Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 1,696
- Total filings FY2024
- 891
- Chapter 7
- 782
- Chapter 13
- 76
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
Eastern District of Oklahoma: 1,696 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, Chapter 7 accounting for 53%, a gain of 11.9% from FY2023.
- 53%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 46%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 4.5%
- 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 filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 1,696 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Light-volume filing history (#79 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 1,696 | 891 | 18 | 5 | 782 |
| FY2023 | 1,515 | 831 | 15 | 6 | 663 |
| FY2022 | 1,355 | 826 | 11 | 7 | 511 |
| FY2021 | 1,446 | 939 | 11 | 8 | 488 |
| FY2020 | 1,902 | 1,224 | 16 | 6 | 656 |
| FY2019 | 2,707 | 1,464 | 15 | 4 | 1,224 |
| FY2018 | 2,724 | 1,483 | 15 | 4 | 1,222 |
| FY2017 | 2,682 | 1,534 | 16 | 5 | 1,127 |
| FY2016 | 2,776 | 1,669 | 16 | 6 | 1,085 |
| FY2015 | 2,950 | 1,781 | 17 | 5 | 1,147 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
53%
Chapter 7 share
1,620
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 891 (53%)
- Chapter 13 782 (46%)
- Chapter 11 18 (1%)
- Chapter 12 5 (0%)
How the 1,696 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
Eastern District of Oklahoma filings rose 11.9% year-over-year, from FY2023 to FY2024.
Light-third district caseload
Eastern District of Oklahoma in the light-volume third
1,696 FY2024 filings put Eastern District of Oklahoma in the lightest third of federal districts (#79 of 90).
Looking back to FY2015, the Eastern District of Oklahoma has lost 42.5% in filing volume through FY2024, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy filings did the Eastern District of Oklahoma have in FY2024?
The Eastern District of Oklahoma had 1,696 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, the #79 busiest of the 90 federal districts by filing volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
Of the Eastern District of Oklahoma's FY2024 filings, 76 were business cases and 1,620 were non-business (consumer) cases.
Nationwide peers of a light-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this light-volume Eastern District of Oklahoma book in FY2024, both outside Oklahoma (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 (1,696 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.