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United States
Personal Bankruptcy Statistics

United States Personal Bankruptcy Statistics

The table below summarizes personal 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. Business Bankruptcy Statistics.

1st Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
ME	4,071	2	420	4,493
MA	15,259	18	2,457	17,734
NH	3,971	3	438	4,412
PR	3,848	2	294	4,144
RI	4,231	42	9,159	13,432

2nd Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
CT	9,488	21	1,190	11,499
NY-N	13,224	2	3,941	17,167
NY-E	21,632	14	5,092	26,738
NY-S	15,494	14	2,163	17,671
NY-W	11,589	3	3,584	15,176
VT	1,456	0	229	1,685

3rd Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
DE	2,016	3	1,370	3,389
NJ	26,833	43	13,682	40,558
PA-E	13,627	23	10,612	24,262
PA-M	10,618	6	3,360	13,984
PA-W	16,032	42	4,123	20,197
VI	15	0	19	34

4th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
MD	20,626	9	9,372	30,007
NC-E	7,385	12	7,468	14,865
NC-M	5,553	2	6,368	11,923
NC-W	5,650	13	4,411	10,074
SC	6,600	24	8,825	15,449
VA-E	19,858	26	8,702	28,586
VA-W	9,602	1	2,284	11,887
WV-N	4,215	5	229	4,449
WV-S	6,464	5	331	6,800

5th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
LA-E	6,652	11	3,192	9,855
LA-M	2,924	4	1,270	4,198
LA-W	8,561	3	6,773	15,337
MS-N	5,711	0	2,601	8,312
MS-S	8,513	5	4,338	12,856
TX-N	14,798	17	16,478	31,293
TX-E	7,523	3	5,311	12,837
TX-S	13,301	34	12,601	25,936
TX-W	11,740	19	8,739	20,498

6th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
KY-E	10,853	1	2,089	12,943
KY-W	11,935	6	3,349	15,290
MI-E	31,696	12	14,813	46,521
MI-W	13,310	4	3,401	16,715
OH-N	39,322	5	8,260	47,587
OH-S	31,131	7	10,438	41,576
TN-E	12,495	10	7,158	19,663
TN-M	9,348	44	6,490	15,882
TN-W	8,298	6	18,070	26,365

7th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
IL-N	39,868	27	14,606	54,501
IL-C	13,380	3	2,222	15,605
IL-S	6,883	5	2,833	9,671
IN-N	17,485	4	3,490	20,979
IN-S	26,408	9	7,781	34,198
WI-E	14,631	0	3,397	18,028
WI-W	7,605	12	1,075	8,692

8th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
AR-E	8,320	1	7,093	15,414
AR-W	5,837	1	2,740	8,578
IA-N	4,641	1	168	4,810
IA-S	7,404	0	413	7,817
MN	13,608	0	3,468	17,076
MO-E	13,388	5	6,292	19,685
MO-W	12,375	4	3,234	17,613
NE	6,834	7	1,874	8,715
ND	2,102	0	99	2,201
SD	2,568	3	194	2,765

9th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
AK	1,260	0	135	1,395
AZ	25,703	44	5,457	31,205
CA-N	15,740	38	5,541	21,319
CA-E	24,261	4	4,308	28,573
CA-C	56,452	35	6,340	62,827
CA-S	9,455	12	1,719	11,186
HI	2,807	7	374	3,186
ID	8,099	7	1,177	9,283
MT	3,823	1	447	4,271
NV	14,141	10	3,970	18,121
OR	20,008	0	3,633	23,641
WA-E	7,469	8	1,997	9,474
WA-W	23,341	22	5,714	19,077
GUAM	328	0	36	364
NMI	13	0	1	14

10th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
CO	24,286	9	2,807	27,102
KS	13,145	6	2,987	16,138
NM	7,908	7	760	8,675
OK-N	6,749	1	701	7,451
OK-E	4,630	0	389	5,019
OK-W	12,276	0	1,890	14,166
UT	14,442	0	6,389	20,831
WY	2,194	6	183	2,383

11th Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
AL-N	13,311	16	12,303	25,630
AL-M	4,002	2	4,462	8,466
AL-S	2,935	6	4,561	7,502
FL-N	5,401	5	1,335	6,741
FL-M	38,543	33	14,449	53,026
FL-S	21,103	18	6,280	27,401
GA-N	23,335	21	20,356	43,712
GA-M	8,081	2	9,617	17,700
GA-S	4,203	1	11,518	15,722

DC Circuit

	CHAPTER 7	CHAPTER 11	CHAPTER 13	TOTAL
DC	1,432	3	507	1,942

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