According to the Identity Theft Resource Center's most recent Data Breach Report, 901 breaches with access to more than 34 million records have taken place in 2016 through Dec. 13, and more are likely to be reported by the end of the year.

Until 2015, identity theft was the top complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission for 15 consecutive years. And while more aggressive measures have been taken to improve the security of personal information, criminal strategies constantly evolve and grow in sophistication, keeping consumers vulnerable to identity theft and fraud. Just how vulnerable, however, depends on the person's state of residence.

In order to determine where Americans are most likely to be exposed to and affected by identity theft and fraud, analysts at Washington, D.C.-based WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across six key indicators of susceptibility to such crimes, ranging from "identity-theft complaints per capita" to "average loss amount due to fraud."