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District of Oregon

Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the District of Oregon, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.

7,821
Total filings FY2024
5,493
Chapter 7
2,150
Chapter 13
422
Business

Data updated August 2026

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The bottom line

The District of Oregon recorded 7,821 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 70% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.

70%
Chapter 7 (liquidation)
27%
Chapter 13 (repayment)
5.4%
business filings
+11.9%
vs FY2023

Counted by federal fiscal year (Oct–Sep); every case here is filed in federal, not state, court. Not legal advice.

Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024

AOUSC case-type split of the same 7,821 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.

Heavy-volume filing history (#28 of 90)

4,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,000 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 7,821
Total bankruptcy filings in the District of Oregon by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
Year Total Ch. 7 Ch. 11 Ch. 12 Ch. 13
FY2024 7,821 5,493 150 28 2,150
FY2023 6,988 5,042 121 34 1,791
FY2022 6,248 4,805 84 35 1,324
FY2021 6,665 5,309 85 42 1,229
FY2020 8,774 6,955 127 30 1,662
FY2019 12,488 8,987 129 23 3,349
FY2018 12,566 9,081 126 24 3,335
FY2017 12,371 9,200 131 26 3,014
FY2016 12,803 9,801 132 31 2,839
FY2015 13,609 10,445 137 29 2,998

Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix

70%

Chapter 7 share

7,399

Consumer filings

  • Chapter 7 5,493 (70%)
  • Chapter 13 2,150 (27%)
  • Chapter 11 150 (2%)
  • Chapter 12 28 (0%)

The 7,821 FY2024 filings in the District of Oregon, broken down by chapter.

From FY2023 to FY2024, the District of Oregon's filing volume went up 11.9%.

Heavy-third district caseload

District of Oregon in the heavy-volume third

7,821 FY2024 filings put District of Oregon in the heaviest third of federal districts (#28 of 90).

Looking back to FY2015, the District of Oregon 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 District of Oregon have in FY2024?

The District of Oregon had 7,821 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, the #28 busiest of the 90 federal districts by filing volume.

What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?

In FY2024, 422 of the District of Oregon's filings were business cases, versus 7,399 non-business (consumer) filings.

Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district

Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Oregon book in FY2024, both outside Oregon . 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 (7,821 here).

Massachusetts 7,821 Western Texas 7,884 Southern Indiana 7,679 Middle Georgia 7,660

Similar Chapter 13 share

Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.

Vermont 28% Ch.13 Wyoming 28% Ch.13 Southern California 29% Ch.13 Central California 29% Ch.13
Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. District of Oregon FY2024 profile (#28 of 90 volume · #78 of 90 Ch.13 share · heavy-third district caseload) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.