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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 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
ME

4,071

24204,493
MA

15,259

182,45717,734
NH

3,971

34384,412
PR

3,848

22944,144
RI

4,231

429,15913,432
 

 

2nd Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
CT

9,488

211,19011,499
NY-N

13,224

23,94117,167
NY-E

21,632

145,09226,738
NY-S

15,494

142,16317,671
NY-W

11,589

33,58415,176
VT

1,456

02291,685
 

 

3rd Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
DE

2,016

31,3703,389
NJ

26,833

4313,68240,558
PA-E

13,627

2310,61224,262
PA-M

10,618

63,36013,984
PA-W

16,032

424,12320,197
VI

15

01934
 

 

4th Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
MD

20,626

99,37230,007
NC-E

7,385

127,46814,865
NC-M

5,553

26,36811,923
NC-W

5,650

134,41110,074
SC

6,600

248,82515,449
VA-E

19,858

268,70228,586
VA-W

9,602

12,28411,887
WV-N

4,215

52294,449
WV-S

6,464

53316,800
 

 

5th Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
LA-E

6,652

113,1929,855
LA-M

2,924

41,2704,198
LA-W

8,561

36,77315,337
MS-N

5,711

02,6018,312
MS-S

8,513

54,33812,856
TX-N

14,798

1716,47831,293
TX-E

7,523

35,31112,837
TX-S

13,301

3412,60125,936
TX-W

11,740

198,73920,498
 

 

6th Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
KY-E

10,853

12,08912,943
KY-W

11,935

63,34915,290
MI-E

31,696

1214,81346,521
MI-W

13,310

43,40116,715
OH-N

39,322

58,26047,587
OH-S

31,131

710,43841,576
TN-E

12,495

107,15819,663
TN-M

9,348

446,49015,882
TN-W

8,298

618,07026,365
 

 

7th Circuit

 

 

 

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11CHAPTER 13TOTAL
IL-N

39,868

2714,60654,501
IL-C

13,380

32,22215,605
IL-S

6,883

52,8339,671
IN-N

17,485

43,49020,979
IN-S

26,408

97,78134,198
WI-E

14,631

03,39718,028
WI-W

7,605

121,0758,692