{"meta":{"dataset":"bankruptcy","title":"Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739952","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739952","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739951","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739952, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739952","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts from the courts' published statistics, kept for marketing planning. A filing is not a discharge or an outcome, and the courts revise the tables as their database updates; check the current table at uscourts.gov.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/bankruptcy/areas/US.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/bankruptcy-filings-by-county/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"US","records":[{"id":"bankruptcy-us","dataset":"bankruptcy","area":"US","areaName":"United States","areaType":"us","state":null,"status":"P","text":"United States: 621,111 bankruptcy cases commenced in the 12 months ending September 30, 2026 (1.80 per 1,000 residents), up 11.4% from 557,376 a year earlier. 391,386 were Chapter 7, 219,116 Chapter 13 and 9,986 Chapter 11; 594,057 were nonbusiness and 27,054 business.","value":621111,"unit":"bankruptcy cases commenced, 12 months ending 2026-09-30","period":"2026-09-30","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-09-30","filings":621111,"ch7":391386,"ch11":9986,"ch13":219116,"other":623,"business":27054,"nonbusiness":594057,"ch7Share":63,"ch13Share":35.3,"nonbusinessShare":95.6,"priorFilings":557376,"changePct":11.4,"population":341784857,"perThousand":1.8,"terminated":556601,"pending":749734,"priorPending":687517,"pendingChangePct":9,"terminatedChangePct":3.7,"history":[["2025-03-31",529080,320571,8844,199130,535,23309,505771],["2025-06-30",542529,333321,8408,200290,510,23043,519486],["2025-09-30",557376,344825,8937,203118,496,24039,533337],["2025-12-31",574314,356724,9201,207889,500,24737,549577],["2026-03-31",591850,369702,9941,211700,507,25960,565890],["2026-06-30",608511,382161,10320,215490,540,26941,581570],["2026-09-30",621111,391386,9986,219116,623,27054,594057]],"sources":[{"label":"U.S. Courts, Table F-2: bankruptcy cases commenced by district and chapter, 12 months ending September 30, 2026","url":"https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/data-tables/2026/09/30/bankruptcy-filings/f-2","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025)","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/totals/co-est2025-alldata.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts with U.S. Census Bureau (population)","table":"Table F-2 (with Table F)","file":"bf_f2_0930.2026.xlsx","release":"12 months ending 2026-09-30","vintage":"Table F-2 and Table F, 12 months ending 2026-09-30; the court's database is continually updated; Census population estimates vintage 2025","url":"https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/data-tables/2026/09/30/bankruptcy-filings/f-2","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"note":"The rate counts the 50 states and DC only, to match the population.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"}]}