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American Bankruptcy Institute | 5th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

 


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5th Circuit
Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
Eastern District of Louisiana Middle District of Louisiana Western District of Louisiana Northern District of Mississippi Southern District of Mississippi Eastern District of Texas Northern District of Texas Southern District of Texas Western District of Texas
1990
5,058
1,627
6,230
3,822
7,407
3,097
16,009
12,069
11,982
1991
5,572
1,575
6,633
4,299
8,501
3,661
18,004
13,068
12,861
1992
5,486
1,397
7,217
4,014
8,120
4,007
20,121
13,905
12,438
1993
4,779
1,391
6,393
3,603
6,741
4,278
16,184
12,584
10,780
1994
4,499
1,506
6,522
3,355
6,535
4,779
15,000
11,915
9,944
1995
5,004
1,712
8,019
4,002
7,821
6,091
16,455
14,028
11,707
1996
6,444
2,574
11,419
5,426
10,317
8,392
20,677
17,409
15,037
1997
7,365
2,805
12,988
6,602
12,667
9,734
25,373
19,508
18,114
1998
7,119
2,940
12,887
6,226
12,474
9,817
24,934
19,352
17,696
1999
7,657
2,680
12,293
5,917
11,833
9,272
21,447
17,506
16,488
2000
8,265
2,831
12,039
6,314
12,144
8,962
20,674
17,157
15,328
2001
10,236
3,343
13,440
7,841
14,275
11,504
27,146
20,243
18,128
2002
9,750
3,692
13,691
8,169
14,228
12,175
28,084
21,269
18,522
2003
10,135
4,047
15,393
8,391
13,855
13,264
31,469
25,996
21,111
2004
9,845
4,261
15,717
8,420
12,757
12,958
32,616
27,121
21,050
2005
11,821
5,432
19,489
9,897
13,784
16,992
40,982
36,551
26,677
2006
1,757
1,317
8,152
3,814
5,012
4,673
13,076
10,997
7,885
2007
2,781
1,866
9,630
4,937
6,280
5,985
15,089
12,473
9,384
2008
3,334
1,809
10,412
5,890
6,460
6,270
15,698
11,716
10,574
2009
4,345
2,069
12,366
7,048
7,653
7,433
20,368
13,879
13,755
2010 4,873
2,086
12,200
6,509
7,820
7,873
20,751
15,972
13,643
2011 4,316
2,044
11,187
6,101
7,626
6,852
18,295
14,694
12,114


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 10th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

 

10th
Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
Year District of Colorado District of Kansas District of New Mexico Eastern District of Oklahoma Northern District of Oklahoma Western District of Oklahoma District of Utah District of Wyoming
1990 16,671 8,811 4,200 1,612 4,268 9,354 7,891 1,421
1991 17,092 9,708 4,444 1,739 4,781 9,079 8,257 1,534
1992 16,078 9,034 4,539 1,592 4,491 8,467 8,197 1,333
1993 13,889 7,975 3,840 1,574 4,188 7,666 6,863 1,201
1994 12,877 7,905 3,507 1,660 3,912 7,379 6,591 1,178
1995 13,704 9,147 4,334 1,903 4,124 7,990 7,325 1,236
1996 16,403 11,312 5,870 2,704 5,317 10,430 9,299 1,783
1997 19,146 13,131 7,560 3,462 6,007 13,100 12,147 2,031
1998 18,262 13,208 7,915 3,812 5,372 12,756 13,996 2,257
1999 16,165 11,538 7,336 3,550 5,042 11,436 14,108 2,009
2000 15,558 11,315 7,032 3,651 5,009 10,619 15,192 2,078
2001 18,800 13,937 8,660 4,275 5,896 13,333 19,411 2,493
2002 21,359 14,969 9,274 4,746 6,680 13,071 22,129 2,264
2003 25,956 16,192 9,777 5,129 7,710 14,363 22,084 2,460
2004 28,169 16,289 9,520 4,905 7,572 14,175 20,802 2,482
2005 43,293 22,786 12,420 7,106 10,963 21,362 21,925 3,267
2006 9,979 6,347 2,521 1,155 2,101 3,889 5,363 690
2007 15,499 8,072 3,403 1,494 2,685 4,948 6,464 795
2008 21,136 8,900 4,567 1,810 3,243 6,171 9,447 848
2009 28,304 10,996 6,124 2,334 4,225 7,650 14,829 1,351
2010 32,776 11,234 6,571 2,345 4,540 8,095 18,478 1,562
2011 30,409 10,073 5,674 2,008 3,796 7,315 18,415 1,405


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 9th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

 

9th Circuit

Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
Year District of Alaska District of Arizona Central District of California Eastern District of California Northern District of California Southern District of California District of Hawaii District of Idaho District of Montana District of Nevada District of Oregon Eastern District of Washington Western District of Washington District of Guam District of the North Mariana Islands
1990 1,152 18,384 59,625 18,198 19,180 11,539 882 4,100 1,953 6,458 12,085 3,839 12,585
N/A
N/A
1991 1,063 19,984 78,783 21,567 24,332 14,799 1,100 4,172 2,115 7,265 14,203 3,992 14,214
N/A
N/A
1992 1,036 20,132 92,371 24,020 27,868 15,332 1,431 4,105 2,012 8,047 13,962 3,804 15,088
N/A
N/A
1993 927 17,620 91,843 23,205 26,335 14,301 1,497 3,667 1,876 7,915 12,891 3,462 13,857
N/A
N/A
1994 892 15,335 82,608 21,688 25,033 13,622 1,600 3,378 1,890 7,170 12,667 3,332 14,198
54
5
1995 946 16,010 82,297 24,109 26,088 14,472 2,036 4,121 2,296 7,910 14,098 4,239 16,898
48
14
1996 1,226 20,284 102,645 31,211 31,798 17,976 3,092 5,426 2,805 10,531 16,709 5,752 22,878
77
12
1997 1,373 25,069 118,335 36,976 34,781 19,407 4,463 6,973 3,572 13,427 18,197 7,052 26,285
114
2
1998 1,479 24,191 120,981 39,345 34,082 18,805 5,829 7,612 3,717 15,708 18,103 7,838 25,565
109
18
1999 1,492 22,609 102,422 34,750 26,564 15,292 5,426 7,285 3,386 14,743 18,168 7,823 23,818
131
12
2000 1,419 20,955 80,782 29,756 19,562 12,619 4,549 7,119 3,336 34,750 18,227 8,376 22,755
155
15
2001 1,473 25,489 88,195 32,259 19,838 13,367 5,039 8,265 4,002 18,102 23,038 10,149 26,986
288
26
2002 1,479 29,716 84,115 31,497 21,405 12,890 4,485 8,913 4,062 19,736 24,649 10,213 29,030
379
25
2003 1,510 31,811 75,712 31,166 22,948 11,833 3,795 9,660 4,385 20,561 25,370 10,480 30,075
367
19
2004 1,508 31,387 60,633 28,985 21,819 11,259 3,112 9,488 4,332 16,912 24,455 9,453 28,956
346
23
2005 2,297 40,214 84,304 37,402 29,383 15,679 4,489 11,967 5,899 23,786 32,687 11,577 35,353
385
32
2006 622 7,793 17,802 9,323 7,742 4,338 965 2,931 1,845 5,517 7,585 3,463 8,448
114
17
2007 697 10,920 34,028 18,052 12,599 7,936 1,386 3,383 1,879 10,953 9,386 4,344 11,224
133
17
2008 891 19532 65856 32154 21196 14017 2087 5300 1968 18716 12802 5583 16252
151
12
2009 998 34637 108647 47418 33025 20728 3123 7704 2771 29808 18380 7320 24217
221
8
2010 1,116 42,829 142,726 54,837 39,066 23,581 3,978 8,355 3,108 30,143 20,243 7,299 26,825
173
10
2011 999 36,556 134,501 48,911 35,253 21,486 3,352 7,666 2,595 24,519 17,681 6,337 25,659
141
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1st Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
           
  District of Massachusetts District of Maine District of New Hampshire District of Rhode Island District of Puerto Rico
1990
10,169
1,808
2,566
2,345
7,081
1991
14,475
2,303
3,879
3,437
8,773
1992
17,173
2,224
3,839
3,711
7,785
1993
15,250
1,883
3,616
3,291
7,071
1994
14,192
1,751
3,054
2,997
7,033
1995
14,909
2,192
3,207
3,334
7,964
1996
17,744
3,073
3,692
4,328
10,808
1997
23,892
4,218
4,902
5,472
15,670
1998
22,325
4,515
4,994
5,480
17,447
1999
18,600
4177
4,104
5,060
17,909
2000
15,601
4,042
3,615
4,457
14,919
2001
17,654
4,548
3,931
4,883
14,346
2002
17,399
4,422
4,034
4,907
13,811
2003
18,260
4,660
4,426
4,557
14,273
2004
18,444
4,508
4,651
4,142
13,285
2005
26,714
6,614
6,097
5,839
13,176
2006
8,400
1,323
1,925
1,621
5,454
2007
13,705
2,304
2,983
2,817
7,786
2008
16,538
3,033
3,931
4,300
9,082
2009
20,966
3,871
5,233
5,096
11,342
2010
23,618
4,204
5,658
5,500
12,488
2011
20,122
3,612
4,940
4,931
11,460

 

 

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American Bankruptcy Institute | 2nd Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

 


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2nd
Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
 

District of Connecticut

 Eastern District of New York Northern District of New York Southern District of New York Western District of New York District of Vermont
1990
5,607
11,978
6,991
7,295
6,963
703
1991
7,907
17,558
8,885
11,104
8,144
955
1992
9,472
22,021
9,344
12,842
7,862
997
1993
9,070
22,281
8,726
11,931
6,799
841
1994
8,413
21,359
8,331
10,838
6,661
828
1995
9,146
22,277
9,769
11,506
7,757
1,056
1996
11,307
25,264
13,289
13,452
10,173
1,368
1997
13,499
29,459
16,173
15,972
13,114
1,911
1998
13,962
31,494
16,703
17,047
13,398
1,965
1999
11,868
26,449
14,466
14,789
11,360
1,757
2000
10,643
22,503
13,507
12,524
10,636
1,492
2001
11,613
25,491
15,760
14,904
12,905
1,748
2002
11,751
26,218
16,310
16,409
13,353
1,826
2003
12,246
25,950
17,403
17,552
14,894
1,903
2004
11,423
26,446
17,505
20,739
15,288
1,698
2005
15,272
36,592
24,155
26,868
21,986
2,622
2006
5,025
8,793
8,711
5,737
7,019
655
2007
5,890
12,731
11,490
7,672
8,626
895
2008
8,229
16,486
11,235
10,230
9,179
1,275
2009
10,334
21,696
12,350
13,964
9,729
1,559
2010
11,158
22,269
11,679
13,769
8,762
1,651
2011
9,579
20,176
9,598
12,195
7,087
1,140


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 7th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

7th Circuit

Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
Year Central District of Illinois Northern District of Illinois Southern District of Illinois Northern District of Indiana Southern District of Indiana Eastern District of Wisconsin Western District of Wisconsin
1990 7,218 26,799 3,813 8,481 15,608 7,073 3,685
1991 7,630 30,666 4,410 9,573 18,377 8,352 4,245
1992 7,439 31,597 3,955 9,744 17,542 7,981 4,046
1993 6,508 29,845 3,354 8,464 14,643 7,125 3,568
1994 6,417 28,084 3,413 7,905 13,825 7,155 3,579
1995 7,477 30,936 4,353 8,737 14,777 8,384 4,309
1996 9,987 38,618 5,893 10,816 19,075 10,717 5,420
1997 12,854 44,087 7,013 13,658 23,150 12,940 6,257
1998 12,685 46,503 7,499 14,550 24,711 12,962 6,452
1999 11,765 44,790 7,406 14,288 23,954 12,615 5,874
2000 11,406 42,340 7,416 14,102 23,422 12,075 5,774
2001 14,465 51,348 8,770 18,890 29,176 14,612 7,469
2002 15,649 57,598 9,084 20,864 32,656 16,857 8,438
2003 16,367 59,068 10,076 21,155 34,640 18,850 9,396
2004 15,626 54,857 9,749 20,695 33,770 18,227 9,183
2005 21,601 72,588 12,817 31,244 47,715 25,507 12,733
2006 5,621 20,501 4,321 8,279 13,955 7,705 3,612
2007 7,652 28,652 5,152 11,764 19,358 10,627 5,224
2008 9,083 41,168 5,865 14,737 24,568 14,459 6,989
2009 10,769 56,831 6,644 19,266 28,972 18,894 8,908
2010 10.482 66,016 6,171 18,845 28,459 20,856 9,567
2011 8,814 59,093 5,303 15,909 23,427 19,430 7,878


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 3rd Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

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3rd Circuit

Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
District of Delaware District of New Jersey Eastern District of Pennsylvania Middle District of Pennsylvania Western District of Pennsylvania District of the Virgin Islands
1990
1,019
15,405
8,821
3,800
5,246
N/A
1991
1,255
22,338
11,716
5,012
5,976
N/A
1992
1,605
25,333
12,853
5,193
6,760
N/A
1993
1,492
24,282
11,283
4,427
5,664
N/A
1994
1,218
23,687
10,886
3,983
5,451
68
1995
1,675
27,767
12,990
4,972
6,475
56
1996
2,044
34,091
17,020
6,833
8,649
68
1997
2,646
42,434
21,773
9,593
11,601
74
1998
2,871
45,880
23,187
10,693
12,772
73
1999
4,526
40,814
21,752
10,212
11,950
66
2000
4,695
37,305
21,099
10,370
12,501
56
2001
4,259
41,484
24,014
12,232
15,692
65
2002
3,789
40,999
24,887
12,675
17,239
60
2003
3,918
42,377
25,800
14,003
19,620
52
2004
3,668
41,280
24,191
14,179
20,932
38
2005
4,368
49,597
29,207
19,309
30,427
64
2006
1,528
14,041
8,325
5,558
10,049
23
2007
2,002
19,948
9,970
7,713
12,279
23
2008
3,482
26,833
11,432
8,839
12,879
18
2009
4,630
36,233
12,750
10,349
13,824
29
2010
4,219
37,957
13,338
8,797
11,437
28


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 8th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011

 

8th Circuit

Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
Year Eastern District of Arkansas Western District of Arkansas Northern District of Iowa Southern District of Iowa District of Minnesota Eastern District of Missouri Western District of Missouri District of North Dakota District of Nebraska District of South Dakota
1990 4,544 2,511 2,321 3,340 15,100 8,028 6,810 1,082 4,058 1,492
1991 5,202 3,120 2,372 3,816 17,579 10,392 8,341 1,248 4,551 1,539
1992 5,004 3,235 2,374 3,879 16,768 10,225 8,300 1,255 4,229 1,463
1993 4,233 2,756 2,139 3,272 14,723 7,916 7,137 1,099 3,702 1,404
1994 4,176 2,662 2,154 3,316 13,704 8,053 6,662 1,175 3,475 1,216
1995 6,078 3,296 2,593 4,001 14,831 9,357 7,100 1,310 3,787 1,451
1996 8,661 4,533 3,430 5,285 18,236 12,703 9,400 1,688 5,304 1,912
1997 9,942 5,701 3,996 5,847 20,225 14,897 11,218 1,961 5,949 2,366
1998 10,783 6,263 3,880 5,638 18,866 16,423 11,842 2,192 6,116 2,299
1999 10,252 6,281 3,444 5,008 15,853 15,888 11,141 2,146 5,500 2,223
2000 10,566 6,218 3,399 4,894 15,314 15,118 10,902 1,933 5,629 2,105
2001 13,702 7,782 4,377 6,699 18,704 16,868 13,836 2,232 7,202 2,706
2002 15,107 8,439 4,646 7,162 19,487 18,264 16,027 2,074 7,721 2,659
2003 15,641 8,666 4,940 7,642 20,987 20,217 17,613 2,293 8,625 2,847
2004 15,644 8,619 5,070 8,012 17,970 19,537 18,068 2,288 8,992 2,821
2005 19,142 11,426 7,427 11,282 25,789 26,844 25,654 3,539 12,113 4,171
2006 6,337 3,227 1,766 3,125 8,039 7,789 7,918 743 4,141 947
2007 7,485 4,367 2,490 4,546 11,902 10,452 10,805 1,206 5,364 1,366
2008 8,479 5,512 2,939 5,186 16,606 12,664 12,732 1,373 6,708 1,478
2009 9,799 6,784 3,796 6,375 21,456 16,018 15,285 1,593 7,557 1,876
2010 9,616 6,887 3,531 6,298 22,262 17,516 15,781 1,652 7,943 2,031
2011 8,676 5,928 2,924 5,041 19,382 15,674 13,409 1,269 6,603 1,877


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American Bankruptcy Institute | 4th Circuit Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011


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4th Circuit
Annual Total Bankruptcy Filings for 1990-2011
District of Maryland Eastern District of North Carolina Middle District of North Carolina Western District of North Carolina District of South Carolina Eastern District of Virginia Western District of Virginia Northern District of West Virginia Southern District of West Virginia
1990
10,305
4,479
4,322
3,861
5,526
16,219
5,371
1,183
2,474
1991
14,466
5,708
5,951
5,295
7,474
21,321
6,845
1,398
2,862
1992
16,789
5,555
4,959
4,501
7,325
22,058
6,400
1,509
2,998
1993
15,790
5,386
4,153
3,500
6,479
19,926
5,502
1,357
2,261
1994
15,343
5,650
4,388
3,338
6,520
18,102
5,851
1,305
2,368
1995
17,924
6,637
5,108
4,188
7,453
21,104
7,156
1,597
2,603
1996
24,347
8,801
7,459
5,936
9,778
26,306
9,649
2,381
3,632
1997
31,991
9,788
9,289
7,126
11,232
31,921
11,198
3,475
5,067
1998
35,430
10,914
9,014
7,056
11,627
32,398
11,041
3,550
5,141
1999
32,273
10,325
8,543
6,996
11,442
28,262
10,182
3,339
4,812
2000
30,355
10,832
9,398
6,861
11,958
26,131
10,060
3,404
5,242
2001
35,388
13,917
10,908
8,887
14,149
29,271
12,492
4,101
6,122
2002
35,573
15,072
11,822
9,488
15,753
30,092
12,738
4,446
6,020
2003
34,231
15,875
12,681
10,609
16,212
30,528
12,940
4,654
6,447
2004
29,467
14,707
11,775
10,122
15,455
28,319
12,157
4,621
6,913
2005
35,345
16,994
13,140
12,880
15,528
31,505
13,592
6,902
10,855
2006
9,349
6,601
5,335
5,305
6,129
8,773
4,411
1,297
1,736
2007
13,733
7,992
5,940
5,778
7,291
13,848
5,630
1,737
2,755
2008
18,005
9,572
6,521
6,662
8,502
21,242
7,311
2,175
3,144
2009
26,264
11,702
7,520
8,518
9,799
26,944
9,587
3,052
3,608
2010
29,698
10,760
7,160
8,754
9,353
28,419
8,892
2,737
3,393
2011
25,662
9,964
6,130
7,441
8,105
25,858
7,734
2,220
2,568


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