cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it as: Probative Growth, Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts), 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23962892. Source: Probative, Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts), version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23962892, licensed CC BY 4.0."
type: dataset
title: "Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts)"
authors:
  - name: "Probative Growth"
    website: "https://probativegrowth.com"
version: "2.0.0"
date-released: 2026-11-04
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23962892
url: "https://probativegrowth.com/research/bankruptcy-filings-by-county/"
license: CC-BY-4.0
abstract: "Bankruptcy cases commenced in the 12 months ending on each quarter-end, from the U.S. Courts' Tables F-5A (by county and chapter), F-2 (by court district, chapter and business or nonbusiness debt) and F (cases filed, terminated and pending). One record per area: the United States, every state, DC and territory, 93 court districts and about 3,100 counties. Each gives the latest period's cases by Chapter 7, 11, 13 and other chapters, the business and nonbusiness split, the change on the year before, filings per 1,000 residents (Census 2025 population estimates) and the court's figures for the six earlier periods. Every table is checked against the court's own totals row. Counts of cases, not outcomes: a filing is not a discharge."
keywords:
  - "bankruptcy filings by county"
  - "bankruptcy filings by state"
  - "Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings"
  - "U.S. Courts Table F-5A"
  - "bankruptcy statistics"