States and Territories

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Ranked by Number of Filings 
April 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997
Total : 109,887

  1California              2  New York       3 Florida               4 Texas                       5 Arizona 
  6 Illinois                  7  Pennsylvania    8 Michigan            9 Minnesota               10 Delaware
11 North Carolina   12 Ohio               13 Washington      14 Georgia                  15 New  Jersey
16 Massachusetts    17 Nevada           18 Colorado         19 Oregon                  20 Virginia
21 Maryland            22 Missouri          23 Tennessee        24 Indiana                  25 Connecticut
26 Utah                   27 Louisiana         28 Wisconsin        29 Hawaii                   30 Oklahoma
31 South Carolina    32 Alabama         33 South Dakota   34 New Hampshire     35 Kentucky 
36 Iowa                   37 Puerto Rico    38 Kansas             39 Arkansas               40 New Mexico
41 Rhode Island       42 Nebraska       43 Mississippi        44 District of Columbia  
45 Maine                  46 Idaho             47 West Virginia    48 North Dakota        49 Montana
50 Vermont              51 Alaska           52 Guam                53 Wyoming