Ch. 13 Personal Bankruptcy in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Bankruptcies
1	California	06000	13,373
2	Georgia	13000	9,666
3	Texas	48000	6,955
4	Tennessee	47000	6,164
5	Florida	12000	5,533
6	Illinois	17000	4,831
7	Alabama	01000	4,633
8	Ohio	39000	3,322
9	North Carolina	37000	2,881
10	Virginia	51000	2,678
11	Louisiana	22000	2,596
12	Indiana	18000	2,314
13	Michigan	26000	2,132
14	Pennsylvania	42000	2,081
15	Missouri	29000	1,838
16	New Jersey	34000	1,775
17	New York	36000	1,682
18	Mississippi	28000	1,556
19	Arkansas	05000	1,492
20	Washington	53000	1,461
21	Wisconsin	55000	1,413
22	Utah	49000	1,367
23	Kentucky	21000	1,317
24	Colorado	08000	1,157
25	Massachusetts	25000	1,147
26	Maryland	24000	1,126
27	South Carolina	45000	1,074
28	Arizona	04000	1,073
29	Nevada	32000	1,049
30	Oregon	41000	848
31	Kansas	20000	734
31	Minnesota	27000	734
33	Oklahoma	40000	526
34	Nebraska	31000	444
35	Delaware	10000	272
36	New Hampshire	33000	241
37	Idaho	16000	222
38	Connecticut	09000	198
39	Rhode Island	44000	185
40	Hawaii	15000	162
40	Iowa	19000	162
42	West Virginia	54000	140
43	New Mexico	35000	129
44	Maine	23000	93
45	Montana	30000	75
46	Wyoming	56000	53
47	Vermont	50000	52
48	District of Columbia	11000	45
49	North Dakota	38000	39
50	South Dakota	46000	36
51	Alaska	02000	32
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