Which state in the U.S. had the most home foreclosure filing in 2016 according to U.S. Treasury Department and other reliable sources?

We are told by HUD that nationwide 0.44 percent of all housing units (one in 259) had a foreclosure filing in the first twelve months of 2016. States with highest foreclosure rates were New Jersey (0.98 percent of housing units with a foreclosure filing); Maryland (0.90 percent); Delaware (0.78 percent); Florida (0.70 percent); and Nevada (0.68 percent).

Other states with foreclosure rates among the 10 highest in the first six months of 2016 were Illinois (0.61 percent); Ohio (0.54 percent); South Carolina (0.54 percent); Connecticut (0.48 percent); and Indiana (0.47 percent).