Total Personal Bankruptcy in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Bankruptcies
1	California	06000	50,424
2	Florida	12000	20,409
3	Georgia	13000	17,218
4	Illinois	17000	16,177
5	Ohio	39000	12,641
6	Michigan	26000	11,931
7	Texas	48000	11,610
8	Tennessee	47000	10,771
9	New York	36000	10,506
10	New Jersey	34000	8,081
11	Indiana	18000	7,913
12	Virginia	51000	7,468
13	Arizona	04000	7,111
14	Alabama	01000	7,024
15	Pennsylvania	42000	6,980
16	Washington	53000	6,902
17	Colorado	08000	6,514
18	Missouri	29000	6,090
19	Wisconsin	55000	5,675
20	Maryland	24000	5,494
21	North Carolina	37000	5,254
22	Nevada	32000	4,973
23	Kentucky	21000	4,869
24	Massachusetts	25000	4,348
25	Minnesota	27000	4,304
26	Oregon	41000	3,793
27	Louisiana	22000	3,781
28	Utah	49000	3,725
29	Mississippi	28000	3,140
30	Arkansas	05000	3,053
31	Oklahoma	40000	2,843
32	Kansas	20000	2,138
33	Connecticut	09000	1,963
34	South Carolina	45000	1,862
35	Idaho	16000	1,625
36	Iowa	19000	1,590
37	Nebraska	31000	1,360
38	New Mexico	35000	1,216
39	New Hampshire	33000	996
40	West Virginia	54000	960
41	Rhode Island	44000	951
42	Delaware	10000	845
43	Hawaii	15000	685
44	Maine	23000	684
45	Montana	30000	440
46	South Dakota	46000	380
47	North Dakota	38000	285
48	Wyoming	56000	269
49	Vermont	50000	238
50	Alaska	02000	229
51	District of Columbia	11000	212
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