Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Northern District of West Virginia
Bankruptcy filings for the Northern District of West Virginia - every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 petition recorded in the district, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 1,555
- Total filings FY2024
- 785
- Chapter 7
- 746
- Chapter 13
- 71
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Northern District of West Virginia recorded 1,555 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 50% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.
- 50%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 48%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 4.6%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Filed in federal, not state, court; counted by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Not legal advice.
Consumer vs business filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 1,555 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Light-volume filing history (#82 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 1,555 | 785 | 18 | 6 | 746 |
| FY2023 | 1,390 | 734 | 15 | 7 | 634 |
| FY2022 | 1,243 | 733 | 11 | 8 | 491 |
| FY2021 | 1,326 | 835 | 12 | 10 | 469 |
| FY2020 | 1,745 | 1,089 | 17 | 7 | 632 |
| FY2019 | 2,485 | 1,293 | 16 | 5 | 1,171 |
| FY2018 | 2,500 | 1,310 | 16 | 5 | 1,169 |
| FY2017 | 2,461 | 1,358 | 17 | 6 | 1,080 |
| FY2016 | 2,547 | 1,481 | 17 | 7 | 1,042 |
| FY2015 | 2,707 | 1,580 | 18 | 6 | 1,103 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
50%
Chapter 7 share
1,484
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 785 (50%)
- Chapter 13 746 (48%)
- Chapter 11 18 (1%)
- Chapter 12 6 (0%)
Chapter breakdown of the 1,555 FY2024 filings in the Northern District of West Virginia.
Year-over-year, the Northern District of West Virginia saw filings climb 11.9% between FY2023 and FY2024.
Light-third district caseload
Northern District of West Virginia in the light-volume third
1,555 FY2024 filings put Northern District of West Virginia in the lightest third of federal districts (#82 of 90).
Looking back to FY2015, the Northern District of West Virginia has lost 42.6% in filing volume through FY2024, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy cases were filed in the Northern District of West Virginia in FY2024?
In FY2024, 1,555 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Northern District of West Virginia, ranking it 82 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
Business filings in the Northern District of West Virginia totaled 71 in FY2024, compared with 1,484 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a light-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this light-volume Northern District of West Virginia book in FY2024, both outside West Virginia (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 (1,555 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.