Total bankruptcy filings in February in the Central District of California was 9,307, up 1% from January but 12% lower than the previous February. To put the total into context, the TOTAL filings in February, 2012 for all four districts in Texas AND all four districts in New York was 7,830. Of the total here, 2,256 were chapter 13s or about 24% of the total. This means each trustee received about 450 new cases in February.
| Central District of California | |||||||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | % | 2011 | 2012 | ||||
| Jan | 3,694 | 6,004 | 9,013 | 50% | 10,868 | 21% | 8,835 | -19% | |
| Feb | 3,787 | 6,971 | 9,659 | 39% | 10,631 | 10% | 9,307 | -12% | |
| March | 4,381 | 8,529 | 12,840 | 51% | 13,543 | 5% | |||
| April | 5,023 | 8,512 | 12,114 | 42% | 12,087 | 0% | |||
| May | 5,177 | 8,967 | 11,906 | 33% | 11,669 | -2% | |||
| June | 5,351 | 9,595 | 12,190 | 27% | 11,718 | -4% | |||
| July | 5,983 | 9,894 | 12,737 | 29% | 10,418 | -18% | |||
| Aug | 6,195 | 9,748 | 12,720 | 30% | 11,496 | -10% | |||
| Sept | 6,290 | 9,214 | 12,412 | 35% | 10,006 | -19% | |||
| Oct | 6,364 | 10,322 | 11,753 | 14% | 9,887 | -16% | |||
| Nov | 6,029 | 9,462 | 10,900 | 15% | 9,099 | -17% | |||
| Dec | 6,615 | 9,864 | 10,925 | 11% | 9,089 | -17% | |||
| 64,889 | 107,082 | 139,169 | 30% | 130,511 | -6% | ||||
| % of total | 0.059 | 0.075 | 0.089 | 0.095 | |||||