According to the U.S. Courts, the number of bankruptcy filings increased by 38% in 2007. The total number filed was 850,912 versus 617,660 filed in 2006. Of the filings, 519,364 were Chapter 7 and 324,771 were Chapter 13, the two major types of consumer bankruptcy.
Below is each state's bankruptcy ranking based on filings per capita.
State | Total Filings* | Filings Per Capita**- Tennessee | 39,593 | 6.43
- Georgia | 50,092 | 5.25
- Alabama | 23,856 | 5.15
- Indiana | 31,122 | 4.90
- Michigan | 46,190 | 4.59
- Ohio | 50,723 | 4.42
- Nevada | 10,593 | 4.27
- Arkansas | 11,852 | 4.18
- Kentucky | 17,157 | 4.05
- Mississippi | 46,190 | 3.84
- Missouri | 21,257 | 3.62
- Louisiana | 14,227 | 3.33
- Illinois | 41,456 | 3.23
- Colorado | 15,499 | 3.19
- Nebraska | 5,364 | 3.02
- Kansas | 8,072 | 2.91
- Wisconsin | 17,849 | 2.83
- Rhode Island | 2,817 | 2.66
- Idaho | 3,838 | 2.56
- Virginia | 19,478 | 2.53
- Oklahoma | 9,127 | 2.52
- Oregon | 9,386 | 2.50
- West Virginia | 4,492 | 2.48
- Maryland | 13,733 | 2.44
- Utah | 6,464 | 2.44
- Pennsylvania | 29,962 | 2.41
- Washington | 15,568 | 2.41
- Iowa | 7,036 | 2.35
- Delaware | 2,002 | 2.32
- New Jersey | 19,948 | 2.30
- Minnesota | 11,902 | 2.29
- Florida | 41,462 | 2.27
- New Hampshire | 2,983 | 2.27
- North Carolina | 19,710 | 2.18
- Massachusetts | 13,705 | 2.12
- New York | 40,519 | 2.10
- California | 72,615 | 1.99
- Puerto Rico | 7,786 | 1.98
- Montana | 1,879 | 1.96
- North Dakota | 1,206 | 1.89
- Texas | 42,931 | 1.80
- Maine | 2,304 | 1.75
- New Mexico | 3,403 | 1.73
- Arizona | 10,920 | 1.72
- South Dakota | 1,366 | 1.72
- Connecticut | 5,890 | 1.68
- South Carolina | 7,291 | 1.65
- Wyoming | 795 | 1.52
- Vermont | 895 | 1.44
- District of Columbia | 712 | 1.21
- Hawaii | 1,386 | 1.08
- Alaska | 697 | 1.02
- Guam | 133 | 0.77
- Virgin Islands | 23 | 0.21
- Northern Mariana Islands | 17 | 0.20
**From the U.S. Courts
