Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Western District of Arkansas
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Western District of Arkansas, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 2,219
- Total filings FY2024
- 1,111
- Chapter 7
- 1,068
- Chapter 13
- 94
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
Western District of Arkansas: 2,219 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, Chapter 7 accounting for 50%, a gain of 11.9% from FY2023.
- 50%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 48%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 4.2%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Fiscal year runs Oct–Sep; all cases here are federal, not state, filings. Not legal advice.
Consumer vs business filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 2,219 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Light-volume filing history (#74 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 2,219 | 1,111 | 26 | 14 | 1,068 |
| FY2023 | 1,983 | 1,038 | 21 | 18 | 906 |
| FY2022 | 1,773 | 1,037 | 15 | 19 | 702 |
| FY2021 | 1,892 | 1,181 | 16 | 24 | 671 |
| FY2020 | 2,491 | 1,544 | 24 | 17 | 906 |
| FY2019 | 3,543 | 1,832 | 22 | 12 | 1,677 |
| FY2018 | 3,567 | 1,857 | 22 | 12 | 1,676 |
| FY2017 | 3,511 | 1,925 | 23 | 14 | 1,549 |
| FY2016 | 3,633 | 2,099 | 24 | 17 | 1,493 |
| FY2015 | 3,862 | 2,241 | 25 | 16 | 1,580 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
50%
Chapter 7 share
2,125
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 1,111 (50%)
- Chapter 13 1,068 (48%)
- Chapter 11 26 (1%)
- Chapter 12 14 (1%)
FY2024 filings by chapter: 2,219 total across Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13.
From FY2023 to FY2024, the Western District of Arkansas's filing volume went up 11.9%.
Light-third district caseload
Western District of Arkansas in the light-volume third
2,219 FY2024 filings put Western District of Arkansas in the lightest third of federal districts (#74 of 90).
The Western District of Arkansas's decade trend, FY2015-FY2024: filings fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy cases were filed in the Western District of Arkansas in FY2024?
In FY2024, 2,219 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Western District of Arkansas, ranking it 74 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
Business filings in the Western District of Arkansas totaled 94 in FY2024, compared with 2,125 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a light-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this light-volume Western District of Arkansas book in FY2024, both outside Arkansas (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 (2,219 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.