U.S foreclosure filings continued their upward climb in December, rising 97% from the previous year and 7% from the month before. Total foreclosures rose 75% in all of 2007.

According to MSN Real Estate’s latest report, hardest-hit markets were along both coasts, which experienced a more severe boom and bust in the latest cycle, as well as areas hard hit by auto-industry layoffs such as Michigan and Indiana.

The surge in foreclosures is expected to continue at this same pace until after the next wave of risky loans resets in the middle of 2008.

2007 foreclosure filings by state

Rate Rank	State Name	Total # of filings	% chng. from 2006	% chng. from 2005	Total # of properties	%Households
1	Nevada	66,316	215.12	758.68	34,417	3.376
2	Florida	279,325	123.96	129.25	165,291	2.002
3	Michigan	136,205	68.32	282.22	87,210	1.947
4	California	481,392	237.99	681.95	249,513	1.921
5	Colorado	71,149	29.96	140.12	39,403	1.919
6	Ohio	153,196	87.93	207.35	89,979	1.797
7	Georgia	99,578	31.07	118.43	59,057	1.566
8	Arizona	69,970	150.91	160.7	38,568	1.516
9	Illinois	90,782	25.29	94.3	64,310	1.25
10	Indiana	52,930	11.31	73.57	27,980	1.027
11	Tennessee	45,834	24.56	65.66	25,914	0.983
12	Texas	149,703	-4.57	9.22	84,469	0.936
13	Missouri	32,022	80.93	176.74	23,492	0.906
14	New Jersey	53,652	34.06	52.75	31,071	0.902
15	Utah	9,668	-25.87	-16.19	7,438	0.852
16	Connecticut	23,470	100.05*	111.38*	11,860	0.833
17	Maryland	25,109	455.26	388.41	18,879	0.83
18	North Carolina	37,426	66.52	135.07	29,101	0.739
19	Mass.	41,487	161.14	751.36	17,737	0.66
20	Idaho	6,032	140.51*	119.83*	3,640	0.611
21	Washington	23,705	27.95	59.47	15,184	0.573
22	Oregon	10,746	12.25	56.76	8,461	0.543
23	Oklahoma	13,594	-12.78	0.71	8,256	0.52
24	Virginia	24,199	456.3	728.73	16,307	0.514
25	Minnesota	13,615	127.11*	506.73*	11,557	0.513
26	Arkansas	14,310	26.44	23.58	6,406	0.513
27	New York	57,350	10.19	54.72	38,688	0.493
28	Alaska	1,650	54.64	17.69	1,332	0.486
29	Wisconsin	17,503	131.15*	241.79*	12,133	0.486
30	Nebraska	3,971	30.88	91.84	3,636	0.474
31	Rhode Island	3,241	153.80*	7804.88*	1,838	0.41
32	New Mexico	3,893	-26.04	-46.55	2,994	0.357
33	Iowa	7,404	114.92*	251.90*	4,103	0.314
34	Pennsylvania	34,089	-11.07	18.98	16,379	0.302
35	Kentucky	8,793	23.45	76.96	5,105	0.274
36	Montana	1,378	29.27	52.6	1,150	0.268
37	Alabama	7,903	81.76	83.07	5,572	0.268
38	Delaware	1,430	225.00*	342.72*	999	0.266
39	South Carolina	5,038	-27.56	-33.76	4,247	0.22
40	New Hampshire	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,238	0.212
41	Louisiana	7,331	151.58*	90.61	3,968	0.204
42	Kansas	4,978	20.85	161.31*	2,434	0.203
43	Hawaii	1,270	88.71	-60.39	966	0.197
44	Wyoming	497	21.52	99.6	356	0.151
45	Mississippi	1,997	91.65	4.55	1,409	0.114
46	North Dakota	308	74.01	86.67	250	0.082
47	West Virginia	1,135	30.31