(Iowa) -- A new national study from financial website WalletHub.com ranks Iowa as the nation's least vulnerable state for identity theft and fraud.
The study ranked all 50 states and Washington, D.C. according to 14 different metrics ranging from identity theft claims to loss amount due to fraud. Overall, Iowa had the nation's second fewest identity thefts per capita and the third fewest fraud claims. Washington state topped the list as the country's most vulnerable state for fraud and identity theft, followed by Colorado, Kansas, Rhode Island, and Delware in the top five.