Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Northern District of Alabama
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Northern District of Alabama, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 8,084
- Total filings FY2024
- 3,533
- Chapter 7
- 4,440
- Chapter 13
- 298
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
FY2024 closed with 8,084 filings in the Northern District of Alabama, 44% Chapter 7, up 11.9% on FY2023.
- 44%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 55%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 3.7%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Counted by federal fiscal year (Oct–Sep); every case here is filed in federal, not state, court. Not legal advice.
Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 8,084 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#25 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 8,084 | 3,533 | 91 | 20 | 4,440 |
| FY2023 | 7,223 | 3,326 | 75 | 25 | 3,797 |
| FY2022 | 6,459 | 3,382 | 56 | 28 | 2,993 |
| FY2021 | 6,890 | 3,898 | 59 | 34 | 2,899 |
| FY2020 | 9,069 | 5,068 | 87 | 24 | 3,890 |
| FY2019 | 12,909 | 5,832 | 79 | 17 | 6,981 |
| FY2018 | 12,989 | 5,916 | 77 | 17 | 6,979 |
| FY2017 | 12,788 | 6,182 | 83 | 20 | 6,503 |
| FY2016 | 13,233 | 6,798 | 86 | 24 | 6,325 |
| FY2015 | 14,067 | 7,260 | 89 | 23 | 6,695 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
44%
Chapter 7 share
7,786
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 3,533 (44%)
- Chapter 13 4,440 (55%)
- Chapter 11 91 (1%)
- Chapter 12 20 (0%)
How the 8,084 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
From FY2023 to FY2024, the Northern District of Alabama's filing volume went up 11.9%.
Heavy-third district caseload
Northern District of Alabama in the heavy-volume third
8,084 FY2024 filings put Northern District of Alabama in the heaviest third of federal districts (#25 of 90).
Between FY2015 and FY2024, the Northern District of Alabama's filing count fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the FY2024 bankruptcy filing count for the Northern District of Alabama?
The Northern District of Alabama had 8,084 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, the #25 busiest of the 90 federal districts by filing volume.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
Of the Northern District of Alabama's FY2024 filings, 298 were business cases and 7,786 were non-business (consumer) cases.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume Northern District of Alabama book in FY2024, both outside Alabama (same-state courts stay in Other districts below). Volume peers are nearest other-state districts by total filings; Chapter 13 peers are nearest by Ch.13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.
Similar filing volume
Nearest other-state districts by FY2024 total filings (8,084 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.