In the month of June 2013, 593 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, which consists of 44 counties in North Carolina. Those filings included 167 Chapter 7 cases, 9 Chapter 11 cases and 417 Chapter 13 cases. Of those cases filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, 125 bankruptcy petitions listed Wake County as the county of residence. Wake County bankruptcy petitions made up 21% of the total filings in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the most of any county. The 125 Wake County bankruptcy petitions consisted of 46 Chapter 7 cases, 2 Chapter 11 cases and 77 Chapter 13 cases.
