Ch. 13 Personal Bankruptcy % of Total in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	% of Bankruptcies in Class
1	Louisiana	22000	68.7%
2	Alabama	01000	66.0%
3	Texas	48000	59.9%
4	South Carolina	45000	57.7%
5	Tennessee	47000	57.2%
6	Georgia	13000	56.1%
7	North Carolina	37000	54.8%
8	Mississippi	28000	49.6%
9	Arkansas	05000	48.9%
10	Utah	49000	36.7%
11	Virginia	51000	35.9%
12	Kansas	20000	34.3%
13	Nebraska	31000	32.6%
14	Delaware	10000	32.2%
15	Missouri	29000	30.2%
16	Illinois	17000	29.9%
17	Pennsylvania	42000	29.8%
18	Indiana	18000	29.2%
19	Florida	12000	27.1%
20	Kentucky	21000	27.0%
21	California	06000	26.5%
22	Massachusetts	25000	26.4%
23	Ohio	39000	26.3%
24	Wisconsin	55000	24.9%
25	New Hampshire	33000	24.2%
26	Hawaii	15000	23.6%
27	Oregon	41000	22.4%
28	New Jersey	34000	22.0%
29	Vermont	50000	21.8%
30	District of Columbia	11000	21.2%
30	Washington	53000	21.2%
32	Nevada	32000	21.1%
33	Maryland	24000	20.5%
34	Wyoming	56000	19.7%
35	Rhode Island	44000	19.5%
36	Oklahoma	40000	18.5%
37	Michigan	26000	17.9%
38	Colorado	08000	17.8%
39	Minnesota	27000	17.1%
40	Montana	30000	17.0%
41	New York	36000	16.0%
42	Arizona	04000	15.1%
43	West Virginia	54000	14.6%
44	Alaska	02000	14.0%
45	Idaho	16000	13.7%
45	North Dakota	38000	13.7%
47	Maine	23000	13.6%
48	New Mexico	35000	10.6%
49	Iowa	19000	10.2%
50	Connecticut	09000	10.1%
51	South Dakota	46000	9.5%
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