States Oklahoma Eastern District of Oklahoma

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

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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)

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 1,696
Total bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District of Oklahoma by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
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.

Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. Eastern District of Oklahoma FY2024 profile (#79 of 90 volume · #29 of 90 Ch.13 share · light-third district caseload) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.