Data:
U.S. bankruptcy indicators by court district, including chapter totals, business and nonbusiness counts, shares, per-capita values, and change measures.
Chapter guide: All chapters = total filings across all included bankruptcy chapters. Chapter 7 = liquidation. Chapter 9 = municipal debt adjustment. Chapter 11 = reorganization, commonly used in business restructuring. Chapter 12 = debt adjustment for family farmers and family fishers. Chapter 13 = repayment plan for individuals. Chapter 15 = cross-border insolvency proceedings. Other chapters = grouped chapter types not displayed separately in the main chapter list.
Business classification: Business = filings identified as business-related. Nonbusiness = filings identified as nonbusiness, generally personal or household-related cases.
Metric guide: Total = filing count. Share = proportion within the relevant total. Per-capita = filings per 100 population. Absolute change = year-to-year numeric difference. Percent change = year-to-year percentage difference. Per-capita change = year-to-year difference in filings per 100 population.
Data source:
U.S. bankruptcy, court district, and population: US Supreme Court
https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/reports/statistical-reports/bankruptcy-filings-statistics Platform:
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