Ch. 7 Personal Bankruptcy in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Bankruptcies
1	California	06000	36,897
2	Florida	12000	14,843
3	Illinois	17000	11,341
4	Michigan	26000	9,795
5	Ohio	39000	9,317
6	New York	36000	8,813
7	Georgia	13000	7,546
8	New Jersey	34000	6,300
9	Arizona	04000	6,010
10	Indiana	18000	5,598
11	Washington	53000	5,431
12	Colorado	08000	5,356
13	Pennsylvania	42000	4,893
14	Virginia	51000	4,786
15	Texas	48000	4,645
16	Tennessee	47000	4,592
17	Maryland	24000	4,358
18	Wisconsin	55000	4,260
19	Missouri	29000	4,251
20	Nevada	32000	3,889
21	Minnesota	27000	3,569
22	Kentucky	21000	3,549
23	Massachusetts	25000	3,181
24	Oregon	41000	2,945
25	Alabama	01000	2,387
26	North Carolina	37000	2,367
27	Utah	49000	2,358
28	Oklahoma	40000	2,317
29	Connecticut	09000	1,757
30	Mississippi	28000	1,584
31	Arkansas	05000	1,561
32	Iowa	19000	1,428
33	Kansas	20000	1,404
34	Idaho	16000	1,401
35	Louisiana	22000	1,182
36	New Mexico	35000	1,084
37	Nebraska	31000	916
38	West Virginia	54000	820
39	South Carolina	45000	782
40	Rhode Island	44000	766
41	New Hampshire	33000	754
42	Maine	23000	591
43	Delaware	10000	573
44	Hawaii	15000	523
45	Montana	30000	364
46	South Dakota	46000	344
47	North Dakota	38000	246
48	Wyoming	56000	216
49	Alaska	02000	197
50	Vermont	50000	186
51	District of Columbia	11000	166
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