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Tort Costs( 2022)
Tort Costs per
Total Tort Costs
Tort Costs as %
Rank
Household($)
($ Millions)
of State GDP
Rank
1 Delaware
$ 8,026
$ 3,122
3.46 %
1
2 New York
$ 7,027
$ 53,437
2.61 %
4
3 Florida
$ 5,768
$ 48,179
3.35 %
2
4 New Jersey
$ 5,525
$ 18,996
2.52 %
8
5 California
$ 5,429
$ 72,298
1.99 %
20
6 Connecticut
$ 5,133
$ 7,236
2.27 %
12
7 Georgia
$ 5,050
$ 19,932
2.60 %
5
8 Nevada
$ 4,603
$ 5,356
2.40 %
9
9 Texas
$ 4,594
$ 48,196
2.01 %
19
10 Massachusetts
$ 4,593
$ 12,590
1.82 %
28
11 Louisiana
$ 4,389
$ 7,748
2.65 %
3
12 Utah
$ 4,354
$ 4,627
1.80 %
29
13 Illinois
$ 4,281
$ 21,273
2.07 %
18
14 Colorado
$ 4,149
$ 9,451
1.92 %
23
15 Rhode Island
$ 3,966
$ 1,714
2.36 %
10
16 Montana
$ 3,894
$ 1,729
2.58 %
6
17 Pennsylvania
$ 3,752
$ 19,489
2.14 %
14
18 South Carolina
$ 3,734
$ 7,554
2.54 %
7
19 Maryland
$ 3,694
$ 8,563
1.78 %
30
20 Washington
$ 3,504
$ 10,440
1.41 %
46
21 Arizona
$ 3,449
$ 9,446
1.99 %
20
22 Hawaii
$ 3,435
$ 1,662
1.64 %
34
23 Missouri
$ 3,387
$ 8,325
2.10 %
16
24 Oregon
$ 3,320
$ 5,581
1.88 %
26
25 Alabama
$ 3,286
$ 6,352
2.26 %
13
26 Nebraska
$ 3,276
$ 2,544
1.54 %
40
27 New Mexico
$ 3,252
$ 2,644
2.11 %
15
28 Alaska
$ 3,219
$ 851
1.30 %
49
29 Minnesota
$ 3,183
$ 7,181
1.60 %
36
30 Idaho
$ 3,129
$ 2,113
1.91 %
25
31 Tennessee
$ 3,096
$ 8,402
1.73 %
31
32 Michigan
$ 3,076
$ 12,332
1.98 %
22
33 Virginia
$ 2,968
$ 9,765
1.47 %
44
34 Indiana
$ 2,962
$ 7,860
1.67 %
33
35 Arkansas
$ 2,942
$ 3,448
2.08 %
17
36 Oklahoma
$ 2,930
$ 4,462
1.84 %
27
37 Kansas
$ 2,928
$ 3,363
1.61 %
35
38 North Dakota
$ 2,913
$ 932
1.28 %
50
39 Wyoming
$ 2,886
$ 676
1.38 %
47
40 Mississippi
$ 2,843
$ 3,188
2.28 %
11
41 Kentucky
$ 2,808
$ 4,968
1.92 %
23
42 Iowa
$ 2,797
$ 3,609
1.51 %
41
43 New Hampshire
$ 2,734
$ 1,490
1.42 %
45
44 Vermont
$ 2,659
$ 707
1.73 %
31
45 North Carolina
$ 2,624
$ 10,771
1.50 %
42
46 South Dakota
$ 2,594
$ 911
1.32 %
48
47 Ohio
$ 2,583
$ 12,372
1.50 %
42
48 Wisconsin
$ 2,538
$ 6,155
1.55 %
39
49 Maine
$ 2,341
$ 1,358
1.58 %
37
50 West Virginia
$ 2,132
$ 1,526
1.57 %
38
Dist. of Columbia
$ 6,347
$ 2,004
1.21 %
United States
$ 4,207
$ 528,929
2.07 %
Washington ranked 20th in tort costs per household.
TABLE 29 Source: U. S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform