Rate Rank

State Name

Total # of filings

% chng. from 2006

% chng. from 2005

Total # of properties

%Households

1

Nevada

66,316

215.12

758.68

34,417

3.376

2

Florida

279,325

123.96

129.25

165,291

2.002

3

Michigan

136,205

68.32

282.22

87,210

1.947

4

California

481,392

237.99

681.95

249,513

1.921

5

Colorado

71,149

29.96

140.12

39,403

1.919

6

Ohio

153,196

87.93

207.35

89,979

1.797

7

Georgia

99,578

31.07

118.43

59,057

1.566

8

Arizona

69,970

150.91

160.7

38,568

1.516

9

Illinois

90,782

25.29

94.3

64,310

1.25

10

Indiana

52,930

11.31

73.57

27,980

1.027

11

Tennessee

45,834

24.56

65.66

25,914

0.983

12

Texas

149,703

-4.57

9.22

84,469

0.936

13

Missouri

32,022

80.93

176.74

23,492

0.906

14

New Jersey

53,652

34.06

52.75

31,071

0.902

15

Utah

9,668

-25.87

-16.19

7,438

0.852

16

Connecticut

23,470

100.05*

111.38*

11,860

0.833

17

Maryland

25,109

455.26

388.41

18,879

0.83

18

North Carolina

37,426

66.52

135.07

29,101

0.739

19

Mass.

41,487

161.14

751.36

17,737

0.66

20

Idaho

6,032

140.51*

119.83*

3,640

0.611

21

Washington

23,705

27.95

59.47

15,184

0.573

22

Oregon

10,746

12.25

56.76

8,461

0.543

23

Oklahoma

13,594

-12.78

0.71

8,256

0.52

24

Virginia

24,199

456.3

728.73

16,307

0.514

25

Minnesota

13,615

127.11*

506.73*

11,557

0.513

26

Arkansas

14,310

26.44

23.58

6,406

0.513

27

New York

57,350

10.19

54.72

38,688

0.493

28

Alaska

1,650

54.64

17.69

1,332

0.486

29

Wisconsin

17,503

131.15*

241.79*

12,133

0.486

30

Nebraska

3,971

30.88

91.84

3,636

0.474

31

Rhode Island

3,241

153.80*

7804.88*

1,838

0.41

32

New Mexico

3,893

-26.04

-46.55

2,994

0.357

33

Iowa

7,404

114.92*

251.90*

4,103

0.314

34

Pennsylvania

34,089

-11.07

18.98

16,379

0.302

35

Kentucky

8,793

23.45

76.96

5,105

0.274

36

Montana

1,378

29.27

52.6

1,150

0.268

37

Alabama

7,903

81.76

83.07

5,572

0.268

38

Delaware

1,430

225.00*

342.72*

999

0.266

39

South Carolina

5,038

-27.56

-33.76

4,247

0.22

40

New Hampshire

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,238

0.212

41

Louisiana

7,331

151.58*

90.61

3,968

0.204

42

Kansas

4,978

20.85

161.31*

2,434

0.203

43

Hawaii

1,270

88.71

-60.39

966

0.197

44

Wyoming

497

21.52

99.6

356

0.151

45

Mississippi

1,997

91.65

4.55

1,409

0.114

46

North Dakota

308

74.01

86.67

250

0.082

47

West Virginia

1,135

30.31

10.95

460

0.053

48

Maine

N/A

N/A

N/A

286

0.042

49

Vermont

61

35.56

1.67

29

0.009

50

South Dakota

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

0.007

District of Columbia

800

607.96*

393.83*

777

0.28

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U.S.

2,203,295

74.99

148.83

1,285,873

1.033