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BANKRUPTCY COURTS
BANKRUPTCY CASES COMMENCED, TERMINATED AND PENDING
DURING THE TWELVE MONTH PERIODS ENDED DEC. 31, 2006 AND 2007
CIRCUIT
AND
DISTRICT
FILINGS
2006
TERMINATIONS
PERCENT
CHANGE (1)
2007
2006
2007
PENDING
PERCENT
CHANGE (1)
2006
(2)
2007
PERCENT
CHANGE (1)
617,660
850,912
37.8
1,435,482
891,783
-37.9
1,361,598
1,320,726
-3.0
550
712
29.5
2,063
806
-60.9
987
893
-9.5
18,723
29,595
58.1
39,203
29,767
-24.1
42,501
42,329
-0.4
1,323
8,400
1,925
1,621
5,454
2,304
13,705
2,983
2,817
7,786
74.1
63.2
55.0
73.8
42.8
3,770
16,889
4,311
3,566
10,667
2,006
12,606
3,345
2,375
9,435
-46.8
-25.4
-22.4
-33.4
-11.5
2,000
11,255
3,440
1,292
24,514
2,298
12,354
3,078
1,734
22,865
14.9
9.8
-10.5
34.2
-6.7
35,940
47,304
31.6
90,798
47,632
-47.5
61,652
61,324
-0.5
5,025
8,711
8,793
5,737
7,019
655
5,890
11,490
12,731
7,672
8,626
895
17.2
31.9
44.8
33.7
22.9
36.6
10,337
16,069
25,721
22,164
14,804
1,703
5,682
10,584
12,448
8,750
9,340
828
-45.0
-34.1
-51.6
-60.5
-36.9
-51.4
5,142
16,300
9,214
11,600
18,152
1,244
5,350
17,206
9,497
10,522
17,438
1,311
4.0
5.6
3.1
-9.3
-3.9
5.4
3RD...
39,524
51,935
31.4
94,095
54,456
-42.1
75,102
72,581
-3.4
DE......
NJ......
PA,E....
PA,M....
PA,W....
VI......
1,528
14,041
8,325
5,558
10,049
23
2,002
19,948
9,970
7,713
12,279
23
31.0
42.1
19.8
38.8
22.2
0.0
3,704
35,321
20,125
12,667
22,234
44
2,403
21,209
11,445
7,841
11,535
23
-35.1
-40.0
-43.1
-38.1
-48.1
-47.7
6,446
28,561
15,230
10,783
13,966
116
6,045
27,300
13,755
10,655
14,710
116
-6.2
-4.4
-9.7
-1.2
5.3
0.0
4TH...
48,936
64,704
32.2
109,431
71,012
-35.1
123,370
117,062
-5.1
9,349
6,601
5,335
5,305
6,129
8,773
4,411
1,297
1,736
13,733
7,992
5,940
5,778
7,291
13,848
5,630
1,737
2,755
46.9
21.1
11.3
8.9
19.0
57.8
27.6
33.9
58.7
27,502
11,898
9,143
10,002
11,189
21,096
8,161
3,545
6,895
14,438
8,958
7,531
6,610
9,332
13,803
5,356
1,769
3,215
-47.5
-24.7
-17.6
-33.9
-16.6
-34.6
-34.4
-50.1
-53.4
18,616
18,788
16,828
12,889
21,198
21,634
8,396
1,552
3,469
17,911
17,822
15,237
12,057
19,157
21,679
8,670
1,520
3,009
-3.8
-5.1
-9.5
-6.5
-9.6
0.2
3.3
-2.1
-13.3
TOTAL
DC......
1ST...
ME......
MA......
NH......
RI......
PR......
2ND...
CT......
NY,N....
NY,E....
NY,S....
NY,W....
VT......
MD......
NC,E....
NC,M....
NC,W....
SC......
VA,E....
VA,W....
WV,N....
WV,S....
5TH...
56,683
68,425
20.7
126,928
79,133
-37.7
154,690
143,982
-6.9
LA,E....
LA,M....
LA,W....
MS,N....
MS,S....
TX,N....
TX,E....
TX,S....
TX,W....
1,757
1,317
8,152
3,814
5,012
13,076
4,673
10,997
7,885
2,781
1,866
9,630
4,937
6,280
15,089
5,985
12,473
9,384
58.3
41.7
18.1
29.4
25.3
15.4
28.1
13.4
19.0
7,949
3,402
14,512
6,832
11,077
26,575
12,637
26,080
17,864
4,294
2,534
8,742
4,681
7,393
16,954
7,487
14,957
12,091
-46.0
-25.5
-39.8
-31.5
-33.3
-36.2
-40.8
-42.6
-32.3
6,804
4,042
22,831
9,590
12,961
32,665
14,167
29,950
21,680
5,291
3,374
23,719
9,846
11,848
30,800
12,665
27,466
18,973
-22.2
-16.5
3.9
2.7
-8.6
-5.7
-10.6
-8.3
-12.5
113,099
153,663
35.9
246,282
154,510
-37.3
235,253
234,406
-0.4
KY,E....
KY,W....
MI,E....
MI,W....
OH,N....
OH,S....
TN,E....
TN,M....
TN,W....
5,302
7,072
25,962
7,537
18,402
17,021
9,063
7,863
14,877
7,687
9,470
35,690
10,500
27,589
23,134
12,261
9,758
17,574
45.0
33.9
37.5
39.3
49.9
35.9
35.3
24.1
18.1
12,913
14,033
63,261
17,020
44,412
40,373
19,014
12,018
23,238
7,138
9,398
34,252
12,230
30,191
24,823
11,907
8,375
16,196
-44.7
-33.0
-45.9
-28.1
-32.0
-38.5
-37.4
-30.3
-30.3
8,713
10,831
40,842
15,033
40,641
42,546
22,391
19,138
35,118
9,262
10,903
42,280
13,303
38,039
40,857
22,745
20,521
36,496
6.3
0.7
3.5
-11.5
-6.4
-4.0
1.6
7.2
3.9
7TH...
63,994
88,429
38.2
146,474
89,179
-39.1
114,069
113,319
-0.7
IL,N....
IL,C....
IL,S....
IN,N....
IN,S....
WI,E....
WI,W....
20,501
5,621
4,321
8,279
13,955
7,705
3,612
28,652
7,652
5,152
11,764
19,358
10,627
5,224
39.8
36.1
19.2
42.1
38.7
37.9
44.6
47,636
12,931
7,959
19,490
34,286
16,306
7,866
27,737
7,730
5,055
13,096
20,977
9,583
5,001
-41.8
-40.2
-36.5
-32.8
-38.8
-41.2
-36.4
29,559
8,619
9,699
16,564
32,353
13,165
4,110
30,474
8,541
9,796
15,232
30,734
14,209
4,333
3.1
-0.9
1.0
-8.0
-5.0
7.9
5.4
8TH...
44,032
59,983
36.2
95,024
62,763
-34.0
83,143
80,363
-3.3
6,337
3,227
1,766
3,125
8,039
7,789
7,918
4,141
743
947
7,485
4,367
2,490
4,546
11,902
10,452
10,805
5,364
1,206
1,366
18.1
35.3
41.0
45.5
48.1
34.2
36.5
29.5
62.3
44.2
12,473
6,835
4,293
6,085
17,603
19,051
16,145
7,912
2,126
2,501
9,117
4,506
2,439
4,586
12,587
10,955
10,448
5,453
1,090
1,582
-26.9
-34.1
-43.2
-24.6
-28.5
-42.5
-35.3
-31.1
-48.7
-36.7
18,473
8,147
1,406
3,532
14,396
12,629
14,224
7,601
833
1,902
16,841
8,008
1,457
3,492
13,711
12,126
14,581
7,512
949
1,686
-8.8
-1.7
3.6
-1.1
-4.8
-4.0
2.5
-1.2
13.9
-11.4
9TH...
78,505
127,392
62.3
223,414
125,713
-43.7
142,081
143,759
1.2
AK......
AZ......
CA,N....
CA,E....
CA,C....
622
7,793
7,742
9,323
17,802
697
10,920
12,599
18,052
34,028
12.1
40.1
62.7
93.6
91.1
1,607
25,445
17,402
31,273
60,618
780
13,576
11,264
15,130
29,330
-51.5
-46.6
-35.3
-51.6
-51.6
1,165
20,426
17,024
13,452
21,311
1,082
17,769
18,359
16,374
26,009
-7.1
-13.0
7.8
21.7
22.0
6TH...
AR,E....
AR,W....
IA,N....
IA,S....
MN......
MO,E....
MO,W....
NE......
ND......
SD......
CA,S....
HI......
ID......
MT......
NV......
OR......
WA,E....
WA,W....
GUAM....
NMI.....
10TH..
CO......
KS......
NM......
OK,N....
OK,E....
OK,W....
UT......
WY......
11TH..
AL,N....
AL,M....
AL,S....
FL,N....
FL,M....
FL,S....
GA,N....
GA,M....
GA,S....
4,338
965
2,931
1,845
5,517
7,585
3,463
8,448
114
17
7,936
1,386
3,838
1,879
10,953
9,386
4,344
11,224
133
17
82.9
43.6
30.9
1.8
98.5
23.7
25.4
32.9
16.7
0.0
9,563
2,809
7,809
3,381
16,226
18,904
7,269
20,819
251
38
7,089
1,539
4,855
2,406
12,017
10,940
4,990
11,566
207
24
-25.9
-45.2
-37.8
-28.8
-25.9
-42.1
-31.4
-44.4
-17.5
-36.8
5,507
1,448
5,830
3,635
16,435
15,300
5,968
14,362
190
28
6,354
1,295
4,813
3,108
15,371
13,746
5,322
14,020
116
21
15.4
-10.6
-17.4
-14.5
-6.5
-10.2
-10.8
-2.4
-38.9
-25.0
32,045
43,360
35.3
90,417
50,461
-44.2
76,341
69,240
-9.3
9,979
6,347
2,521
2,101
1,155
3,889
5,363
690
15,499
8,072
3,403
2,685
1,494
4,948
6,464
795
55.3
27.2
35.0
27.8
29.4
27.2
20.5
15.2
24,970
14,588
6,738
6,692
4,024
19,338
12,284
1,783
15,154
9,957
3,607
3,158
1,757
5,561
9,841
1,426
-39.3
-31.7
-46.5
-52.8
-56.3
-71.2
-19.9
-20.0
18,830
20,023
2,901
2,845
1,974
9,105
18,914
1,749
19,175
18,138
2,697
2,372
1,711
8,492
15,537
1,118
1.8
-9.4
-7.0
-16.6
-13.3
-6.7
-17.9
-36.1
85,629
115,410
34.8
171,353
126,351
-26.3
252,409
241,468
-4.3
19,933
15,374
-22.9
32,176
12,292
14,377
17.0
4,494
5,418
20.6
6,689
5,140
-23.2
12,234
2,853
4,061
42.3
5,351
4,634
-13.4
12,546
2,143
2,753
28.5
4,844
3,163
-34.7
4,237
15,756
26,437
67.8
48,214
26,437
-45.2
41,962
7,801
12,272
57.3
25,886
14,063
-45.7
17,890
25,035
32,320
29.1
34,730
32,823
-5.5
74,238
7,922
9,446
19.2
14,061
11,572
-17.7
24,987
7,333
8,326
13.5
11,645
13,145
12.9
32,139
(1) PERCENT CHANGE NOT COMPUTED WHEN FEWER THAN 10 CASES REPORTED FOR THE PREVIOUS PERIOD.
(2) REVISED
31,179
12,512
11,973
3,827
41,962
16,099
73,735
22,861
27,320
-3.1
2.3
-4.6
-9.7
0.0
-10.0
-0.7
-8.5
-15.0