Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Southern District of Texas
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Southern District of Texas, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 14,980
- Total filings FY2024
- 9,330
- Chapter 7
- 5,204
- Chapter 13
- 920
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
14,980 bankruptcy cases moved through the Southern District of Texas in FY2024, with Chapter 7 liquidations making up 62% of the total, a rise of 11.9% versus FY2023.
- 62%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 35%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 6.1%
- 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 14,980 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#5 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 14,980 | 9,330 | 428 | 18 | 5,204 |
| FY2023 | 13,384 | 8,639 | 348 | 22 | 4,375 |
| FY2022 | 11,967 | 8,398 | 247 | 24 | 3,298 |
| FY2021 | 12,766 | 9,387 | 253 | 28 | 3,098 |
| FY2020 | 16,804 | 12,239 | 376 | 20 | 4,169 |
| FY2019 | 23,918 | 15,368 | 371 | 15 | 8,164 |
| FY2018 | 24,069 | 15,550 | 363 | 15 | 8,141 |
| FY2017 | 23,695 | 15,882 | 382 | 17 | 7,414 |
| FY2016 | 24,522 | 17,068 | 386 | 21 | 7,047 |
| FY2015 | 26,065 | 18,198 | 401 | 19 | 7,447 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
62%
Chapter 7 share
14,060
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 9,330 (62%)
- Chapter 13 5,204 (35%)
- Chapter 11 428 (3%)
- Chapter 12 18 (0%)
Chapter breakdown of the 14,980 FY2024 filings in the Southern District of Texas.
Year-over-year, the Southern District of Texas saw filings climb 11.9% between FY2023 and FY2024.
Heavy-third district caseload
Southern District of Texas in the heavy-volume third
14,980 FY2024 filings put Southern District of Texas in the heaviest third of federal districts (#5 of 90).
The Southern District of Texas'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 Southern District of Texas have in FY2024?
The Southern District of Texas had 14,980 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, the #5 busiest of the 90 federal districts by filing volume.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
In FY2024, 920 of the Southern District of Texas's filings were business cases, versus 14,060 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume Southern District of Texas book in FY2024, both outside Texas (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 (14,980 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.