Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings for residents of  Orange County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County continue to be high, as local bankruptcy attorneys can attest.  Although few cities in these counties are immune, the concentration of chapter 7 filings tend to be higher in some cities more than others.

The Orange County cities with the most Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed during October 2009  are as follows:

Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove,  Huntington Beach, Irvine, Mission Viejo, Orange, and Santa Ana.

Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed by residents of Riverside County and San Bernardino County are filed in the Riverside Bankruptcy Courthouse.  Data from that court points to the following ten cities as having the highest number of Chapter 7 bankruptcies for residents of those counties for October 2009:

Corona, Fontana, Hemet, Hesperia, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, and San Bernardino.

Future posts will examine trends in all three counties to see what cities in Orange County and the Inland Empire are experiencing the highest rates of Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings in those respective counties.