TABLE F- 2 U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURTS

BUSINESS AND NONBUSINESS BANKRUPTCY CASES COMMENCED, BY CHAPTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, DURING THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD ENDED MAR. 31, 1997

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT	TOTAL FILINGS	CHAP 7	CHAP 11	CHAP 12	CHAP 13	TOTAL BUSINESS FILINGS*	CHAP 7	CHAP 11	CHAP 12	CHAP. 13	TOTAL NON- BUSINESS FILINGS	CHAP 7	CHAP 11	CHAP 13
TOTAL...	1,247,065	862,136	11,472	1,050	372,369	54,008	31,215	10,334	1,050	11,371	1,193,057	830,921	1,138	360,998
DC......	2,105	1,343	66	-	696	110	30	56	-	24	1,995	1,313	10	672
1ST...	42,594	29,974	550	7	12,062	1,803	1,001	509	7	285	40,791	28,973	41	11,777
ME......	3,313	2,915	23	3	372	289	180	21	3	85	3,024	2,735	2	287
MA......	18,911	15,579	362	-	2,969	979	532	349	-	97	17,932	15,047	13	2,872
NH......	4,033	3,712	46	1	274	96	52	40	1	3	3,937	3,660	6	271
RI......	4,687	4,452	26	-	209	178	132	26	-	20	4,509	4,320	-	189
PR......	11,650	3,316	93	3	8,238	261	105	73	3	80	11,389	3,211	20	8,158
2ND...	79,356	64,791	1,449	51	13,049	3,592	1,792	1,281	51	452	75,764	62,999	168	12,597
CT......	12,030	10,461	157	2	1,410	237	106	119	2	10	11,793	10,355	38	1,400
NY,N....	14,361	11,971	98	35	2,256	820	506	96	35	182	13,541	11,465	2	2,074
NY,E....	26,165	20,773	407	-	4,985	587	244	325	-	18	25,578	20,529	82	4,967
NY,S....	14,249	11,951	668	4	1,611	901	236	627	4	19	13,348	11,715	41	1,592
NY,W....	11,049	8,266	94	6	2,683	906	605	92	6	203	10,143	7,661	2	2,480
VT......	1,502	1,369	25	4	104	141	95	22	4	20	1,361	1,274	3	84
3RD...	74,089	51,976	1,421	28	20,664	3,231	1,642	1,219	28	342	70,858	50,334	202	20,322
DE......	2,221	1,327	202	3	689	232	33	196	3	-	1,989	1,294	6	689
NJ......	36,608	24,965	693	2	10,948	1,106	517	567	2	20	35,502	24,448	126	10,928
PA,E....	18,318	11,168	288	10	6,852	599	297	248	10	44	17,719	10,871	40	6,808
PA,M....	7,590	6,327	85	4	1,174	774	452	81	4	237	6,816	5,875	4	937
PA,W....	9,287	8,147	143	9	988	493	328	117	9	39	8,794	7,819	26	949
VI......	65	42	10	-	13	27	15	10	-	2	38	27	-	11
4TH...	106,089	68,502	913	45	36,629	4,223	2,566	829	45	783	101,866	65,936	84	35,846
MD......	26,739	19,435	313	4	6,987	1,528	970	297	4	257	25,211	18,465	16	6,730
NC,E....	9,105	4,070	65	13	4,957	450	211	63	13	163	8,655	3,859	2	4,794
NC,M....	8,102	2,156	25	1	5,920	165	124	25	1	15	7,937	2,032	-	5,905
NC,W....	6,495	2,518	46	4	3,927	90	39	46	4	1	6,405	2,479	-	3,926
SC......	10,330	5,396	101	8	4,825	284	118	87	8	71	10,046	5,278	14	4,754
VA,E....	28,366	20,375	256	7	7,728	787	426	211	7	143	27,579	19,949	45	7,585
VA,W....	10,188	8,288	61	8	1,831	578	423	58	8	89	9,610	7,865	3	1,742
WV,N....	2,731	2,539	19	-	173	160	121	18	-	21	2,571	2,418	1	152
WV,S....	4,033	3,725	27	-	281	181	134	24	-	23	3,852	3,591	3	258
5TH...	104,461	52,674	961	197	50,628	4,285	1,913	879	197	1,295	100,176	50,761	82	49,333
LA,E....	6,785	4,279	45	3	2,458	84	43	36	3	2	6,701	4,236	9	2,456
LA,M....	2,698	1,680	34	-	984	59	22	32	-	5	2,639	1,658	2	979
LA,W....	12,004	4,998	50	66	6,890	483	258	49	66	110	11,521	4,740	1	6,780
MS,N....	5,802	3,465	14	17	2,306	123	73	13	17	20	5,679	3,392	1	2,286
MS,S....	11,333	6,222	52	4	5,055	136	70	48	4	14	11,197	6,152	4	5,041
TX,N....	22,424	10,985	248	53	11,138	1,571	694	239	53	585	20,853	10,291	9	10,553
TX,E....	8,919	3,826	68	25	5,000	557	203	66	25	263	8,362	3,623	2	4,737
TX,S....	18,337	9,228	256	11	8,841	641	271	221	11	137	17,696	8,957	35	8,704
TX,W....	16,159	7,991	194	18	7,956	631	279	175	18	159	15,528	7,712	19	7,797
6TH...	151,147	96,693	816	79	53,559	3,678	2,006	770	79	823	147,469	94,687	46	52,736
KY,E....	8,812	7,547	29	7	1,229	249	178	26	7	38	8,563	7,369	3	1,191
KY,W....	10,871	8,615	54	5	2,197	185	104	54	5	22	10,686	8,511	-	2,175
MI,E....	23,198	17,281	221	18	5,678	606	313	213	18	62	22,592	16,968	8	5,616
MI,W....	10,657	7,713	86	12	2,846	495	285	85	12	113	10,162	7,428	1	2,733
OH,N....	22,656	18,481	78	8	4,089	506	331	72	8	95	22,150	18,150	6	3,994
OH,S....	24,544	18,110	119	8	6,307	539	297	112	8	122	24,005	17,813	7	6,185
TN,E....	15,277	7,515	51	12	7,699	396	183	49	12	152	14,881	7,332	2	7,547
TN,M....	12,316	6,214	106	7	5,989	506	239	96	7	164	11,810	5,975	10	5,825
TN,W....	22,816	5,217	72	2	17,525	196	76	63	2	55	22,620	5,141	9	17,470
7TH...	105,867	84,629	591	88	20,559	3,735	2,643	565	88	439	102,132	81,986	26	20,120
IL,N....	40,353	30,121	285	-	9,947	831	515	267	-	49	39,522	29,606	18	9,898
IL,C....	10,861	9,415	31	21	1,394	410	305	31	21	53	10,451	9,110	-	1,341
IL,S....	6,232	4,476	30	9	1,717	570	401	30	9	130	5,662	4,075	-	1,587
IN,N....	11,516	9,878	57	6	1,575	265	170	53	6	36	11,251	9,708	4	1,539
IN,S....	20,058	16,593	103	6	3,356	466	303	99	6	58	19,592	16,290	4	3,298
WI,E....	11,102	9,041	19	13	2,029	373	298	19	13	43	10,729	8,743	-	1,986
WI,W....	5,745	5,105	66	33	541	820	651	66	33	70	4,925	4,454	-	471
8TH...	74,712	54,515	361	228	19,607	4,772	3,234	348	228	961	69,940	51,281	13	18,646
AR,E....	9,063	4,485	49	7	4,522	272	137	46	7	82	8,791	4,348	3	4,440
AR,W....	4,832	3,174	26	4	1,628	215	123	25	4	63	4,617	3,051	1	1,565
IA,N....	3,603	3,441	19	11	132	251	196	18	11	26	3,352	3,245	1	106
IA,S....	5,551	4,940	14	5	592	349	305	14	5	25	5,202	4,635	-	567
MN......	19,238	14,352	79	24	4,783	2,299	1,668	79	24	528	16,939	12,684	-	4,255
MO,E....	13,291	7,848	51	2	5,390	300	193	49	2	56	12,991	7,655	2	5,334
MO,W....	9,784	8,268	89	18	1,409	403	221	85	18	79	9,381	8,047	4	1,330
NE......	5,477	4,460	19	59	938	264	142	18	59	44	5,213	4,318	1	894
ND......	1,809	1,676	5	51	77	168	99	4	51	14	1,641	1,577	1	63
SD......	2,064	1,871	10	47	136	251	150	10	47	44	1,813	1,721	-	92
9TH...	286,820	226,340	2,697	129	57,645	16,381	10,073	2,365	129	3,805	270,439	216,267	332	53,840
AK......	1,274	1,131	26	-	117	182	105	25	-	52	1,092	1,026	1	65
AZ......	21,725	16,364	304	3	5,051	872	446	279	3	141	20,853	15,918	25	4,910
CA,N....	32,919	23,843	344	6	8,722	2,452	1,205	285	6	952	30,467	22,638	59	7,770
CA,E....	33,088	28,001	180	40	4,866	2,585	1,686	166	40	692	30,503	26,315	14	4,174
CA,C....	108,031	87,667	1,033	7	19,323	6,521	4,499	885	7	1,129	101,510	83,168	148	18,194
CA,S....	18,367	13,506	130	2	4,729	244	137	95	2	10	18,123	13,369	35	4,719
HI......	3,489	3,113	56	-	320	191	125	46	-	20	3,298	2,988	10	300
ID......	5,713	4,245	38	20	1,410	464	251	34	20	159	5,249	3,994	4	1,251
MT......	2,993	2,322	22	22	627	248	142	21	22	63	2,745	2,180	1	564
NV......	11,387	8,078	184	3	3,122	437	170	178	3	86	10,950	7,908	6	3,036
OR......	17,493	13,764	44	9	3,676	758	484	42	9	223	16,735	13,280	2	3,453
WA,E....	6,132	5,148	59	12	913	484	305	56	12	111	5,648	4,843	3	802
WA,W....	24,112	19,080	275	5	4,752	919	498	251	5	165	23,193	18,582	24	4,587
GUAM....	89	70	2	-	17	19	15	2	-	2	70	55	-	15
NMI.....	8	8	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
10TH..	66,591	50,124	466	124	15,876	3,421	2,156	445	124	695	63,170	47,968	21	15,181
CO......	17,068	13,672	114	19	3,262	772	572	109	19	71	16,296	13,100	5	3,191
KS......	11,753	9,133	81	32	2,507	409	224	76	32	77	11,344	8,909	5	2,430
NM......	6,370	4,404	66	10	1,890	415	203	61	10	141	5,955	4,201	5	1,749
OK,N....	5,632	4,520	46	3	1,063	597	436	45	3	113	5,035	4,084	1	950
OK,E....	2,904	2,574	16	13	301	143	85	16	13	29	2,761	2,489	-	272
OK,W....	11,099	8,616	73	41	2,369	666	413	73	41	139	10,433	8,203	-	2,230
UT......	9,940	5,609	57	4	4,270	318	164	54	4	96	9,622	5,445	3	4,174
WY......	1,825	1,596	13	2	214	101	59	11	2	29	1,724	1,537	2	185
11TH..	153,234	80,575	1,181	74	71,395	4,777	2,159	1,068	74	1,467	148,457	78,416	113	69,928
AL,N....	21,494	7,459	93	4	13,937	437	189	85	4	158	21,057	7,270	8	13,779
AL,M....	6,294	2,410	24	4	3,856	249	109	24	4	112	6,045	2,301	-	3,744
AL,S....	4,922	2,029	24	3	2,866	160	62	20	3	75	4,762	1,967	4	2,791
FL,N....	4,030	3,320	46	1	663	108	43	40	1	24	3,922	3,277	6	639
FL,M....	37,302	29,862	368	15	7,056	1,180	606	328	15	230	36,122	29,256	40	6,826
FL,S....	21,658	16,690	332	2	4,627	758	440	297	2	12	20,900	16,250	35	4,615
GA,N....	32,317	11,713	222	5	20,377	1,290	503	209	5	573	31,027	11,210	13	19,804
GA,M....	13,847	4,709	42	32	9,064	176	62	38	32	44	13,671	4,647	4	9,020
GA,S....	11,370	2,383	30	8	8,949	419	145	27	8	239	10,951	2,238	3	8,710

* THESE FIGURES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CASES NOT REFLECTED ELSEWHERE:

MA...... SECTION 304 = 01

NY,N..SECTION 304 = 01

NY,S.... SECTION 304= 15

TX,S... CHAPTER 9 = 01

NE.... CHAPTER 9 = 01

AZ...... CHAPTER 9= 01

AZ.....SECTION 304 = 02

CA,N.... CHAPTER 9 = 01

CA,N.... SECTION 304=03

CA,E...CHAPTER 9 = 01

CA,C.... SECTION 304 = 01

CO...... CHAPTER 9=01

AL,N.. CHAPTER 9 = 01

FL,M.... SECTION 304 = 01

FL,S.... SECTION 304=07