ocr: Bankruptcy Filings Personal bankruptcies have continued to climb over the past eight years. The chart shows the number of bankruptcy Filings over the past 16 years involving the two most commonly used methods for individual inancial distress: Chapters 7 and: 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. 810,400 300,000 500,000 400,000 355,123 200,000 1981 1986 1991 1996 Chapter 7 Chapter 13 Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Annual Report of the Director.
