By News Service of Florida
Bankruptcy filings in Florida increased 23.5 percent during the 12-month period that ended June 30, compared to a similar period that ended a year earlier, according to data released Thursday by the federal court system.
Nationally, bankruptcy filings increased 11.5 percent. The data showed that 40,679 bankruptcy cases were filed in Florida during the 12-month period that ended June 30.
That compared to 32,933 cases filed during the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2024.
The report listed totals by federal court district. The federal Middle District of Florida, which sprawls from Naples to Jacksonville and includes areas such as Orlando and Tampa had 23,442 filings during the period that ended June 30, a 26.9 percent increase over the period that ended a year earlier.
The federal Southern District of Florida, which includes areas such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, had 14,930 filings, a 19.4 percent increase.
The federal Northern District of Florida, which includes areas such as Pensacola, Tallahassee and Gainesville, had 2,307 filings, an 18.1 percent.
In releasing the numbers, the federal court system said that nationally, for “more than a decade, total filings fell steadily, from a high of nearly 1.6 million in September 2010 to a low of 380,634 in June 2022.
Total filings have increased each quarter since then, but they remain far lower than historical highs.”