Total Filings
3,421
#37 nationally
State profile · FY2024 · AOUSC
Nebraska Bankruptcy Filings
3,421 federal filings in FY2024 across 1 judicial district and 1.98 million residents, Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 3,421
- Total filings FY2024
- 172.9
- Per 100k residents
- #25
- Per-capita rank
- 1
- Judicial district
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
Nebraska filings declined 42.5% across the 10-year AOUSC window ending FY2024.
- 172.9
- filings per 100k
- #25
- per-capita rank (of 51)
- 63%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 35%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
Statistical information only, not legal advice. Outcomes depend on district local rules, exemption law, and the means test. This page does not recommend whether to file.
Consumer vs business filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 3,421 filings shown above, orthogonal to the chapter mix below.
Per-capita filings vs peers and the national average
Left: nearby jurisdictions by FY2024 filings per 100,000 residents (AOUSC). Right: Nebraska rate on the same scale as the 51-jurisdiction peak, with the national average marked.
Peer per-capita rates near Nebraska
Nebraska chapter composition, FY2024
Nebraska chapter mix FY2024
Per 100,000
172.9
#25 per capita
Chapter 7
2,143
63% of total
Chapter 13
1,202
35% of total
Chapter 11
48
Business reorganization
Business
199
Of total filings
Peer states, per-capita filings near Nebraska
Rate per 100k population (decimal share) and total filings - Nebraska highlighted
MI
Michigan
17.36% top marginal rate
NE
Nebraska
17.29% top marginal rate
NJ
New Jersey
17.28% top marginal rate
AK
Alaska
16.94% top marginal rate
Filing Trend by Year
Federal Districts in Nebraska
Economic Context
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics →
2.1%
Unemployment (2023)
172.9
Filings per 100k Pop.
Filing Rate Score
172.9
Filings per 100,000 population
#25
Per-capita rank among 51 jurisdictions
Nebraska has a mid-pack per-capita filing rate (#25 of 51) at 172.9 per 100k.
Falling multi-year filing trend
Nebraska in the thin-volume third
3,421 FY2024 filings put Nebraska in the lightest third by raw volume (#37); year-to-year swings are noisier, so pair counts with the per-capita band. Chapter 7 liquidations are 63% of the caseload and Chapter 13 repayment plans 35%.
On a thin volume book, the 10-year swing (declined 42.5%) can be a few hundred cases - read the year table in absolute counts. 1 district; business filings 199 (Ch.11 48). Unemployment 2.1% (2023).
These figures describe aggregate court filings; they do not forecast any individual case outcome. Statistical information only - not legal advice; this page does not recommend whether to file.
Next reads from the Nebraska filing profile
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics for Nebraska FY2024 (per-capita #25 of 51). See our methodology for details. Nebraska snapshot: 3,421 filings, 172.9/100k, Chapter 7 63% / Chapter 13 35%; retrieved August 2026 by PlainBankruptcy.