Some 8,062 foreclosure filings — including default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were recorded in Arizona last month, an 8.5 percent drop from August.

Despite the slight improvement, September foreclosures were still up 177 .8 percent from the same month in 2006, according to a new report from research firm RealtyTrac. Arizona ranked No. 5 on the company’s latest list of states with the highest foreclosure rates.

Here are the rest of the top 10 in order:

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