Total Business Bankruptcy in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Bankruptcies
1	California	06000	1,660
2	Florida	12000	912
3	Texas	48000	828
4	Georgia	13000	561
5	Illinois	17000	556
6	New York	36000	521
7	Michigan	26000	350
8	Arizona	04000	323
9	Ohio	39000	297
10	New Jersey	34000	296
11	Pennsylvania	42000	290
12	North Carolina	37000	287
13	Washington	53000	279
14	Colorado	08000	266
15	Delaware	10000	226
16	Tennessee	47000	212
17	Nevada	32000	195
18	Virginia	51000	192
19	Wisconsin	55000	184
20	Indiana	18000	161
21	Minnesota	27000	155
22	Missouri	29000	150
23	Louisiana	22000	149
24	Maryland	24000	147
25	Alabama	01000	139
26	Utah	49000	137
27	Kentucky	21000	136
28	Oregon	41000	126
29	Massachusetts	25000	113
30	Iowa	19000	105
31	Oklahoma	40000	103
32	Arkansas	05000	93
33	Mississippi	28000	90
34	Connecticut	09000	86
35	South Carolina	45000	85
36	New Hampshire	33000	84
37	Idaho	16000	82
38	Maine	23000	57
39	Kansas	20000	49
40	New Mexico	35000	43
41	Nebraska	31000	42
42	West Virginia	54000	41
43	Rhode Island	44000	37
44	Hawaii	15000	36
45	Montana	30000	30
46	South Dakota	46000	24
47	District of Columbia	11000	20
48	Wyoming	56000	19
49	Vermont	50000	18
50	Alaska	02000	13
51	North Dakota	38000	7
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Note: A new bankruptcy law went into effect in the fall of 2005 that made filing for bankruptcy more difficult; therefore the numbers may fluctuate more than they have in the past.

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: February 08, 2012 at 12:22