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Bankruptcy Statistics By States 2000-2005

Annual Business and Non-business Filings by State (2000-2005)


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State Code Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer Total Filings Business Filings Non-Business Filings Percent Consumer
AK 1,419 118 1,301 91.68 % 1,473 104 1,369 92.93 % 1,479 120 1,359 91.88 % 1,510 121 1,389 91.99 % 1,508 64 1,444 95.76% 2,297 83 2,214 96.49%
AL 38,849 428 38,421 98.89 % 38,849 428 38,421 98.89 % 41,859 381 41,478 99.08 % 42,421 287 42,134 99.32 % 41,972 325 41,647 99.23% 47,844 331 47,513 99.31%
AR 16,784 261 16,523 98.44 % 21,484 290 21,194 98.65 % 23,546 282 23,264 98.80 % 24,307 429 23,878 98.24 % 24,263 376 23,887 98.45% 30,568 426 30,142 98.61%
AZ 20,955 765 20,190 96.35 % 25,489 753 24,736 97.04 % 29,716 756 28,960 97.45 % 31,811 701 31,110 97.80 % 31,387 480 30,907 98.47% 40,214 525 39,689 98.70%
CA 142,719 4,595 138,124 96.78 % 153,659 5,238 148,421 96.59 % 149,907 5,141 144,766 96.57 % 141,659 4,501 137,158 96.82 % 122,696 3,748 118,948 96.95% 166,768 4,236 162,532 97.46%
CO 15,558 373 15,185 97.60 % 18,800 467 18,333 97.51 % 21,359 590 20,769 97.23 % 25,956 552 25,404 97.87 % 28,169 786 27,383 97.20% 43,293 1,120 42,173 97.41%
CT 10,643 139 10,504 98.69 % 11,613 156 11,457 98.65 % 11,751 181 11,570 98.45 % 12,246 187 12,059 98.47 % 11,423 132 11,291 98.84% 15,272 156 15,116 98.99%
DC 2,346 58 2,288 97.53 % 2,559 49 2,510 98.08 % 2,503 52 2,451 97.92 % 2,311 55 2,256 97.62 % 1,933 41 1,892 97.88% 2,432 46 2,386 98.11%
DE 4,695 2,320 2,375 50.59 % 4,259 1,374 2,885 67.73 % 3,789 649 3,140 82.87 % 3,918 505 3,413 87.11 % 3,668 276 3,392 92.48% 4,368 218 4,150 95.01%
FL 72,731 1,447 71,284 98.01 % 87,112 1,896 85,216 97.82 % 92,177 1,803 90,374 98.04 % 94,424 1,534 92,890 98.38 % 85,889 1,183 84,706 98.62% 107,872 1,622 106,250 98.50%
GA 59,927 1,012 58,915 98.31 % 70,095 1,162 68,933 98.34 % 75,713 1,359 74,354 98.20 % 81,205 1,585 79,620 98.05 % 77,960 2,090 75,870 97.32% 81,505 2,232 79,273 97.26%
GU 155 31 124 80.00 % 288 27 261 90.62 % 379 23 356 93.93 % 367 12 355 96.73 % 346 6 340 98.27% 385 10 375 97.40%
HI 4,549 63 4,486 98.62 % 5,039 68 4,971 98.65 % 4,485 53 4,432 98.81 % 3,795 72 3,723 98.10 % 3,112 47 3,065 98.49% 4,489 81 4,408 98.20%
IA 8,293 214 8,079 97.42 % 11,076 289 10,787 97.39 % 11,808 354 11,454 97.00 % 12,582 323 12,259 97.43 % 13,082 360 12,722 97.25% 18,709 455 18,254 97.57%
ID 7,119 269 6,850 96.22 % 8,265 303 7,962 96.33 % 8,913 260 8,653 97.08 % 9,660 225 9,435 97.67 % 9,488 160 9,328 98.31% 11,967 141 11,826 98.82%
IL 61,162 1,270 59,892 97.92 % 74,583 1,547 73,036 97.92 % 82,331 1,240 81,091 98.49 % 85,511 991 84,520 98.84 % 80,232 912 79,320 98.86% 107,006 1,042 105,964 99.03%
IN 37,524 398 37,126 98.94 % 48,066 604 47,462 98.74 % 53,520 661 52,859 98.76 % 55,795 640 55,155 98.85 % 54,465 524 53,941 99.08% 78,959 758 78,201 99.04%
KS 11,315 169 11,146 98.51 % 13,937 220 13,717 98.42 % 14,969 238 14,731 98.41 % 16,192 303 15,889 98.13 % 16,289 268 16,021 98.35% 22,786 410 22,376 98.20%
KY 21,018 355 20,663 98.31 % 26,183 474 25,709 98.18 % 27,268 445 26,823 98.36 % 29,897 327 29,570 98.91 % 28,118 319 27,799 98.87% 40,274 409 39,865 98.98%
LA 23,135 619 22,516 97.32 % 27,019 716 26,303 97.35 % 27,133 672 26,461 97.52 % 29,575 499 29,076 98.31 % 29,823 622 29,201 97.91% 36,742 718 36,024 98.05%
MA 15,601 393 15,208 97.48 % 17,654 427 17,227 97.58 % 17,399 380 17,019 97.81 % 18,260 396 17,864 97.83 % 18,444 315 18,129 98.29% 26,714 406 26,308 98.48%
MD 30,335 677 29,658 97.77 % 35,388 758 34,630 97.85 % 35,573 873 34,700 97.54 % 34,231 523 33,708 98.47 % 29,467 417 29,050 98.58% 35,345 760 34,585 97.85%
ME 4,042 162 3,880 95.99 % 4,548 151 4,397 96.67 % 4,422 101 4,321 97.71 % 4,660 105 4,555 97.75 % 4,508 138 4,370 96.94% 6,614 144 6,470 97.82%
MI 36,412 577 35,835 98.42 % 46,826 688 46,136 98.52 % 55,607 802 54,805 98.55 % 62,754 684 62,070 98.91 % 64,212 681 63,531 98.94% 89,473 1,071 88,402 98.80%
MN 15,314 1,492 13,822 90.26 % 8,660 620 8,040 92.84 % 19,487 1,729 17,758 91.12 % 20,987 1,379 19,608 93.43 % 17,970 1,374 16,596 92.35% 25,789 1,721 24,068 93.33%
MO 26,020 369 25,651 98.58 % 30,704 505 30,199 98.35 % 34,291 394 33,897 98.85 % 37,830 378 37,452 99.00 % 37,605 354 37,251 99.06% 52,498 438 52,060 99.17%
MS 18,458 203 18,255 98.90 % 22,116 289 21,827 98.69 % 22,397 309 22,080 98.58 % 22,246 282 21,964 98.73 % 21,177 170 21,007 99.20% 23,681 200 23,481 99.16%
MT 3,336 141 3,195 95.77 % 4,002 149 3,853 96.27 % 4,062 120 3,942 97.04 % 4,385 98 4,287 97.77 % 4,332 109 4,223 97.48% 5,899 129 5,770 97.81%
NC 27,091 445 26,646 98.36 % 33,712 613 33,009 98.18 % 36,382 576 35,806 98.41 % 39,165 528 38,637 98.65 % 36,604 486 36,118 98.67% 43,014 612 42,402 98.56%
ND 1,933 92 1,841 95.24 % 2,232 115 2,117 94.84 % 2,074 116 1,958 94.40 % 2,293 238 2,188 95.42 % 2,288 85 2,203 96.28% 3,539 95 3,444 97.32%
NE 5,629 115 5,514 97.96 % 7,702 144 7,058 91.63 % 7,721 152 7,569 98.03 % 8,625 238 8,387 97.24 % 8,992 207 8,785 97.70% 12,113 296 11,817 97.56%
NH 3,615 302 3,313 91.65 % 3,931 334 3,597 99.50 % 4,034 212 3,822 94.74 % 4,426 178 4,248 95.98 % 4,651 158 4,493 96.60% 6,097 586 5,511 90.39%
NJ 37,305 660 36,645 98.23 % 41,484 730 40,754 98.24 % 40,999 689 40,310 98.31 % 42,377 734 41,643 98.27 % 41,280 684 40,596 98.34% 49,567 765 48,832 98.52%
NM 7,032 513 6,519 92.70 % 8,660 620 8,040 92.84 % 9,274 693 8,581 92.52 % 9,777 774 9,003 92.08 % 9,520 727 8,793 92.36% 12,420 828 11,592 93.33%
NMI 15 6 9 60.00 % 26 8 18 69.23 % 25 3 22 88.00 % 19 3 16 84.21 % 23 1 22 95.65% 32 1 31 96.88%
NV 14,010 332 13,678 97.63 % 18,102 419 17,683 97.68 % 19,736 462 19,274 97.65 % 20,561 321 20,240 98.44 % 16,912 257 16,655 98.48% 23,786 333 23,453 98.60%
NY 59,170 1,960 57,210 96.69 % 69,060 2,432 66,628 96.47 % 72,290 2,585 69,705 96.42 % 75,799 1,987 73,812 97.38 % 79,978 4,070 75,908 94.91% 109,601 2,112 107,489 98.07%
OH 54,184 1,471 52,713 97.29 % 71,086 1,794 69,292 97.47 % 78,825 1,538 77,287 98.04 % 89,771 1,426 88,345 98.41 % 89,848 1,432 88,416 98.41% 135,640 2,099 133,541 98.45%
OK 19,279 876 18,403 95.46 % 23,504 941 22,563 95.99 % 24,497 607 23,890 97.52 % 27,202 612 26,590 97.75 % 26,652 659 25,993 97.53% 39,431 944 38,487 97.61%
OR 18,227 1,453 16,774 92.03 % 23,038 1,389 21,649 93.97 % 24,649 1,606 23,043 93.48 % 25,370 1,591 23,779 93.73 % 24,455 852 23,603 96.51% 32,687 1,160 31,527 96.45%
PA 43,970 1,455 42,515 96.69 % 51,938 1,541 50,397 97.03 % 54,801 1,263 53,538 97.69 % 59,423 1,193 58,230 97.99 % 59,302 1,138 58,164 98.08% 78,943 1,356 77,587 98.28%
PR 14,919 209 14,710 98.60 % 14,346 333 14,013 97.67 % 13,811 351 13,460 97.45 % 14,273 254 14,019 98.22 % 13,285 286 12,999 97.85% 13,176 472 12,704 96.42%
RI 4,457 74 4,383 98.34 % 4,883 64 4,819 98.68 % 4,907 65 4,842 98.67 % 4,557 48 4,509 98.95 % 4,142 74 4,068 98.21% 5,839 136 5,703 97.67%
SC 11,958 138 11,820 98.85 % 14,149 147 14,002 98.96 % 15,753 178 15,575 98.87 % 16,212 142 16,070 99.12 % 15,455 175 15,280 98.87% 15,528 176 15,352 98.87%
SD 2,706 164 2,542 93.93 % 2,706 164 2,542 93.93 % 2,659 119 2,540 95.52 % 2,847 110 2,737 96.14 % 2,821 108 2,713 96.17% 4,171 196 3,975 95.30%
TN 49,236 641 48,595 98.70 % 60,340 886 59,454 98.53 % 63,208 735 62,473 98.83 % 65,344 597 64,747 99.09 % 61,122 548 60,574 98.94% 65,934 574 65,360 99.13%
TX 62,121 2,592 59,529 95.83 % 77,021 3,155 58,056 75.37 % 80,050 2,994 77,056 96.25 % 91,840 3,153 88,687 96.57 % 93,745 3,094 90,651 96.70% 121,202 3,590 117,612 97.03%
UT 15,192 451 14,741 97.03 % 19,411 475 18,936 97.55 % 22,129 602 21,527 97.27 % 22,084 519 21,565 97.65 % 41,585 299 41,286 99.28% 21,925 449 21,476 97.95%
VA 36,191 815 35,376 97.75 % 51,986 1,246 50,800 97.71 % 42,830 969 41,861 97.73 % 43,468 956 42,512 97.80 % 40,476 750 39,726 98.15% 45,097 476 44,621 98.94%
VI 56 7 49 87.50 % 65 12 53 81.53 % 60 8 52 86.66 % 52 3 49 94.23 % 38 5 33 86.84% 64 7 57 89.06%
VT 1,492 71 1,421 95.24 % 1,748 97 1,651 94.45 % 1,826 91 1,735 95.01 % 1,903 78 1,825 95.90 % 1,698 85 1,613 95.00% 2,622 78 2,544 97.03%
WA 31,131 717 30,414 97.70 % 37,135 642 36,493 98.22 % 39,243 698 39,545 98.22 % 40,555 737 39,818 98.18 % 38,409 7,426 37,744 98.27% 46,930 786 46,144 98.32%
WI 17,849 685 17,164 96.16 % 22,081 734 21,347 96.67 % 25,295 856 24,439 96.61 % 28,246 722 27,524 97.44 % 27,410 742 26,668 97.29% 38,240 820 37,420 97.86%
WV 8,646 277 8,369 96.80 % 10,223 322 9,901 96.85 % 10,466 357 10,109 96.58 % 11,101 290 10,811 97.39 % 11,534 247 11,287 97.86% 17,757 282 17,475 98.41%
WY 2,078 47 2,031 97.74 % 2,493 45 2,448 98.19 % 2,264 47 2,217 97.92 % 2,460 44 2,416 98.21 % 2,482 65 2,417 97.38% 3,267 84 3,183 97.43%

 

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