Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Western District of Oklahoma
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Western District of Oklahoma, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 4,144
- Total filings FY2024
- 2,177
- Chapter 7
- 1,912
- Chapter 13
- 185
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Western District of Oklahoma recorded 4,144 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 53% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 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 4,144 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 | 4,144 | 2,177 | 43 | 12 | 1,912 |
| FY2023 | 3,704 | 2,033 | 35 | 16 | 1,620 |
| FY2022 | 3,311 | 2,020 | 26 | 16 | 1,249 |
| FY2021 | 3,533 | 2,294 | 27 | 20 | 1,192 |
| FY2020 | 4,651 | 2,992 | 40 | 14 | 1,605 |
| FY2019 | 6,619 | 3,578 | 38 | 10 | 2,993 |
| FY2018 | 6,660 | 3,625 | 36 | 11 | 2,988 |
| FY2017 | 6,557 | 3,750 | 39 | 12 | 2,756 |
| FY2016 | 6,786 | 4,080 | 40 | 14 | 2,652 |
| FY2015 | 7,214 | 4,353 | 42 | 14 | 2,805 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
53%
Chapter 7 share
3,959
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 2,177 (53%)
- Chapter 13 1,912 (46%)
- Chapter 11 43 (1%)
- Chapter 12 12 (0%)
How the 4,144 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
From FY2023 to FY2024, the Western District of Oklahoma's filing volume went up 11.9%.
Chapter 13-heavy district mix
Western District of Oklahoma's Chapter 13-heavy mix
Chapter 13 share ranks #27 of 90 among districts (highest share = #1); Chapter 7 is 53% of FY2024 filings here.
Between FY2015 and FY2024, the Western District of Oklahoma's filing count fell 42.6%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the FY2024 bankruptcy filing count for the Western District of Oklahoma?
In FY2024, 4,144 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Western District of Oklahoma, ranking it 56 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
In FY2024, 185 of the Western District of Oklahoma's filings were business cases, versus 3,959 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers on Chapter 13 share
Two AOUSC peer sets for the Western District of Oklahoma in FY2024, both outside Oklahoma 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 (4,144 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.