Ch. 12 Business Bankruptcy % of Total in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	% of Bankruptcies in Class
1	Kansas	20000	14.3%
2	Montana	30000	6.7%
3	Massachusetts	25000	6.2%
4	Arkansas	05000	5.4%
4	Wisconsin	55000	5.4%
6	Nebraska	31000	4.8%
7	South Dakota	46000	4.2%
8	Idaho	16000	3.7%
9	Oklahoma	40000	2.9%
10	Hawaii	15000	2.8%
11	Louisiana	22000	2.7%
12	Georgia	13000	2.3%
13	Kentucky	21000	2.2%
14	Maryland	24000	2.0%
15	Maine	23000	1.8%
16	Alabama	01000	1.4%
16	Pennsylvania	42000	1.4%
18	Connecticut	09000	1.2%
19	California	06000	1.1%
19	Michigan	26000	1.1%
21	Iowa	19000	1.0%
21	New York	36000	1.0%
23	Delaware	10000	0.9%
23	Tennessee	47000	0.9%
25	Oregon	41000	0.8%
26	Missouri	29000	0.7%
26	North Carolina	37000	0.7%
28	Arizona	04000	0.6%
28	Minnesota	27000	0.6%
30	Washington	53000	0.4%
31	Florida	12000	0.3%
31	Ohio	39000	0.3%
33	Texas	48000	0.2%
34	Alaska	02000	0.0%
34	Colorado	08000	0.0%
34	District of Columbia	11000	0.0%
34	Illinois	17000	0.0%
34	Indiana	18000	0.0%
34	Mississippi	28000	0.0%
34	Nevada	32000	0.0%
34	New Hampshire	33000	0.0%
34	New Jersey	34000	0.0%
34	New Mexico	35000	0.0%
34	North Dakota	38000	0.0%
34	Rhode Island	44000	0.0%
34	South Carolina	45000	0.0%
34	Utah	49000	0.0%
34	Vermont	50000	0.0%
34	Virginia	51000	0.0%
34	West Virginia	54000	0.0%
34	Wyoming	56000	0.0%
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