In 2022, Cook County, Illinois registered the highest number of bankruptcies of any county in the United States, with ****** non-business and *** business bankruptcy cases filed. This is just over ***** cases more than the second-placed Los Angeles County, California.
The nature of debt is business if the debtor is a corporation or partnership, or if debt related to the operation of a business predominates. Non-business debt includes consumer debt or other debt that the debtor indicates is not consumer debt or business debt.
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