Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Eastern District of Kentucky
Bankruptcy filings for the Eastern District of Kentucky - every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 petition recorded in the district, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 4,638
- Total filings FY2024
- 2,310
- Chapter 7
- 2,273
- Chapter 13
- 167
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Eastern District of Kentucky recorded 4,638 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 50% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.
- 50%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 49%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 3.6%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Federal-court filings only, tallied by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Statistical information, not legal advice.
Consumer vs business filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 4,638 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Filing history on a Chapter 13-heavy book
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 4,638 | 2,310 | 46 | 9 | 2,273 |
| FY2023 | 4,144 | 2,163 | 38 | 11 | 1,932 |
| FY2022 | 3,706 | 2,166 | 28 | 12 | 1,500 |
| FY2021 | 3,953 | 2,471 | 29 | 15 | 1,438 |
| FY2020 | 5,204 | 3,217 | 43 | 11 | 1,933 |
| FY2019 | 7,407 | 3,800 | 40 | 8 | 3,559 |
| FY2018 | 7,454 | 3,851 | 40 | 8 | 3,555 |
| FY2017 | 7,338 | 3,997 | 42 | 9 | 3,290 |
| FY2016 | 7,593 | 4,363 | 43 | 11 | 3,176 |
| FY2015 | 8,072 | 4,657 | 45 | 10 | 3,360 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
50%
Chapter 7 share
4,471
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 2,310 (50%)
- Chapter 13 2,273 (49%)
- Chapter 11 46 (1%)
- Chapter 12 9 (0%)
The 4,638 FY2024 filings in the Eastern District of Kentucky, broken down by chapter.
Filings increased 11.9% from FY2023 to FY2024 in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Chapter 13-heavy district mix
Eastern District of Kentucky's Chapter 13-heavy mix
Chapter 13 share ranks #18 of 90 among districts (highest share = #1); Chapter 7 is 50% of FY2024 filings here.
The Eastern District of Kentucky's decade trend, FY2015-FY2024: filings fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy filings did the Eastern District of Kentucky have in FY2024?
In FY2024, 4,638 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky, ranking it 54 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
In FY2024, 167 of the Eastern District of Kentucky's filings were business cases, versus 4,471 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers on Chapter 13 share
Two AOUSC peer sets for the Eastern District of Kentucky in FY2024, both outside Kentucky 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 (4,638 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.