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Chart: Owing more than home is worth

Deeply underwater

At least half of homeowners with a mortgage owe more than their homes are worth in 17 of 386 U.S. counties. Counties with the highest percentage of mortgages under water as of Sept. 30.

Rank	County	State	Mortgages under water

1	Clark	Nev.	71.1%

2	Osceola	Fla.	66.5%

3	Merced	Calif.	63.1%

4	St Lucie	Fla.	62.4%

5	San Joaquin	Calif.	59.6%

6	Stanislaus	Calif.	57.5%

7	Clayton	Ga.	56.1%

8	Orange	Fla.	56.1%

9	Solano	Calif.	55.6%

10	Maricopa	Ariz.	54.4%

11	Washoe	Nev.	53.3%

12	Pinal	Ariz.	52.6%

13	Flagler	Fla.	52.5%

14	Pasco	Fla.	51.5%

15	Riverside	Calif.	50.5%

16	Kern	Calif.	50.2%

17	Broward	Fla.	50.1%

18	Lee	Fla.	49.5%

19	Canyon	Idaho	49.0%

20	Henry	Ga.	48.8%

21	Polk	Fla.	48.5%

22	Hillsborough	Fla.	48.5%

23	Dade	Fla.	48.2%

24	Sacramento	Calif.	47.9%

25	Paulding	Ga.	47.5%

26	Prince William	Va.	47.4%

27	San Bernardino	Calif.	46.9%

28	Brevard	Fla.	46.9%

29	Wayne	Mich.	46.6%

30	Hernando	Fla.	46.5%

Source: CoreLogic

In the black

U.S. counties with the lowest percentage of homeowners whose mortgages were under water as of Sept. 30:

Rank	County	State	Mortgages under water

357	Shawnee	Kan.	6.5%

358	Washington	R.I.	6.5%

359	Buncombe	N.C.	6.4%

360	Boulder	Colo.	6.3%

361	Bucks	Pa.	6.2%

362	Boone	Ky.	6.1%

363	Tulsa	Okla.	6.0%

364	Staten Island (Richmond)	N.Y.	6.0%

365	Linn	Iowa	5.9%

366	Hennepin	Minn.	5.7%

367	Chester	Pa.	5.7%

368	Montgomery	Pa.	5.6%

369	Berkshire County	Mass.	5.6%

370	El Paso	Texas	5.5%

371	Nueces	Texas	5.3%

372	Monroe	N.Y.	5.2%

373	Hampshire County	Mass.	5.2%

374	Sangamon	Ill.	5.2%

375	Oklahoma	Okla.	5.2%

376	Lancaster	Pa.	5.0%

377	Yellowstone	Mont.	5.0%

378	Allegheny	Pa.	4.7%

379	Madison	Ala.	4.7%

380	Benton	Wash.	4.3%

381	Cleveland	Okla.	4.2%

382	Cumberland	N.C.	4.2%

383	Erie	N.Y.	4.2%

384	Manhattan	N.Y.	4.2%

385	Suffolk	N.Y.	2.1%

386	Orange	N.Y.	1.0%

Source: CoreLogic

At least half of homeowners with a mortgage owe more than their homes are worth in 17 of 386 U.S. counties.

Feb. 9, 2011

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