Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Central District of Illinois
Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the Central District of Illinois, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 3,932
- Total filings FY2024
- 2,446
- Chapter 7
- 1,389
- Chapter 13
- 255
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Central District of Illinois recorded 3,932 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 62% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.
- 62%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 35%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 6.5%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Federal-court filings only, tallied by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Statistical information, not legal advice.
Business-heavy case split, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 3,932 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Filing history, FY series
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 3,932 | 2,446 | 95 | 2 | 1,389 |
| FY2023 | 3,513 | 2,265 | 77 | 3 | 1,168 |
| FY2022 | 3,141 | 2,202 | 55 | 3 | 881 |
| FY2021 | 3,349 | 2,463 | 56 | 3 | 827 |
| FY2020 | 4,410 | 3,211 | 84 | 2 | 1,113 |
| FY2019 | 6,278 | 4,020 | 82 | 2 | 2,174 |
| FY2018 | 6,317 | 4,067 | 80 | 2 | 2,168 |
| FY2017 | 6,219 | 4,157 | 84 | 2 | 1,976 |
| FY2016 | 6,436 | 4,469 | 86 | 3 | 1,878 |
| FY2015 | 6,841 | 4,765 | 89 | 2 | 1,985 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
62%
Chapter 7 share
3,677
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 2,446 (62%)
- Chapter 13 1,389 (35%)
- Chapter 11 95 (2%)
- Chapter 12 2 (0%)
How the 3,932 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
From FY2023 to FY2024, the Central District of Illinois's filing volume went up 11.9%.
Business-filing-heavy district
Central District of Illinois's upper-band YoY move
Business filings are 6.5% of FY2024 activity (national 4.4%) in the Central District of Illinois.
Over FY2015–FY2024, filings in the Central District of Illinois fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5% over the same span.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the FY2024 bankruptcy filing count for the Central District of Illinois?
In FY2024, 3,932 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Central District of Illinois, ranking it 58 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
Business filings in the Central District of Illinois totaled 255 in FY2024, compared with 3,677 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide districts with similar filing profiles
Two AOUSC peer sets for the Central District of Illinois in FY2024, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not state containment (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 (3,932 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.