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Bankruptcy Statistics By Chapters 2000-2005

Annual Non-business Filings by Chapter (2000-2005)



  2000
2001
2002

2003
2004
2005
State Non- Busines
Filings		 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Non- Busines
Filings		 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Non-
Business
Filings		 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Non-
Business
Filings		 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13

Non-
Business
Filings

 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Non-
Business
Filings		 Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13
AK 1,301 1,179 0 122 1,369 1,249 2 118 1,359 1,249 0 110 1,389 1,275 1 113 1,444 1,307 1 136 2,214 2,065 0 149
AL 32,543 12,996 18 19,529 38,421 17,189 28 21,204 41,478 19,754 34 21,690 42,134 20,472 48 21,614 41,647 20,216 21 21,410 47,513 28,243 36 19,234
AR 16,523 9,279 2 7,242 21,194 12,493 4 8,697 23,264 13,544 11 9,709 23,878 14,275 6 9,597 23,887 13,961 4 9,922 30,142 19,960 5 10,177
AZ 20,190 16,475 21 3,694 24,736 20,041 39 4,654 28,960 23,148 45 5,767 31,110 25,069 44 5,997 30,907 25,536 35 5,335 39,689 35,572 21 4,096
CA 138,124 109,665 89 28,370 148,421 121,842 83 26,495 144,766 118,739 103 25,922 137,158 114,515 86 22,557 118,948 102,377 90 16,481 162,532 148,008 79 14,445
CO 15,185 12,870 0 2,315 18,333 15,963 3 2,367 20,769 18,193 4 2,572 25,404 22,801 3 2,600 27,383 24,524 7 2,852 42,173 39,362 7 2,804
CT 10,504 9,054 17 1,433 11,457 9,912 16 1,529 11,570 9,680 13 1,877 12,059 9,961 16 2,081 11,291 9,313 22 1,956 15,116 13,429 15 1,672
DC 2,288 1,479 5 804 2,510 1,774 4 732 2,451 1,724 5 722 2,256 1,638 5 613 1,892 1,418 3 471 2,386 2,097 5 284
DE 2,375 1,527 6 842 2,885 1,883 0 1,002 3,140 1,952 2 1,186 3,413 1,998 - 1.415 3,392 2,020 2 1,370 4,150 2,940 2 1,208
FL 71,284 50,445 44 20,795 85,216 62,156 56 23,004 90,374 65,307 51 25,014 92,890 67,239 80 25,569 84,706 63,319 51 21,335 106,250 88,247 45 17,956
GA 58,915 21,519 12 37,384 68,933 27,576 21 41,335 74,354 31,476 34 42,844 79,620 36,357 20 43,243 75,870 35,160 35 40,675 79,273 44,792 32 34,449
GU 214 101 1 22 261 218 0 43 356 317 2 37 355 309 - 46 340 305 - 35 375 341 0 34
HI 4,486 3,995 13 478 4,971 4,464 2 505 4,432 3,967 2 461 3,723 3,259 4 460 3,065 2,704 8 352 4,408 4,069 1 338
IA 8,079 7,507 1 571 10,787 10,216 0 571 11,454 10,877 1 576 12,259 11,631 1 627 12,722

12,106

 - 616 18,254 17,359 0 895
ID 6,850 5,577 10 1,263 7,962 6,838 7 1,117 8,653 7,480 9 1,164 9,435 8,234 8 1,193 9,328 8,099 4 1,225 11,826 10,546 4 1,276
IL 59,892 42,244 16 17,632 73,036 53,502 24 19,510 81,091 59,946 31 21,114 84,520 63,506 35 20,979 79,320 59,656 41 19,923 105,964 87,948 40 17,976
IN 37,126 29,613 12 7,501 47,462 38,310 14 9,138 52,859 42,584 11 10,264 55,155 44,289 9 10,857 53,941 42,378 15 11,548 78,201 65,454 24 12,723
KS 11,146 9,101 1 2,044 13,717 11,351 5 2,361 14,731 11,945 2 2,784 15,889 12,807 6 3,076 16,021 12,968 3 3,050 22,376 19,009 5 3,362
KY 20,663 17,181 1 3,481 25,709 21,639 3 4,067 26,823 22,253 9 4,561 29,570 24,301 5 5,264 27,799 22,253 10 5,536 39,865 34,031 0 5,834
LA 22,516 12,960 8 9,548 26,303 16,184 10 10,109 26,461 16,178 16 10,267 29,076 17,805 23 11,248 29,201 17,926 17 11,258 36,024 25,003 15 11,006
MA 15,208 13,028 0 2,180 17,227 14,902 4 2,321 17,019 14,464 5 2,550 17,864 15,389 6 2,469 18,129 15,674 21 2,434 26,308 23,480 12 2,816
MD 29,658 20,156 13 9,489 34,630 23,877 22 10,731 34,700 23,047 23 11,630 33,708 22,561 19 11,128 29,050 20,114 9 8,927 34,585 27,377 20 7,188
ME 3,880 3,592 0 288 4,397 4,095 0 302 4,321 3,955 0 366 4,555 4,163 - 392 4,370 3,954 2 412 6,470 6,084 0 386
MI 35,835 25,849 4 9,982 46,138 33,470 6 12,662 54,805 38,584 11 16,210 62,070 43,645 28 18,397 63,531 45,477 17 18037 88,402 72,981 30 15,391
MN 13,822 11,018 0 2,804 16,817 13,930 0 2,887 17,758 14,795 2 2,961 19.608 16,414 - 3,194 16,596 13,047 - 3,549 24,068 20,763 1 3,304
MO 25,651 18,123 7 7,521 30,199 21,980 13 8,206 51,655 39,677 13 11,965 37,452 27,308 6 10,138 37,251 27,865 8 9,378 52,060 43,122 5 8,933
MS 18,255 10,852 3 7,400 21,827 14,115 10 7,702 22,088 14,522 15 7,551 21,964 14,982 9 6,973 21,007 13,807 4 7,196 23,481 17,354 6 6,121
MT 3,195 2,830 0 365 3,853 3,417 4 432 3,942 3,474 4 464 4,287 3,814 1 472 4,223 3,812 1 410 5,770 5,311 2 457
NC 26,646 11,040 7 15,599 33,099 15,200 11 17,888 35,806 17,096 17 18,693 38,637 19,058 23 19,556 36,118 18,398 21 17,699 42,402 26,378 9 16,015
ND 1,841 1,782 0 59 2,117 2,066 0 51 1,958 1,879 0 79 2,188 2,095 - 93 2,203 2,088 - 115 3,444 3,276 0 168
NE 5,514 4,663 2 849 7,058 5,954 1 1,103 7,569 5,923 8 1,638 8,387 6,512 5 1,870 8,785 6,915 7 1,863 11,817 9,765 3 2,049
NH 3,313 3,018 0 295 3,597 3,288 0 309 3,822 3,459 2 361 4,248 3,793 3 452 4,493 4,063 2 428 5,511 5,036 4 471
NJ 36,645 23,207 65 13,373 40,754 26,388 38 14,328 40,310 25,566 32 14,712 41,643 26,865 43 14,735 40,596 27,226 43 13,327 48,832 36,946 52 11,834
NM 6,519 5,557 2 960 8,040 7,063 3 974 8,581 7,812 2 767 9,003 8,219 3 781 8,793 8,027 7 759 11,592 10,970 6 616
NMI 9 8 0 1 18 17 0 1 22 18 0 4 16 14 - 2 22 20 - 2 31 30 0 1
NV 13,678 10,051 7 3,620 17,683 13,255 11 4,417 19,274 14,458 36 4,780 20,240 15,195 14 5,030 16,655 13,127 5 3,523 23,453 19,863 7 3,583
NY 57,210 45,956 64 11,190 66,628 54,081 60 12,487 69,705 55,423 75 14,206 73,812 59,056 41 14,715 75,908 61,293 33 14,582 107,489 93,715 62 13,712
OH 52,713 41,437 10 11,266 69,292 56,200 9 13,083 77,287 61,456 11 15,820 88,345 70,093 11 18,241 88,416 69,498 15 17,586 133,541 112,840 13 20,688
OK 18,403 15,795 1 2,607 22,563 19,795 2 2,766 23,890 21,235 6 2,649 26,590 23,761 5 2,824 25,993 22,978 4 3,011 38,487 35,478 5 3,004
OR 16,774 14,396 0 2,378 21,649 19,136 0 2,513 23,043 20,363 0 2,680 23,779 20,840 3 2,936 23,603 19,859 1 3,743 31,527 27,623 1 3,903
PA 42,515 29,438 45 13,032 50,397 36,023 30 14,344 53,538 36,909 30 16,599 58,230 40,032 43 18,154 58,164 40,221 79 31,191 77,587 60,520 52 17,013
PR 14,710 4,217 13 10,480 14,013 4,115 20 9,878 13,460 3,964 31 9,465 14,019 4,098 36 9,885 12,999 4,116 46 8,837 12,704 3,891 24 8,789
RI 4,383 4,086 0 297 4,819 4,434 1 384 4,842 4,448 1 393 4,509 4,166 - 343 4,068 3,806 3 259 5,703 5,405 0 298
SC 11,820 5,592 15 6,213 14,002 6,435 15 7,552 15,575 6,721 16 8,837 16,070 6,969 20 9,081 15,280 6,423 30 8,827 15,352 7,423 16 7,913
SD 1,972 1,901 0 71 2,542 2,454 1 87 2,540 2,415 0 125 2,737 2,576 2 159 2,713 2,506 1 206 3,975 3,682 0 293
TN 48,595 21,265 52 27,278 59,454 27,740 58 31,656 62,473 29,703 63 32,707 64,747 31,653 54 33,040 60,574 29,284 67 31,223 65,360 37,435 57 27,868
TX 59,529 31,034 32 28,463 73,866 39,823 45 33,998 77,056 40,975 85 35,996 88,687 46,457 66 42,164 90,651 47,154 71 43,426 117,612 80,704 66 36,842
UT 14,741 8,771 2 5,968 18,936 12,232 6 6,698 21,527 14,229 7 7,291 21,565 14,765 3 6,797 20,362 14,085 2 6,275 21,476 16,487 4 4,985
VA 35,376 26,310 32 9,034 40,839 30,886 37 9,916 41,861 31,157 36 10,668 42,512 30,957 28 11,527 39,726 28,477 21 11,228 44,621 34,003 20 10,598
VI 49 39 2 8 53 34 1 18 52 32 1 19 49 30 - 19 33 16 - 17 57 43 0 14
VT 1,421 1,289 0 132 1,651 1,496 0 155 1,735 1,538 0 197 1,825 1,587


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