The
Administrative Office for US Courts reports that
bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending June
30, 1996 were (compared with filings in the 12- month
period ending June 30, 1995):
| |
Total
Filings |
Business
Filings |
Non-Business
Filings |
| June 30, 1996 |
1,042,110 |
52,938 |
989,172 |
| June 30, 1995 |
858,104 |
51,288 |
788,509 |
| |
up
21.4% |
up
3.2% |
up
25.4% |
Filings in eight states accounted for 53.6% of the
business filings:
| California |
11,773 |
Minnesota |
2,055 |
| Texas |
3,607 |
Pennsylvania |
1,888 |
| New
York |
3,521 |
Georgia |
1,755 |
| Florida |
2,071 |
Illinois |
1,703 |
Filings in eight states accounted for 48.7% of the
non- business filings:
| California |
152,511 |
Georgia |
49,154 |
| New
York |
52,586 |
Illinois |
46,842 |
| Texas |
50,614 |
Tennessee |
42,649 |
| Florida |
49,858 |
Ohio |
37,747 |
|
