Lake County


30,704

lawsuits from June 2021 to December 2023

97.2%

of defendants did not have legal representation

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default judgments are unavailable in Indiana


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Top Debt Collectors

June 2021 - December 2023

Out of 1,307 debt collectors in Lake County, the top 10 (0.8%) are responsible for 15,185 (49.5%) of 30,704 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    3,349 lawsuits (10.9%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    2,384 lawsuits (7.8%)
  • Trustmark Recovery Services D/B/A Trs Of Indiana
    1,865 lawsuits (6.1%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    1,621 lawsuits (5.3%)
  • Credit Acceptance Corporation
    1,391 lawsuits (4.5%)
  • Capital One
    1,178 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    950 lawsuits (3.1%)
  • Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc D/B/A Community Hospital
    936 lawsuits (3.0%)
  • Discover Bank
    809 lawsuits (2.6%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    702 lawsuits (2.3%)
  • Other
    15,519 lawsuits (50.5%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

May typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,125 filings, accounting for 9.5% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

June 2021 - December 2023

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 - December 2023

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: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jun '21 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 424.01
732-

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Census Tract 422
634-

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Census Tract 421
629-

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Census Tract 418
626-

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Census Tract 425.01
603-

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Census Tract 416
565-

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Census Tract 420
557-

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Census Tract 125
518-

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Census Tract 417
478-

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Census Tract 424.05
472-

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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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