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District of Colorado

According to AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics, the District of Colorado recorded every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 petition filed in the district.

7,496
Total filings FY2024
High-volume district
5,870
Chapter 7
Above national share
1,511
Chapter 13
Below national share
445
Business
Above national share

Data updated September 2026

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The bottom line

District of Colorado: 7,496 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, Chapter 7 accounting for 78%, a gain of 28.7% from FY2023.

78%
Chapter 7 (liquidation)
20%
Chapter 13 (repayment)
5.9%
business filings
+28.7%
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 7,496 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.

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

FY2024 total bankruptcy filings, AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics

7,496 Top 25% higher than 75% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 7,500–9,000: 4 federal judicial districts (4%). Above this entry. 9,000–10,500: 5 federal judicial districts (6%). Above this entry. 10,500–12,000: 4 federal judicial districts (4%). Above this entry. 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. Colorado 0 16,500 every federal judicial district, bucketed by value

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Source AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics · FY2024

Heavy-volume filing history (#22 of 89)

05,00010,00015,00020,000 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 7,496
Total bankruptcy filings in the District of Colorado by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
Year Total Ch. 7 Ch. 11 Ch. 12 Ch. 13
FY2024 7,496 5,870 111 2 1,511
FY2023 5,823 4,401 67 2 1,352
FY2022 5,194 3,883 72 3 1,236
FY2021 6,977 5,690 68 11 1,208
FY2020 9,387 7,392 84 2 1,908
FY2019 11,409 8,826 70 4 2,509
FY2018 11,507 8,910 64 7 2,525
FY2017 12,475 9,690 94 2 2,689
FY2016 13,191 10,476 74 0 2,639
FY2015 15,389 12,586 86 4 2,710

Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix

78%

Chapter 7 share

7,051

Consumer filings

  • Chapter 7 5,870 (78%)
  • Chapter 13 1,511 (20%)
  • Chapter 11 111 (1%)
  • Chapter 12 2 (0%)

Chapter breakdown of the 7,496 FY2024 filings in the District of Colorado.

From FY2023 to FY2024, the District of Colorado's filing volume went up 28.7%.

Unemployment & filings, side by side

Colorado's unemployment rate barely moved (3.3% in 2019 to 3.3% in 2023), while filings in the District of Colorado fell 49.0% over the comparable span, FY2019-FY2023 — a mover unemployment alone does not explain.

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 Colorado in the heavy-volume third

FY2024 filings rose 28.7% vs FY2023 — a sharp year-over-year move for District of Colorado.

Between FY2015 and FY2024, the District of Colorado's filing count fell 51.3%, 10.0 points below the national decline of 41.3%.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The District of Colorado had 7,496 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, the #22 busiest of the 89 federal districts by filing volume.

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

Of the District of Colorado's FY2024 filings, 445 were business cases and 7,051 were non-business (consumer) cases.

Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district

Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Colorado book in FY2024, both outside Colorado . 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 (7,496 here).

Nevada 7,992 Western Tennessee 8,115 Eastern Wisconsin 6,832 Eastern Tennessee 6,807

Similar Chapter 13 share

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

Northern Ohio 21% Ch.13 Eastern California 21% Ch.13 Maine 20% Ch.13 Eastern Washington 18% Ch.13

What to do with this

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

  • This district ranks #22 of 89 nationally by FY2024 filing volume - see how every federal district stacks up. National rankings
  • 78% 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 Colorado is one federal district in Colorado - see the full state rollup across every district. Colorado 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 Colorado FY2024 profile (#22 of 89 volume · #71 of 89 Ch.13 share · upper-band yoy rebound) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.