Below is a chart I prepared on petition filings in the Central District of California with numbers through September 2017.
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Jan | 2,839 | 2,872 | 3,364 | 4,704 | |
| Feb | 2,795 | 3,299 | 3,829 | 4,574 | |
| March | 3,782 | 3,923 | 4,496 | 5,430 | |
| April | 3,209 | 3,584 | 4,486 | 5,364 | |
| May | 3,384 | 3,484 | 3,971 | 5,500 | |
| June | 3,252 | 3,545 | 3,966 | 4,386 | |
| July | 2,953 | 3,239 | 3,731 | 4,701 | |
| Aug | 3,387 | 3,543 | 3,544 | 4,540 | |
| Sept | 3,071 | 3,168 | 3,493 | 4,317 | |
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| Total | 28,672 | 30,657 | 34,880 | 43,516 |
Of the total filings for September 2017, this is the breakdown by chapter.
| Chap 7 | 21,140 | 74% |
| Chap 13 | 7,241 | 25% |
| Chap 11 | 287 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 0% |
| 28,672 | 100% |
That comes to 1,448 chapter 13 cases per trustee.