Ch. 7 Personal Bankruptcy % of Total in Qtr:4 of 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	% of Bankruptcies in Class
1	South Dakota	46000	90.5%
2	Iowa	19000	89.8%
3	Connecticut	09000	89.5%
4	New Mexico	35000	89.1%
5	Maine	23000	86.4%
6	North Dakota	38000	86.3%
7	Idaho	16000	86.2%
8	Alaska	02000	86.0%
9	West Virginia	54000	85.4%
10	Arizona	04000	84.5%
11	New York	36000	83.9%
12	Minnesota	27000	82.9%
13	Montana	30000	82.7%
14	Colorado	08000	82.2%
15	Michigan	26000	82.1%
16	Oklahoma	40000	81.5%
17	Rhode Island	44000	80.5%
18	Wyoming	56000	80.3%
19	Maryland	24000	79.3%
20	Washington	53000	78.7%
21	District of Columbia	11000	78.3%
22	Nevada	32000	78.2%
22	Vermont	50000	78.2%
24	New Jersey	34000	78.0%
25	Oregon	41000	77.6%
26	Hawaii	15000	76.4%
27	New Hampshire	33000	75.7%
28	Wisconsin	55000	75.1%
29	Ohio	39000	73.7%
30	California	06000	73.2%
30	Massachusetts	25000	73.2%
32	Kentucky	21000	72.9%
33	Florida	12000	72.7%
34	Indiana	18000	70.7%
35	Illinois	17000	70.1%
35	Pennsylvania	42000	70.1%
37	Missouri	29000	69.8%
38	Delaware	10000	67.8%
39	Nebraska	31000	67.4%
40	Kansas	20000	65.7%
41	Virginia	51000	64.1%
42	Utah	49000	63.3%
43	Arkansas	05000	51.1%
44	Mississippi	28000	50.4%
45	North Carolina	37000	45.1%
46	Georgia	13000	43.8%
47	Tennessee	47000	42.6%
48	South Carolina	45000	42.0%
49	Texas	48000	40.0%
50	Alabama	01000	34.0%
51	Louisiana	22000	31.3%
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