Map 1

The title is "Oregon's Personal Bankruptcy Filing Rate Remained High Through Midyear 2003."

A map that shows the rate of personal bankruptcies and the states' rankings from the second quarter of 2002 to the second quarter of 2003. In the Western United States, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah had bankruptcy rates between 6.2 and 11.0. Their respective rankings were 37, 41, 38, 48, and 50. Montana, Wyoming, and Arizona had bankruptcy rates between 4.4 and 6.2, and ranked 20, 23, and 28 respectively. California and Alaska had bankruptcy rates between 2.1 and 4.4; California ranked 16, and Alaska ranked 1, having the lowest personal bankruptcy rate in the country.