What do US quarterly bankruptcy filings by state measure?

They measure the total number of new bankruptcy petitions filed under the Bankruptcy Code across federal bankruptcy courts in the United States, categorized by business and non-business cases and specific chapters.

How often is this bankruptcy data published and how far back does it go?

The data is published quarterly by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and historical series extend back to 2001.

What breakdowns are available in these bankruptcy statistics?

The tables provide breakdowns by individual US states as well as categories such as business filings, non-business filings, and specific bankruptcy chapters like Chapter 11.

Where does the source data for these filings originate?

The statistics are compiled from official court reports published by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in Table F-2.

US Quarterly Bankruptcy Filings by State

Name: US Quarterly Bankruptcy Filings by State
Creator: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Table F-2 (three months)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

US quarterly bankruptcy filings by state and chapter from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Total new bankruptcy filings3	162,772	152,262	144,620	148,821	146,162	134,063	127,921	134,037	132,710	122,345	114,767	116,666	113,942
By chapter of the Bankruptcy Code3
Chapter 7 — liquidation	105,071	95,452	89,578	92,025	92,659	82,059	77,771	80,622	80,030	72,133	65,799	66,938	66,921
Chapter 11 — reorganization	2,516	2,784	2,355	2,659	2,138	2,039	2,085	2,105	2,576	2,100	2,210	1,818	1,906
Chapter 13 — debt adjustment	54,985	53,903	52,552	54,057	51,195	49,850	47,934	51,216	49,910	47,982	46,691	47,802	45,046
Business filings3	6,965	6,901	6,432	6,574	5,987	5,648	5,739	5,557	6,276	5,468	5,390	4,855	4,554
Chapter 7	4,060	3,778	3,756	3,663	3,477	3,300	3,311	3,167	3,151	2,918	2,824	2,691	2,376
Chapter 11	2,382	2,640	2,227	2,509	1,997	1,910	1,968	1,984	2,462	2,021	2,119	1,725	1,802
Chapter 13	323	360	314	322	343	323	329	312	469	399	380	331	307
Non-business filings3	155,807	145,361	138,188	142,247	140,175	128,415	122,182	128,480	126,434	116,877	109,377	111,811	109,388
Chapter 7	101,011	91,674	85,822	88,362	89,182	78,759	74,460	77,455	76,879	69,215	62,975	64,247	64,545
Chapter 11	134	144	128	150	141	129	117	121	114	79	91	93	104
Chapter 13	54,662	53,543	52,238	53,735	50,852	49,527	47,605	50,904	49,441	47,583	46,311	47,471	44,739
By State5
Northeast Region2
New England Division6
Connecticut	928	883	896	884	996	894	789	833	947	768	723	729	760
Maine	207	130	163	147	151	134	202	151	159	126	125	131	154
Massachusetts	1,515	1,345	1,308	1,282	1,295	1,199	1,161	1,185	1,271	1,089	989	982	998
New Hampshire	313	286	223	242	255	215	271	221	253	207	176	196	185
Rhode Island	327	294	268	268	277	264	237	275	254	201	173	197	238
Vermont	88	75	72	73	71	67	53	81	59	69	48	51	58
Middle Atlantic Division3
New Jersey	4,106	3,697	3,572	3,469	3,647	3,482	3,200	3,198	3,362	3,431	3,504	2,995	3,064
New York	6,453	5,800	5,584	5,818	6,222	5,557	5,337	5,199	5,546	5,252	4,878	4,928	4,946
Pennsylvania	3,743	3,473	3,439	3,573	3,659	3,290	3,087	3,375	3,212	2,988	2,682	2,756	2,846
Midwest Region2
East North Central Division5
Illinois	7,211	7,723	6,213	6,708	6,745	6,736	6,431	6,687	6,643	6,237	5,882	5,973	5,870
Indiana	5,199	4,405	4,342	4,806	4,922	4,137	3,937	4,284	4,379	3,719	3,536	3,802	3,931
Michigan	6,428	6,234	5,635	5,358	5,761	5,513	4,837	5,015	5,291	5,253	4,642	4,597	4,704
Ohio	7,539	6,577	6,466	6,762	6,821	6,060	6,628	6,273	6,272	5,595	5,306	5,507	5,322
Wisconsin	2,786	2,533	2,347	2,482	2,899	2,440	2,408	2,401	2,661	2,242	2,156	2,092	2,240
West North Central Division7
Iowa	982	826	913	942	1,017	865	803	824	870	705	725	701	744
Kansas	1,219	1,009	1,021	1,202	1,145	842	889	1,099	1,075	804	847	971	963
Minnesota	2,625	2,616	2,551	2,674	2,674	2,361	2,228	2,173	2,110	2,062	1,886	1,739	1,686
Missouri	3,064	2,881	2,679	2,798	2,692	2,444	2,444	2,516	2,456	2,356	2,244	2,442	2,463
Nebraska	754	772	664	785	756	591	704	642	599	588	588	614	587
North Dakota	268	247	173	151	171	125	116	159	152	127	121	139	116
South Dakota	222	145	185	194	157	133	144	166	185	129	168	181	179
South Region3
South Atlantic Division9
Delaware	576	486	536	517	630	646	634	770	852	628	496	781	495
Florida	13,653	12,202	11,565	11,909	11,331	9,847	9,262	10,226	9,113	8,549	7,675	7,587	7,408
Georgia	8,528	8,602	8,088	8,345	7,704	7,448	6,753	7,600	7,205	7,124	7,032	7,295	6,799
Maryland	3,652	3,515	3,106	3,225	3,246	2,826	2,738	2,761	2,882	2,727	2,488	2,419	2,422
North Carolina	2,997	2,826	2,627	2,461	2,506	2,253	2,140	2,331	2,215	2,173	1,883	1,930	1,831
South Carolina	1,542	1,419	1,357	1,324	1,310	1,219	1,079	1,191	1,186	1,195	1,066	1,037	987
Virginia	4,419	4,319	4,017	4,100	4,019	3,823	3,501	3,748	3,550	3,725	3,222	3,152	3,283
Washington, D.C	177	161	173	187	146	112	112	99	136	96	108	105	84
West Virginia	523	484	437	489	464	394	407	387	426	415	380	376	372
East South Central Division4
Alabama	5,523	5,523	5,182	5,468	4,977	4,996	4,674	5,061	4,759	4,686	4,468	4,678	4,355
Kentucky	3,446	3,274	2,968	3,065	3,006	2,936	2,680	2,766	2,877	2,765	2,595	2,646	2,616
Mississippi	2,612	2,624	2,527	2,604	2,244	2,399	2,340	2,404	2,204	2,180	2,078	2,222	2,138
Tennessee	6,000	5,748	5,494	5,556	5,269	5,316	4,844	5,350	5,222	4,718	4,636	5,101	4,940
West South Central Division4
Arkansas	2,047	1,939	1,770	1,844	1,688	1,695	1,663	1,639	1,693	1,659	1,580	1,631	1,585
Louisiana	2,656	2,509	2,715	2,744	2,457	2,314	2,281	2,466	2,404	2,274	2,031	2,269	2,035
Oklahoma	2,183	1,917	1,852	1,924	2,025	1,650	1,586	1,774	1,778	1,469	1,445	1,528	1,634
Texas	11,257	10,668	10,135	10,158	9,159	8,554	8,128	8,191	7,899	7,280	6,799	6,589	6,472
West Region2
Mountain Division8
Arizona	3,358	3,252	3,383	3,369	3,262	2,877	2,917	3,005	2,935	2,478	2,443	2,570	2,419
Colorado	2,690	2,151	2,199	2,316	2,325	1,801	1,893	2,132	2,195	1,540	1,627	1,571	1,608
Idaho	678	563	683	660	611	519	556	569	591	429	417	457	465
Montana	276	253	200	213	231	183	137	222	228	147	175	159	201
Nevada	2,484	2,440	2,498	2,444	2,284	2,182	2,083	2,179	2,120	1,920	1,773	1,904	1,697
New Mexico	470	431	430	394	436	399	365	379	336	340	312	373	235
Utah	2,197	1,807	1,997	2,141	2,034	1,740	1,728	1,822	1,810	1,442	1,583	1,611	1,582
Wyoming	160	149	139	149	163	121	126	133	162	105	103	123	122
Pacific Division5
Alaska	92	77	66	71	54	47	37	56	69	49	42	48	70
California	15,705	14,457	13,597	14,343	13,805	12,394	11,896	12,444	12,383	10,895	10,054	10,083	9,727
Hawaii	294	273	316	309	291	278	292	316	284	308	264	292	270
Oregon	2,150	2,102	1,990	2,001	2,156	2,055	1,519	1,610	1,741	1,724	1,526	1,482	1,361
Washington	2,869	2,602	2,356	2,388	2,409	2,191	2,094	2,191	2,202	2,001	1,760	1,761	1,578
Territories4
Puerto Rico	1,573	1,526	1,488	1,482	1,576	1,489	1,533	1,451	1,480	1,351	1,303	1,156	1,090
Guam	3	2	10	3	3	9	13	6	5	4	3	5	6
U.S. Virgin Islands	5	8	5	0	8	1	4	1	12	1	1	2	1
Northern Mariana Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Latest reading

Total new bankruptcy filings stood at 162,772 Cases in Q2 2026. That is +6.9% from Q1 2026 and +11.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2001 to Q2 2026. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Table F-2 (three months).

Latest: 162,772 Cases; Q2 2026
vs previous period: +6.9%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: +11.4%

About this data

US quarterly bankruptcy filings by state and chapter from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This dataset tracks new business and non-business bankruptcy petitions filed across federal courts. Published quarterly, the records extend back to 2001.

Ranking by state — Q2 2026

All 50 states ranked by the latest reading, Q2 2026. Highest first.

1California15,705 Cases
2Florida13,653 Cases
3Texas11,257 Cases
4Georgia8,528 Cases
5Ohio7,539 Cases
6Illinois7,211 Cases
7New York6,453 Cases
8Michigan6,428 Cases
9Tennessee6,000 Cases
10Alabama5,523 Cases
11Indiana5,199 Cases
12Virginia4,419 Cases
13New Jersey4,106 Cases
14Pennsylvania3,743 Cases
15Maryland3,652 Cases
16Kentucky3,446 Cases
17Arizona3,358 Cases
18Missouri3,064 Cases
19North Carolina2,997 Cases
20Washington2,869 Cases
21Wisconsin2,786 Cases
22Colorado2,690 Cases
23Louisiana2,656 Cases
24Minnesota2,625 Cases
25Mississippi2,612 Cases
26Nevada2,484 Cases
27Utah2,197 Cases
28Oklahoma2,183 Cases
29Oregon2,150 Cases
30Arkansas2,047 Cases
31South Carolina1,542 Cases
32Massachusetts1,515 Cases
33Kansas1,219 Cases
34Iowa982 Cases
35Connecticut928 Cases
36Nebraska754 Cases
37Idaho678 Cases
38Delaware576 Cases
39West Virginia523 Cases
40New Mexico470 Cases
41Rhode Island327 Cases
42New Hampshire313 Cases
43Hawaii294 Cases
44Montana276 Cases
45North Dakota268 Cases
46South Dakota222 Cases
47Maine207 Cases
48Wyoming160 Cases
49Alaska92 Cases
50Vermont88 Cases

Frequently asked questions

What do US quarterly bankruptcy filings by state measure?: They measure the total number of new bankruptcy petitions filed under the Bankruptcy Code across federal bankruptcy courts in the United States, categorized by business and non-business cases and specific chapters.
How often is this bankruptcy data published and how far back does it go?: The data is published quarterly by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and historical series extend back to 2001.
What breakdowns are available in these bankruptcy statistics?: The tables provide breakdowns by individual US states as well as categories such as business filings, non-business filings, and specific bankruptcy chapters like Chapter 11.
Where does the source data for these filings originate?: The statistics are compiled from official court reports published by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in Table F-2.