Ch. 7 Business Bankruptcy in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Bankruptcies
1	California	06000	1,247
2	Florida	12000	660
3	Texas	48000	547
4	Illinois	17000	450
5	Georgia	13000	404
6	New York	36000	282
7	Michigan	26000	270
8	Ohio	39000	246
9	Arizona	04000	223
10	Colorado	08000	220
11	New Jersey	34000	203
12	North Carolina	37000	200
13	Washington	53000	196
14	Pennsylvania	42000	182
15	Tennessee	47000	157
16	Virginia	51000	150
17	Wisconsin	55000	139
18	Minnesota	27000	132
19	Nevada	32000	128
20	Indiana	18000	121
21	Kentucky	21000	110
22	Missouri	29000	106
23	Alabama	01000	105
24	Louisiana	22000	102
24	Utah	49000	102
26	Oregon	41000	98
27	Maryland	24000	97
28	Iowa	19000	93
29	Oklahoma	40000	83
30	Massachusetts	25000	71
31	Idaho	16000	70
32	Arkansas	05000	68
33	Mississippi	28000	63
34	South Carolina	45000	62
35	Connecticut	09000	51
36	New Hampshire	33000	48
37	Maine	23000	45
38	Nebraska	31000	35
38	New Mexico	35000	35
40	Rhode Island	44000	30
41	Hawaii	15000	29
42	Kansas	20000	28
43	West Virginia	54000	27
44	South Dakota	46000	18
45	Montana	30000	16
46	Wyoming	56000	15
47	Delaware	10000	14
48	Vermont	50000	12
49	District of Columbia	11000	11
50	Alaska	02000	10
51	North Dakota	38000	6
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