Lake County


36,535

lawsuits from June 2021 to May 2024

97.3%

of defendants did not have legal representation

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default judgments are unavailable for Indiana


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Top Debt Collectors

June 2021 - May 2024

Out of 1,376 debt collectors in Lake County, the top 10 (0.7%) are responsible for 18,437 (50.5%) of 36,535 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    4,166 lawsuits (11.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    3,151 lawsuits (8.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    2,100 lawsuits (5.7%)
  • Trustmark Recovery Services D/B/A Trs Of Indiana
    1,817 lawsuits (5.0%)
  • Credit Acceptance Corporation
    1,463 lawsuits (4.0%)
  • Capital One
    1,347 lawsuits (3.7%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    1,230 lawsuits (3.4%)
  • Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc D/B/A Community Hospital
    1,167 lawsuits (3.2%)
  • Discover Bank
    1,134 lawsuits (3.1%)
  • Citibank
    862 lawsuits (2.4%)
  • Other
    18,098 lawsuits (49.5%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,257 filings, accounting for 10.3% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

June 2021 - May 2024

Lake County is split into 131 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.

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0.06.012.0+No DataSelect American Community Survey (2022, 5 year estimate) statistic:
Median Household Income
$9,294$153,239No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

June 2021 - May 2024

The table to the right shows data for the 131 Census tracts in Lake County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: May 2024

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jun '21 - May '24
Default Judgments
Census Tract 424.01
850-

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Census Tract 418
767-

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Census Tract 421
743-

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Census Tract 425.01
737-

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Census Tract 422
708-

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Census Tract 416
650-

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Census Tract 420
634-

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Census Tract 125
606-

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Census Tract 424.05
572-

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Census Tract 417
557-

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The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location.
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Data for the Debt Collection Tracker was collected and prepared by our partners at JanuaryAdvisors.

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