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United States
Business Bankruptcy Statistics

United States Business Bankruptcy Statistics

The table below summarizes U.S. business bankruptcy statistics by chapter by district for the 12 month fiscal year ending September 30th, 2004. Some states have more than one district. Click here for a list of U.S. Bankruptcy Courts by Circuit. Click here for a summary of U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Statistics.

1st Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
ME	83	41	1	19	144
MA	162	156	0	2	320
NH	137	13	0	11	161
PR	143	85	6	29	263
RI	58	16	0	4	78

2nd Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
CT	69	75	0	1	145
NY-N	186	46	8	67	307
NY-E	139	149	0	3	291
NY-S	167	2,941	1	14	3,198
NY-W	187	54	3	61	306
VT	60	13	0	15	88

3rd Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
DE	49	287	0	15	351
NJ	391	262	3	48	704
PA-E	208	126	1	61	396
PA-M	158	38	0	66	262
PA-W	260	155	3	47	465
VI	2	2	0	0	4

4th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
MD	256	132	0	43	431
NC-E	114	56	10	9	189
NC-M	97	36	0	50	183
NC-W	38	66	1	0	105
SC	122	30	0	30	183
VA-E	233	84	1	16	335
VA-W	412	38	1	70	521
WV-N	116	12	1	6	135
WV-S	88	33	0	6	127

5th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
LA-E	89	37	0	1	127
LA-M	15	19	1	2	37
LA-W	192	35	9	194	431
MS-N	40	25	2	3	70
MS-S	64	33	0	16	113
TX-N	660	341	8	255	1,267
TX-E	196	76	4	90	367
TX-S	427	208	0	66	701
TX-W	433	198	2	171	804

6th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 12	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
KY-E	102	26	4	14	146
KY-W	73	91	2	10	176
MI-E	227	156	2	26	414
MI-W	163	42	2	24	232
OH-N	664	78	2	105	849
OH-S