Personal Bankruptcy Rate in 2006 National Rate = 360 Personal Bankruptcies per 100,000 Population*
ALPHA ORDER RANK ORDER
RANK STATE 4 49 33 5 45 12 41 35 32 8 50 19 16 1 29 17 7 13 46 26 43 9 40 14 11 25 21 10 47 30 37 31 36 39 3 6 18 24 34 48 42 2 38 20 43 28 22 15 23 27 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
RATE 597 185 278 549 226 451 247 275 281 525 170 394 438 701 295 432 527 448 225 322 231 519 249 444 488 337 365 503 219 291 269 290 272 263 620 532 422 340 276 195 233 668 267 382 231 296 363 439 350 300
RANK STATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 Indiana Tennessee Ohio Alabama Arkansas Oklahoma Kentucky Georgia Michigan Nevada Missouri Colorado Louisiana Mississippi West Virginia Illinois Kansas Oregon Idaho Utah Nebraska Washington Wisconsin Pennsylvania Montana Maryland Wyoming Virginia Iowa New Jersey New York Florida Arizona Rhode Island Delaware North Carolina New Mexico Texas North Dakota Minnesota Connecticut South Dakota Massachusetts Vermont California Maine New Hampshire South Carolina Alaska Hawaii
RATE 701 668 620 597 549 532 527 525 519 503 488 451 448 444 439 438 432 422 394 382 365 363 350 340 337 322 300 296 295 291 290 281 278 276 275 272 269 267 263 249 247 233 231 231 226 225 219 195 185 170
District of Columbia 220 Source: Morgan Quitno Press using data from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts "Table F-2, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts" (press release, December 1, 2006) *For 12 months through September 2006. National rate does not include bankruptcies or population in U.S. territories. Includes all nonbusiness bankruptcies.
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