhioHenryk Sadura #45, Tennessee #46, North Dakota #47, North Carolina #48, Texas #49, Georgia #50, Nebraska
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