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Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC

Middle District of Georgia

Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Middle District of Georgia, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.

7,660
Total filings FY2024
2,775
Chapter 7
4,785
Chapter 13
312
Business

Data updated August 2026

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The bottom line

The Middle District of Georgia recorded 7,660 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 36% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.

36%
Chapter 7 (liquidation)
62%
Chapter 13 (repayment)
4.1%
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 on a heavy-volume book, FY2024

AOUSC case-type split of the same 7,660 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.

Heavy-volume filing history (#30 of 90)

4,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,000 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 7,660
Total bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Georgia by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
Year Total Ch. 7 Ch. 11 Ch. 12 Ch. 13
FY2024 7,660 2,775 94 6 4,785
FY2023 6,845 2,634 78 8 4,125
FY2022 6,120 2,733 59 9 3,319
FY2021 6,529 3,194 64 11 3,260
FY2020 8,594 4,136 94 8 4,356
FY2019 12,232 4,596 82 5 7,549
FY2018 12,309 4,668 81 5 7,555
FY2017 12,117 4,921 87 6 7,103
FY2016 12,539 5,465 91 7 6,976
FY2015 13,329 5,839 95 7 7,388

Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix

36%

Chapter 7 share

7,348

Consumer filings

  • Chapter 7 2,775 (36%)
  • Chapter 13 4,785 (62%)
  • Chapter 11 94 (1%)
  • Chapter 12 6 (0%)

How the 7,660 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.

Year-over-year, the Middle District of Georgia saw filings climb 11.9% between FY2023 and FY2024.

Heavy-third district caseload

Middle District of Georgia in the heavy-volume third

7,660 FY2024 filings put Middle District of Georgia in the heaviest third of federal districts (#30 of 90).

Between FY2015 and FY2024, the Middle District of Georgia'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 Middle District of Georgia?

In FY2024, 7,660 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Middle District of Georgia, ranking it 30 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.

How many business vs. non-business bankruptcy filings were there?

Of the Middle District of Georgia's FY2024 filings, 312 were business cases and 7,348 were non-business (consumer) cases.

Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district

Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume Middle District of Georgia book in FY2024, both outside Georgia (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 (7,660 here).

Similar Chapter 13 share

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

Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. Middle District of Georgia FY2024 profile (#30 of 90 volume · #6 of 90 Ch.13 share · heavy-third district caseload) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.