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Filing Trends 1988-1997

States Name	Court Jurisdiction	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	% Diff.
Alaska	Probate Court	671	639	611	625	633	590	571	517	501	492	-27%
Arizona	Superior Court	1,574	1,675	1,773	1,605	1,548	1,734	1,456	1,536	1,515	1,515	-4%
Arkansas	Chancery/Probate Court	1,628	1,647	1,641	1,716	1,697	1,792	1,792	1,750	1,598	1,704	5%
Colorado	District/Denver Juvenile Court	1,794	1,890	1,894	1,981	1,989	1,737	1,706	2,039	2,387	2,423	35%
Connecticut	Probate Court	1,266	1,254	1,186	1,260	1,124	1,009	875	847	850	896	-29%
Delaware	Family Court	198	217	211	190	211	176	193	197	202	199	1%
District of Columbia	Superior Court	309	269	297	205	334	353	475	247	337	492	59%
Hawaii	Circuit/Family Court	717	724	822	620	687	567	458	438	508	641	-11%
Idaho	District Court	929	897	909	898	972	937	912	948	967	1,052	13%
Illinois	Circuit Court									5,389	6,179
Indiana	Superior/Circuit/Probate Court	3,315	3,451	3,449	3,381	3,195	2,984	3,244	3,337	3,193	3,236	-2%
Kansas	District Court	1,833	1,765	1,810	1,730	1,838	1,785	1,715	1,815	1,735	1,792	-2%
Kentucky	Circuit Court	2,186	2,120	2,213	2,099	1,982	2,139	1,924	1,951	1,863	1,582	-28%
Louisiana	District/Family/Juvenile		773	1,697	1,910	2,108	1,799	1,868	1,636	995	1,441
Maryland	Circuit Court	3,169	3,128	2,986	2,995	3,120	3,369	3,067	3,023	3,829	3,982	26%
Massachusetts	Probate & Family Dept.	2,630	2,809	2,986	2,736	2,946	2,773	3,037	3,273	3,141	3,029	15%
Michigan	Probate Court	5,304	5,181	5,294	5,408	6,092	5,679	5,069	5,761	5,584	6,118	15%
Minnesota	District Court	2,388	2,204	2,034	2,071	2,238	1,898	1,768	1,862	1,879	1,936	-19%
Mississippi	Chancery Court										1,084
Missouri	Circuit Court	2,306	2,426	2,251	2,356	2,276	2,353	2,400	2,180	2,496	2,476	7%
Montana	District Court	696	693	691	729	739	712	734	712	702	725	4%
Nebraska	County Court	998	1,032	976	973	991	977	962	960	846	864	-13%
Nevada	District Court	641	685	691	779	732	746	717	727	697	735	15%
New Hampshire	Probate Court	743	726	701	562	551	546	534	529	508	576	-22%
New Jersey	Superior Court	2,538	2,613	2,544	2,400	2,410	2,274	2,158	2,047	2,097	2,034	-20%
New Mexico	District Court					419	500	717	673	661	660
New York	Family/Surrogates' Court	6,404	6,787	7,231	7,263	8,170	7,587	7,911	9,650	8,056	9,436	47%
North Dakota	District Court	388	369	331	313	313	301	327	291	277	320	-18%
Ohio	Court of Common Pleas	5,410	5,340	5,045	5,498	5,247	4,895	4,797	4,677	4,906	4,972	-8%
Oklahoma	District Court				2,117	2,265	2,352	2,196	2,080	2,097	2,204
Oregon	Circuit/County Court	1,893	1,929	1,828	2,065	2,022	1,816	1,786	1,752	1,714	1,858	-2%
Pennsylvania	Court of Common Pleas	4,782	4,712	4,597	4,362	4,421	3,760	3,737	3,737	3,983	4,178	-13%
Puerto Rico	Superior Court				518	508	501	519	450	471	471
Rhode Island	Family Court			454	433	410	471	489	537	690	598
South Dakota	Circuit Court	418	398	433	378	462	432	360	360	362	358	-14%
Tennessee	Circuit/Chancery Court	2,480	2,480	2,515	2,585	2,764	2,678	2,691	2,668	2,175	2,294	-8%
Utah	District/Juvenile Court				1,240	1,375	1,217	1,406	1,449	1,476	1,483
Vermont	Probate Court	499	546	484	502	509	466	401	446	532	357	-28%
Washington	Superior Court	2,723	2,843	2,889	2,944	2,611	2,364	2,419	2,352	2,282	2,699	-1%
West Virginia	Circuit Court	970	942	816	941	869	788	763	758	800	836	-14%
Wisconsin	Circuit Court	2,140	2,079	2,071	1,994	1,871	1,710	1,938	1,931	2,458	2,480	16%
Wyoming	District Court					411	444	446	458	411	404

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