Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Filing Statistics – 2014 Year to date

July 22, 2014bankruptcy stats, chapter 13, chapter 7Terrance Leeders

So far, in 2014 there have been 29,052 bankruptcy cases filed in the Northern District of Illinois

Compared to this time last year, when 31,754 cases were filed, down, almost 9%.

Adversary proceedings were down from 1064 to just 610 this year, over 42%.

11,120 (38%) of these cases were for debtors living in Chicago, followed by 592 in Rockford, 536 in Aurora, 452 living in Joliet, 289 from Plainfield, 281 in Elgin, 280 in Bolingbrook, 271 in Calumet City, 246 in Waukegan, 238 in Naperville, 232 in Dolton, 226 in Berwyn, and 211 in Des Plaines.

The remaining cities were each all below 200 filings.

A full list of bankruptcy filing statistics can be found here.

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