2006 bankruptcies by state 
statistical chart of bankruptcies by state for calendar year 2006 - taken from website maintained by the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee.
Quarterly Filings by State (2006) Total 147917 State Q1 Q2 Q3 Average Georgia 8,643 9,582 10,977 9734 California 6,543 9,704 10,983 9077 Texas 7,225 8,541 10,133 8633 Ohio 5,875 9,148 10,047 8357 Michigan 6,686 7,989 9,556 8077 Tennessee 6,551 7,930 9,505 7995 Illinois 6,157 7,587 8,402 7382 New York 5,262 7,820 7,385 6822 Florida 4,833 6,506 6,963 6101 Pennsylvania 4,871 5,984 6,621 5825 Indiana 3,818 5,871 6,352 5347 Alabama 3,687 4,915 5,557 4720 North Carolina 3,848 4,153 4,503 4168 Missouri 3,095 3,931 4,492 3839 New Jersey 2,829 3,593 3,612 3345 Virginia 2,598 3,151 3,483 3077 Kentucky 2,264 3,059 3,561 2961 Washington 2,370 3,102 3,268 2913 Wisconsin 1,967 3,189 3,126 2761 Louisiana 2,058 2,933 3,221 2737 Colorado 1,483 2,688 2,892 2354 Maryland 1,960 2,435 2,555 2317 Arkansas 1,786 2,468 2,644 2299 Mississippi 1,572 2,181 2,606 2120 Oregon 1,571 1,999 2,306 1959 Arizona 1,499 2,329 1,975 1934 Massachusetts 1,388 2,090 2,278 1919 Minnesota 1,326 1,964 2,179 1823 Oklahoma 1,239 1,758 2,112 1703 Kansas 1,070 1,774 1,817 1554 South Carolina 1,348 1,513 1,604 1488 Utah 1,072 1,427 1,471 1323Nevada 888 1,422 1,571 1294 Connecticut 786 1,785 1,216 1262 Puerto Rico 900 1,252 1,567 1240 Iowa 841 1,243 1,407 1164 Nebraska 750 1,033 1,145 976 West Virginia 556 760 851 722 Idaho 526 799 802 709 New Mexico 511 636 635 594 Montana 403 565 433 467 New Hampshire 322 464 550 445 Rhode Island 301 397 433 377 Delaware 325 387 399 370 Maine 227 324 377 309 Hawaii 181 274 256 237 South Dakota 154 263 253 223 North Dakota 128 175 222 175 Wyoming 122 203 200 175 Vermont 133 179 158 157 Alaska 95 176 177 149 District of Columbia 98 145 145 129 Guam 24 26 44 31 Virgin Islands 6 3 8 6 North Mariana Islands 0 8 1 3Georgia Tennessee Indiana Virginia Colorado Arizona South Carolina Iowa Montana Hawaii Alaska 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 # filers 2006 Filings by State9734 9077 8633 8357 8077 7995 7382 6822 6101 5825 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 Georgia California Texas Ohio Michigan Tennessee Illinois New York Florida Pennsylvania 2006 filings (Q1-3)