Annual Non-business Filings by District (2000-2004)

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	2000							2001							2002							2003							2004
District	Non-Business Filings	Percent Change over 1999	Chapter 7	Percent Change over 1999	Chapter 11	Chapter 13	Percent Chapter 7	Non-Business Filings	Percent Change over 2000	Chapter 7	Percent Change over 2000	Chapter 11	Chapter 13	Percent Chapter 7	Non- Business Filings	Percent Change over 2001	Chapter 7	Percent Change over 2001	Chapter 11	Chapter 13	Percent Chapter 7	Non- Business Filings	Percent Change over 2002	Chapter 7	Percent Change over 2002	Chapter 11	Chapter 13	Percent Chapter 7	Non- Business Filings	Percent Change over 2003	Chapter 7	Percent Change over 2003	Chapter 11	Chapter 13	Percent Chapter 7
District of Alaska	1,301	-5.84%	1,179	-8.57%	0	122	90.62%	1,369	5.23%	1,249	5.94%	2	118	91.23%	1,359	-0.74%	1,249	0%	0	110	91.91%	1,389	22.08%	1,275	2.08%	1	113	91.79%	1,444	3.96%	1,307	2.51%	1	136	90.51%
Middle District of Alabama	7,147	12.48%	3,043	18.36%	0	4,104	42.58%	8,101	13.35%	3,736	22.77%	5	4,360	46.12%	9,714	19.91%	5,098	36.46%	0	4,616	52.48%	8,751	-11.00%	4,372	-16.61%	4	4,375	49.96%	8,544	-2.42%	3,969	-10.15%	3	4,572	46.45%
Northern District of Alabama	20,073	4.92%	7,650	3.77%	16	12,407	38.11%	23,699	18.06%	10,510	37.39%	21	13,168	44.35%	24,407	2.99%	11,525	9.66%	28	12,854	47.22%	25,869	5.99%	12,977	12.60%	39	12,853	50.16%	25,748	-0.47%	13,323	2.67%	14	12,411	51.74%
Southern District of Alabama	5,323	14.60%	2,303	11.15%	2	3,018	43.27%	6,621	24.38%	2,943	27.79%	2	3,676	44.45%	7,357	11.12%	3,131	6.39%	6	4,220	42.56%	7,514	2.13%	3,123	-0.26%	5	4,386	41.56%	7,355	-2.16%	2,924	-6.81%	4	4,427	39.76%
Eastern District of Arkansas	10,415	3.08%	5,196	-7.58%	2	5,217	49.89%	13,528	29.89%	7,204	38.65%	2	6,322	53.25%	14,595	7.89%	7,903	9.70%	10	7,046	54.15%	15,387	5.43%	8,384	6.09%	4	6,999	54.49%	15,424	0.24%	8,256	-1.55%	1	7,167	53.53%
Western District of Arkansas	6,108	-0.43%	4,083	-6.22%	0	2,025	66.85%	7,666	25.51%	5,289	29.54%	2	2,375	68.99%	8,305	8.34%	5,641	6.66%	1	2,663	67.92%	8,491	2.24%	5,891	4.43%	2	2,598	69.38%	8,463	-0.33%	5,705	-3.26%	3	2,755	67.41%
District of Arizona	20,190	8.11%	16,475	-7.92%	21	3,694	81.60%	24,736	22.52%	20,041	21.64%	39	4,654	81.02%	28,960	17.08%	23,148	15.50%	45	5,767	79.93%	31,110	7.42%	25,069	8.30%	44	5,997	80.58%	30,907	-0.66%	25,536	1.86%	35	5,335	82.62%
Central District of California	78,550	-27.35%	62,647	-29.12%	52	15,851	79.75%	85,642	9.03%	71,307	13.82%	49	14,286	83.26%	81,702	-4.82%	68,151	-4.63%	53	13,497	83.41%	73,671	-10.90%	63,688	-7.01%	32	9,951	86.45%	59,020	-24.82%	53,655	-18.70%	36	5,329	90.91%
Eastern District of California	28,617	-17.43%	24,223	-19.25%	14	4,380	84.65%	30,986	8.28%	26,729	10.35%	8	4,249	86.26%	30,265	-2.38%	25,896	-3.22%	15	4,354	85.56%	30,055	-0.70%	25,465	-1.69%	7	4,583	84.73%	28,021	-7.26%	23,905	-6.53%	2	4,114	85.31%
Northern District of California	18,499	-36.53%	13,088	-41.91%	14	5,397	70.75%	18,618	0.64%	13,336	1.89%	16	5,265	71.63%	20,139	8.17%	14,374	7.78%	21	5,767	71.37%	21,869	8.59%	15,785	9.82%	39	6,045	72.18%	20,847	-4.90%	15,498	-1.85%	43	5,306	74.34%
Southern District of California	12,458	-21.34%	9,707	-21.14%	9	2,742	77.92%	13,175	5.76%	10,470	7.86%	10	2,695	79.47%	12,660	-4.07%	10,318	-1.47%	14	2,328	81.50%	11,563	-9.49%	9,577	-7.74%	8	1,978	82.82%	11,060	-4.55%	9,319	-2.77%	9	1,732	84.26%
District of Colorado	15,185	-4.18%	12,870	-4.04%	0	2,315	84.75%	18,333	20.73%	15,963	24.03%	3	2,367	87.07%	20,769	13.29%	18,193	13.97%	4	2,572	87.60%	25,404	22.32%	22,801	25.33%	3	2,600	89.75%	27,383	7.79%	24,524	7.56%	7	2,852	89.56%
District of Connecticut	10,504	-11.63%	9,054	-13.10%	17	1,433	86.20%	11,457	9.07%	9,912	9.48%	16	1,529	86.51%	11,570	0.99%	9,680	-2.40%	13	1,877	83.66%	12,059	4.23%	9,961	2.90%	16	2,081	82.60%	11,291	-6.80%	9,313	-6.96%	22	1,956	82.48%
District of Columbia	2,288	-15.25%	1,479	-19.74%	5	804	64.64%	2,510	9.70%	1,774	19.95%	4	732	70.68%	2,451	-2.41%	1,724	-2.90%	5	722	70.34%	2,256	-8.64%	1,638	-5.25%	5	613	72.61%	1,892	-19.24%	1,418	-15.51%	3	471	74.95%
District of Delaware	2,375	-1.52%	1,527	-7.66%	6	842	64.29%	2,885	21.47%	1,883	23.31%	0	1,002	65.27%	3,140	8.84%	1,952	3.66%	2	1,186	62.17%	3,413	8.69%	1,998	2.36%	0	1,415	58.54%	3,392	-0.62%	2,020	1.10%	2	1,370	59.55%
Middle District of Florida	39,774	-2.70%	28,073	-6.97%	15	11,686	70.58%	48,139	21.03%	35,302	25.75%	26	12,811	73.33%	52,071	8.17%	37,540	6.34%	22	14,508	72.09%	54,865	5.37%	39,486	5.18%	45	15,333	71.97%	51,665	-6.19%	37,525	-5.23%	29	14,111	72.63%
Northern District of Florida	5,082	3.13%	3,949	-1.24%	3	1,130	77.71%	6,091	19.85%	4,862	23.12%	4	1,225	79.82%	6,525	7.13%	5,201	6.97%	3	1,321	79.71%	7,049	8.03%	5,650	8.63%	9	1,390	80.15%	6,568	-7.32%	5,232	-7.99%	6	1,330	79.66%
Southern District of Florida	26,428	-5.41%	18,423	-10.30%	26	7,979	69.71%	30,986	17.25%	21,992	19.37%	26	8,968	70.97%	31,778	2.56%	22,566	2.61%	26	9,185	71.01%	30,976	-2.59%	22,103	-2.09%	26	8,846	71.36%	26,473	-17.01%	20,562	-7.49%	16	5,894	77.67%
Middle District of Georgia	14,720	5.14%	6,035	7.79%	1	8,684	41.00%	16,992	15.43%	7,261	20.31%	3	9,728	42.73%	17,767	4.56%	7,757	6.83%	3	10,007	43.66%	17,949	1.02%	8,332	7.41%	2	9,615	46.42%	17,530	-2.39%	7,953	-4.77%	2	9,575	45.37%
Northern District of Georgia	31,515	0.94%	12,460	-3.65%	6	19,049	39.54%	37,529	19.08%	16,485	32.30%	15	21,029	43.93%	41,382	10.27%	19,575	18.74%	28	21,779	47.30%	45,517	10.00%	23,552	20.32%	15	21,950	51.74%	43,290	-5.14%	23,231	-1.38%	32	20,027	53.66%
Southern District of Georgia	12,680	9.14%	3,024	12.79%	5	9,651	23.85%	14,412	13.66%	3,830	26.65%	3	10,578	26.58%	15,205	5.05%	4,144	8.20%	3	10,007	27.25%	16,154	6.24%	4,473	7.94%	3	11,678	27.69%	15,050	-7.34%	3,976	-12.5%	1	11,073	26.42%
District of Hawaii	4,486	-19.01%	3,995	-21.20%	13	478	89.05%	4,971	10.81%	4,464	11.74%	2	505	89.80%	4,432	-12.16%	3,967	-12.53%	2	461	89.51%	3,723	-19.04%	3,259	-21.72%	4	460	87.54%	3,065	-21.47%	2,704	-20.53%	8	352	88.22%
Northern District of Iowa	3,236	-2.87%	3,115	-3.47%	1	120	96.26%	4,192	29.54%	4,046	29.89%	0	146	96.52%	4,439	5.89%	4,281	5.81%	1	157	96.44%	4,729	6.53%	4,553	6.35%	1	175	96.29%	4,836	2.26%	4,660	2.35%	0	176	96.36%
Southern District of Iowa	4,843	-1.73%	4,392	-3.07%	0	451	90.69%	6,595	36.18%	6,170	40.48%	0	425	93.56%	7,015	6.37%	6,596	6.90%	0	419	94.03%	7,530	7.34%	7,078	7.31%	0	452	94.00%	7,886	4.73%	7,446	5.20%	0	440	94.42%
District of Idaho	6,850	-1.39%	5,577	-0.07%	10	1,263	81.42%	7,962	16.23%	6,838	22.61%	7	1,117	85.88%	8,653	8.68%	7,480	9.39%	9	1,164	86.44%	9,435	9.04%	8,234	10.08%	8	1,193	87.27%	9,328	-1.15%	8,099	-1.67%	4	1,225	86.82%
Central District of Illinois	11,272	-2.89%	9,541	-4.57%	1	1,730	84.64%	14,270	26.60%	12,250	28.39%	2	2,018	85.84%	15,461	8.35%	13,249	8.16%	1	2,211	85.69%	16,201	4.79%	13,878	4.75%	0	2,323	85.66%	15,438	-4.94%	13,227	-4.92%	5	2,206	85.68%
Northern District of Illinois	41,792	-5.85%	27,867	-8.29%	11	13,914	66.68%	50,578	21.02%	35,377	26.95%	19	15,182	69.95%	56,723	12.15%	40,251	13.78%	27	16,445	70.96%	58,387	2.93%	42,423	5.40%	26	15,938	72.66%	54,254	-7.62%	39,737	-6.76%	28	14,489	73.24%
Southern District of Illinois	6,828	1.43%	4,836	-1.55%	4	1,988	70.83%	8,188	19.92%	5,875	21.48%	3	2,310	71.75%	8,907	8.78%	6,446	9.72%	3	2,458	72.37%	9,932	11.51%	7,205	11.77%	9	2,718	72.54%	9,628	-3.16%	6,692	-7.67%	8	2,928	69.51%
Northern District of Indiana	13,976	-1.17%	11,773	-2.37%	5	2,198	84.24%	18,701	33.81%	15,728	33.59%	6	2,967	84.10%	20,662	10.49%	17,322	10.13%	4	3,336	83.84%	20,952	1.45%	17,533	1.22%	3	3,416	83.68%	20,547	-1.97%	17,014	-3.05%	3	3,530	82.81%
Southern District of Indiana	23,150	-1.95%	17,840	-6.12%	7	5,303	77.06%	28,761	24.24%	22,582	26.58%	8	6,171	78.52%	32,197	11.95%	25,262	11.87%	7	6,928	78.46%	34,203	6.23%	26,756	5.91%	6	7,441	78.23%	33,394	-2.42%	25,364	-5.49	12	8,018	75.95%
District of Kansas	11,146	-1.97%	9,101	-0.11%	1	2,044	81.65%	13,717	23.07%	11,351	24.72%	5	2,361	82.75%	14,731	7.39%	11,945	5.23%	2	2,784	81.09%	15,889	7.86%	12,807	7.22%	6	3,076	80.60%	16,021	0.83%	12,968	1.26%	3	3,050	80.94%
Eastern District of Kentucky	8,837	-0.18%	7,723	0.26%	1	1,113	87.39%	11,251	27.32%	9,863	27.71%	3	1,385	87.66%	11,887	5.65%	10,382	5.26%	3	1,502	87.34%	13,230	11.30%	11,311	8.95%	1	1,918	85.50%	12,805	-3.32%	10,678	-5.93%	0	2,127	83.39%
Western District of Kentucky	11,826	1.19%	9,458	0.80%	0	2,368	79.98%	14,458	22.26%	11,776	24.51%	0	2,682	81.45%	14,936	3.31%	11,871	0.81%	6	3,059	79.48%	16,340	9.40%	12,990	9.43%	4	3,346	79.50%	14,994	-8.98%	11,575	-12.22%	10	3,409	77.20%
Eastern District of Louisiana	8,143	8.20%	5,087	5.06%	6	3,050	62.47%	10,067	23.63%	6,902	35.68%	6	3,159	68.56%	9,585	-5.03%%	6,443	-7.12%	9	3,133	67.22%	10,011	4.44%	6,760	4.92%	14	3,327	67.53%	9,716	-3.04%	6,585	-2.66%	9	3,122	67.77%
Middle District of Louisiana	2,795	5.43%	2,035	11.38%	1	759	72.81%	3,310	18.43%	2,348	15.38%	2	960	70.94%	3,624	9.49%	2,612	11.24%	3	1,009	72.08%	4,017	10.84%	2,883	10.38%	5	1,129	71.77%	4,219	5.03%	2,964	2.81%	5	1,250	42.34%
Western District of Louisiana	11,578	-2.47%	5,838	6.07%	1	5,739	50.42%	12,926	11.64%	6,934	18.77%	2	5,990	53.64%	13,252	2.52%	7,123	2.73%	4	6,125	53.75%	15,048	13.55%	8,162	14.59%	4	6,882	54.24%	15,266	1.45%	8,377	2.63%	3	6,886	54.87%
District of Massachusetts	15,208	-18.58%	13,028	-20.08%	0	2,180	85.67%	17,227	13.28%	14,902	14.38%	4	2,321	86.50%	17,019	-1.22%	14,464	-3.03%	5	2,550	84.99%	17,864	4.97%	15,389	6.40%	6	2,469	86.15%	18,129	1.48%	15,674	1.85%	21	2,434	86.46%
District of Maryland	29,658	-6.14%	20,156	-8.68%	13	9,489	67.96%	34,630	16.76%	23,877	18.46%	22	10,731	68.95%	34,700	0.20%	23,047	-3.60%	23	11,630	66.42%	33,708	-2.94%	22,561	-2.15%	19	11,128	66.93%	29,050	-16.03%	20,114	-12.17%	9	8,927	69.24%
District of Maine	3,880	-2.58%	3,592	-3.45%	0	288	92.58%	4,397	13.32%	4,095	14.00%	0	302	93.13%	4,321	-1.76%	3,955	-3.54%	0	366	91.53%	4,555	5.42%	4,163	5.26%	0	392	91.39%	4,370	-4.23%	3,954	-5.29%	2	412	90.48%
Eastern District of Michigan	24,789	-2.73%	17,651	-3.31%	3	7,135	71.20%	32,384	30.64%	22,999	30.30%	6	9,379	71.02%	39,487	21.93%	26,916	17.03%	8	12,563	68.16%	45,365	14.89%	30,689	14.02%	22	14,654	67.65%	46,592	2.70%	31,807	3.64%	13	14,772	68.27%
Western District of Michigan	11,046	-0.97%	8,198	-1.39%	1	2,847	74.22%	13,754	24.52%	10,471	27.73%	0	3,283	76.13%	15,318	11.37%	11,668	11.43%	3	3,647	76.17%	16,705	9.05%	12,956	11.04%	6	3,743	77.56%	16,939	1.40%	13,670	5.51%	4	3,265	80.70%
District of Minnesota	13,822	103.80%	11,018	89.57%	0	2,804	79.71%	16,817	21.67%	13,930	26.43%	0	2,887	82.83%	17,758	5.60%	14,795	6.21%	2	2,961	83.31%	19,608	10.42%	16,414	10.94%	0	3,194	83.71%	16,596	-18.15%	13,047	-25.81%	0	3,549	78.62%
Eastern District of Missouri	14,934	-13.48%	9,312	-5.79%	2	5,620	62.35%	16,572	10.97%	10,982	17.93%	8	5,582	66.27%	18,083	9.12%	12,090	10.09%	8	5,985	66.86%	20,049	10.87%	13,299	10.00%	4	6,746	66.33%	19,378	-3.46%	13,281	-0.13%	4	6,093	68.54%
Western District of Missouri	10,717	-2.51%	8,811	-4.83%	5	1,901	82.22%	13,627	27.15%	10,998	24.82%	5	2,624	80.71%	15,814	16.05%	12,792	16.31%	3	3,019	80.89%	17,403	10.05%	14,009	9.51%	2	3,392	80.50%	17,873	2.70%	14,584	4.10%	4	3,285	81.60%
Northern District of Mississippi	6,215	7.45%	3,772	7.07%	1	2,442	60.69%	7,745	24.62%	5,010	32.82%	2	2,733	64.69%	8,038	3.78%	5,439	8.56%	2	2,597	67.67%	8,264	2.81%	5,812	6.86%	1	2,451	70.33%	8,357	1.13%	5,547	-4.78%	0	2,810	66.38%
Southern District of Mississippi	12,040	2.34%	7,080	2.67%	2	4,958	58.80%	14,082	16.96%	9,105	28.60%	8	4,969	64.66%	14,050	-0.23%	9,083	-0.24%	13	4,954	64.65%	13,700	-2.55%	9,170	0.96%	8	4,522	66.93%	12,650	-8.30%	8,260	-11.02%	4	4,386	65.30%
District of Montana	3,195	-2.19%	2,830	0.68%	0	365	88.58%	3,853	20.59%	3,417	20.74%	4	432	88.68%	3,942	2.31%	3,474	1.67%	4	464	88.13%	4,287	8.75%	3,814	9.79%	1	472	88.97%	4,223	-1.52%	3,812	-0.05%	1	410	90.27%
Eastern District of North Carolina	10,575	5.10%	4,802	4.37%	5	5,768	45.41%	13,686	29.42%	6,707	39.67%	6	6,973	49.01%	14,847	8.48%	7,410	10.48%	9	7,428	49.91%	15,666	5.52%	7,882	6.37%	11	7,773	50.31%	14,544	-7.71%	7,286	-8.18%	11	7,247	50.10%
Middle District of North Carolina	9,283	10.12%	3,136	12.60%	0	6,147	33.78%	10,651	14.74%	4,141	32.05%	0	6,510	38.88%	11,575	8.68%	4,814	16.25%	0	6,761	41.59%	12,499	7.98%	5,638	17.12%	0	6,861	45.11%	11,539	-8.32%	5,399	-4.43%	2	6,138	46.79%
Western District of North Carolina	6,788	-2.09%	3,102	-1.48%	2	3,684	45.70%	8,762	29.08%	4,352	40.30%	5	4,405	49.67%	9,384	7.10%	4,872	11.95%	8	4,504	51.92%	10,472	11.59%	5,538	13.67%	12	4,922	52.88%	10,035	-4.35%	5,713	3.16%	8	4,314	56.93%
District of North Dakota	1,841	-11.14%	1,782	-10.16%	0	59	96.80%	2,117	14.99%	2,066	15.94%	0	51	97.59%	1,958	-8.12%	1,879	-9.95%	0	79	95.97%	2,188	11.75%	2,095	11.50%	0	93	95.75%	2,203	0.69%	2,088	-0.34%	0	115	94.78%
District of Nebraska	5,514	3.22%	4,663	2.28%	2	849	84.57%	7,058	28.00%	5,954	27.69%	1	1,103	84.36%	7,569	7.24%	5,923	-0.52%	8	1,638	78.25%	8,387	10.81%	6,512	9.95%	5	1,870	77.64%	8,785	4.75%	6,915	6.19%	7	1,863	78.71%
District of Nevada	13,678	-5.53%	10,051	-5.56%	7	3,620	73.48%	17,683	29.28%	13,255	31.88%	11	4,417	74.96%	19,274	9.00%	14,458	9.08%	36	4,780	75.01%	20,240	5.01%	15,195	5.10%	14TD>	5,030	75.07%	16,655	-21.53%	13,127	-15.75%	5	3,523	78.82%
District of New Hampshire	3,313	-13.37%	3,018	-15.61%	0	295	91.10%	3,597	8.57%	3,288	8.95%	0	309	91.41%	3,822	6.26%	3,459	5.20%	2	361	90.50%	4,248	11.15%	3,793	9.66%	3	452	89.29%	4,493	5.77%	4,063	7.12%	2	428	90.43%
District of New Jersey	36,645	-8.98	Wednesday, December 31, 1969 © American Bankruptcy Institute. All rights reserved. ABI is a (501)(c)(3) non-profit business (52-1295453)