Year

Total

Chapter
7

11

12

13

SUBTOTAL
BUSINESS

Chapter
7

11

12

13

SUBTOTAL
NON-
BUSINESS

Chapter
7

11

13

ADVERSARIES

Colorado’s Bankruptcy Case Filing Statistics

CO 1979*

899

586

9

304

109

79

9

21

790

507 0

283

CO 1980

5,968

3502

72

2,394

1,104

799

71

234

4,864

2,703

1

2,160

CO 1981

6,114

3,713

73

4,805

1,604

1,165

86

353

4,510

2,548

8

1,954

CO 1982

6,092

3,811

109

2,071

1,747

1,183

195

369

4,345

2,629

14

1,702

2,657

CO 1983

5,882

3,864

268

1,750

70

419

198

83

5,182

3,445

70

1,667

2,060

CO 1984

6,475

4,687

258

1,530

1,995

1,480

236

279

4,480

3,207

22

1,251

1,065

CO 1985

8,280

6,187

319

1,774

2,362

1,820

290

252

5,918

4,367

29

1,522

870

CO 1986

12,858

9,692

446

6

2,713

3,699

2,815

433

6

444

9,159

6,877

13

2,269

CO 1987

15,934

12,213

440

124

3,155

5,291

4,044

432

124

689

10,643

8,169

8

2,466

CO 1988

18,072

13,906

344

57

3,764

4,336

3,432

339

57

507

13,736

10,474

5

3,257

CO 1989

17,578

13,329

274

36

3,936

3,805

2,992

269

36

505

13,773

10,337

5

3,431

CO 1990

16,671

12,224

231

23

4,186

1,088

737

212

23

109

15,583

11,487

19

4,077

1,074

CO 1991

17,071

13,055

229

26

3,757

611

327

218

26

36

16,460

12,728

11

3,721

1,078

CO 1992

16,079

11,800

228

31

4,018

1,143

723

224

31

163

14,936

11,077

4

3,855

CO 1993

13,881

10,287

152

20

3,420

1,118

762

145

20

189

12,763

9,525

7

3,231

962

CO 1994

12,878

10,107

107

13

2,649

670

471

104

13

80

12,208

9,636

3

2,569

783

CO 1995

13,705

10,869

109

15

2,712

610

426

105

51

64

13,095

10,44

4

2,648

824

CO 1996

16,403

13,173

109

18

3,102

779

581

103

18

76

15,624

12,592

6

3,026

899

CO 1997

19,146

15,727

99

20

3,298

518

361

97

20

38

18,628

15,366

2

3,260

995

CO 1998

18,262 15.406 63 15 2,788 402 295 63 15 29 17,860 15,111 13 2,749

CO 1999

16,165 13,624 81 14 2,446 347 234 80 14 19 15,818 13,390 1 2,427

CO 2000

15,558 13,126 75 13 2,344 373 256 75 13 29 15,185 12,870 0 2,315 614

CO 2001

18,800 16,303 105 3 2,389 467 340 102 3 22 18,333 15,963 3 2,367

CO 2002

21,260 18,548 111 9 2,592 584 - - - - 20,676 - - -

CO 2003

25,956 23,230 79 8 2,638 552 429 76 8 38 25,404 22,801 3 2600

CO 2004

28,169 25,159 104 4 2,902 786 635 97 4 50 27,383 24,524 7 2,852

CO 2005

43,293 40,355 81 6 2,851 1,120 993 74 6 47 42,173 39,362 7 2,804

CO 2006

9,979 8,189 76 2 1,712 435 330 68 2 35 9,544 7,859 8 1,677

CO 2007

15,499 12,962 75 1 2,461 645 542 72 1 30 14,854 12,420 3 2,431

 

National Bankruptcy Case Filing Statistics

US 1979*

56,316

41,629

1,127

13,256

6,919

5,311

1,037

571

36,327

36,327

89

12,686

US 1980

331,098

249,136

6,349

75,584

43,629

33,698

5,878

4,052

287,463

213,460

471

71,532

US 1981

363,847

260,664

10,041

93,139

48,014

34,062

8,928

5,022

315,832

226,602

1,113

88,117

US 1982

380,212

256,309

18,554

103,738

69,207

44,941

16,622

7,636

311,004

212,703

2,199

96,102

161,061

US 1983

348,872

234,594

20,252

94,021

59,013

35,804

16,806

6,398

289,859

198,790

3,446

87,623

123,997

US 1984

348,488

234,997

20,252

93,221

63,954

39,138

17,783

7,015

284,534

195,859

2,469

86,206

60,188

US 1985

412,431

280,986

23,374

108,059

71,242

43,376

20,398

7,456

341,189

237,610

2,976

100,603

65,070

US 1986

530,008

374,452

24,740

601

130,200

81,019

50,626

21,370

517

8,491

448,989

323,826

3,370

121,709

US 1987

574,849

406,761

19,901

6,078

142,056

81,999

46,683

17,142

6,078

12,056

492,850

360,078

2,759

130,009

US 1988

613,606

437,882

17,690

2,034

155,969

63,775

38,590

15,541

2,034

7,580

549,831

399,292

2,149

148,389

US 1989

679,980

476,993

18,281

1,440

183,228

63,227

37,357

16,303

1,440

8,089

616,753

439,636

1,978

175,139

US 1990

782,960

543,334

20,783

1,346

217,468

64,853

36,394

18,282

1,346

8,802

718,107

506,940

2,501

208,666

57,231

US 1991

943,987

656,460

23,989

1,495

262,006

71,549

39,101

20,794

1,495

10,123

872,438

617,359

3,195

251,883

69,768

US 1992

971,517

681,663

22,634

1,608

256,577

70,643

38,125

9,436

1,608

11,439

900,874

643,538

3,198

254,138

US 1993

875,202

602,980

19,174

1,243

251,773

62,304

34,565

16,156

1,243

10,309

812,898

568,415

3,018

241,464

69,422

US 1994

832,829

567,240

14,773

900

249,877

52,374

29,689

12,508

900

9,238

780,455

537,551

2,265

240,639

65,600

US 1995

926,601

626,150

12,904

926

286,588

51,959

29,102

11,535

926

10,363

874,642

597,048

1,369

276,225

70,655

US 1996

1,178,555

810,400

11,910

1,083

355,123

53,549

30,659

10,738

1,083

11,031

1,125,006

779,741

1,173

344,092

71,224

US 1997

1,404.145

989,372

10,765

949

403,025

54,027

32,255

9,694

949

11,095

1,350,118

957,117

1,071

391,930

US 1998

1,442,549

1,035,696

8,386

807

397,619

44,367

27,774

7,524

807

8,221

1,398,182

1,007,922

862

389,398

US 1999

1,319,465

927,074

9,315

834

382,214

37,884

22,510

8,609

834

5,903

1,281,581

904,564

706

376,311

US 2000

1,253,444

859,220

9,884

407

383,894

35,472

20,335

9,197

407

5,494

1,217,972

838,885

687

378,400

61.326

US 2001

1,492,129

1,054,975

11,424

383

425,292

40,099

23,482

10,641

383

5,542

1,452,030

1,031,493

783

419,750

US 2002

1,577,651

1,054,975

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

US 2003

1,660,245

1,176,905

9,404

712

473,137

35,037

20,631

8,474

712

5,138

1,625,208

1,156,274

930

467,999

US 2004

1,597,462

1,137,958

10,132

108

449,129

34,317

20,192

9,186

108

4,701

1,563,145

1,117,766

946

444,428

US 2005

2,078,415

1,659,017

6,800

380

412,130

39,201

28,006

5,923

380

4,808

2,039,214

1,631,011

877

407,322

US 2006

617,660

360,890

5,163

348

251,179

19,695

11,878

4,643

348

2,749

597,965

349,012

520

248,430

US 2007

850,912

519,364

6,353

376

324,771

28,322

18,751

5,736

376

3,412

822,590

500,613

617

321,359

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Source: Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

Note: Additional statistical information may be obtained by contacting the Clerk of Court. Data provided by the Clerk’s Office staff may vary slightly from that shown in the above-table due to methods of tracking re-opened and bi-furcated cases.

* 3-month period under the Bankruptcy Code

Most recent national data may not yet be available. Most recent Colorado data is subject to slight change upon release of the national data.