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District of Arizona

According to AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics, every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the District of Arizona is covered here.

10,861
Total filings FY2024
High-volume district
8,786
Chapter 7
Above national share
1,949
Chapter 13
Below national share
409
Business
Below national share

Data updated September 2026

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The bottom line

The District of Arizona recorded 10,861 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 81% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 18.4% from FY2023.

81%
Chapter 7 (liquidation)
18%
Chapter 13 (repayment)
3.8%
business filings
+18.4%
vs FY2023

Fiscal year runs Oct–Sep; all cases here are federal, not state, filings. Not legal advice.

Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024

AOUSC case-type split of the same 10,861 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.

District of Arizona: filing volume vs. every federal judicial district

FY2024 total bankruptcy filings, AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics

10,861 Top 11% higher than 89% of 89 federal judicial districts

0–1,500: 17 federal judicial districts (19%). Below this entry. 1,500–3,000: 14 federal judicial districts (16%). Below this entry. 3,000–4,500: 13 federal judicial districts (15%). Below this entry. 4,500–6,000: 14 federal judicial districts (16%). Below this entry. 6,000–7,500: 10 federal judicial districts (11%). Below this entry. 7,500–9,000: 4 federal judicial districts (4%). Below this entry. 9,000–10,500: 5 federal judicial districts (6%). Below this entry. 10,500–12,000: 4 federal judicial districts (4%). This entry sits in this band. 12,000–13,500: 2 federal judicial districts (2%). Above this entry. 13,500–15,000: 1 federal judicial districts (1%). Above this entry. 15,000–16,500: 5 federal judicial districts (6%). Above this entry. Arizona 0 16,500 every federal judicial district, bucketed by value

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Source AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics · FY2024

Heavy-volume filing history (#10 of 89)

8,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,000 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 10,861
Total bankruptcy filings in the District of Arizona by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
Year Total Ch. 7 Ch. 11 Ch. 12 Ch. 13
FY2024 10,861 8,786 117 1 1,949
FY2023 9,176 7,510 96 1 1,569
FY2022 8,926 7,337 100 1 1,488
FY2021 10,773 9,277 85 3 1,408
FY2020 14,519 12,098 145 4 2,272
FY2019 16,950 13,594 173 5 3,178
FY2018 16,256 13,074 185 5 2,991
FY2017 15,682 12,688 197 6 2,791
FY2016 15,895 13,059 258 2 2,576
FY2015 17,448 14,835 244 2 2,367

Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix

81%

Chapter 7 share

10,452

Consumer filings

  • Chapter 7 8,786 (81%)
  • Chapter 13 1,949 (18%)
  • Chapter 11 117 (1%)
  • Chapter 12 1 (0%)

How the 10,861 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.

Filings increased 18.4% from FY2023 to FY2024 in the District of Arizona.

Unemployment & filings, side by side

With Arizona unemployment essentially unchanged (4.0% to 4.0%), the District of Arizona's 45.9% filing decline over FY2019-FY2023 points to a driver other than the labor market.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics state unemployment rate, annual average; AOUSC filing counts by fiscal year. A comparison, not a claim of cause.

Upper-band YoY rebound

District of Arizona in the heavy-volume third

FY2024 filings rose 18.4% vs FY2023 — a sharp year-over-year move for District of Arizona.

Looking back to FY2015, the District of Arizona has lost 37.8% in filing volume through FY2024, 3.6 points above the national decline of 41.3%.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of Arizona in FY2024?

In FY2024, 10,861 bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of Arizona, ranking it 10 out of 89 federal judicial districts by volume.

What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?

The District of Arizona had 409 business filings and 10,452 non-business (consumer) filings in FY2024.

Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district

Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Arizona book in FY2024, both outside Arizona . 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 (10,861 here).

Maryland 10,858 Southern Ohio 10,683 Eastern Virginia 11,115 Eastern New York 10,432

Similar Chapter 13 share

Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.

Nevada 18% Ch.13 Eastern Washington 18% Ch.13 Southern Iowa 18% Ch.13 Connecticut 17% Ch.13

What to do with this

District of Arizona's own numbers, then where to compare them.

  • This district ranks #10 of 89 nationally by FY2024 filing volume - see how every federal district stacks up. National rankings
  • 81% of FY2024 filings here were Chapter 7 liquidations, not Chapter 13 repayment plans - the guide breaks down what separates the two. Chapter 7 vs Chapter 13
  • District of Arizona is one federal district in Arizona - see the full state rollup across every district. Arizona overview

Figures are Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics FY2024 filings - see the methodology page for how districts and chapters are defined.

Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. District of Arizona FY2024 profile (#10 of 89 volume · #75 of 89 Ch.13 share · upper-band yoy rebound) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.