Lake County


23,248

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2022

90.0%

of defendants did not have legal representation

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default judgments are unavailable in Indiana


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - December 2022

Out of 937 debt collectors in Lake County, the top 10 (1.1%) are responsible for 14,454 (62.2%) of 23,248 lawsuits.

  • 'Lvnv Funding LLC
    3,214 lawsuits (13.8%)
  • Trustmark Recovery Services
    2,571 lawsuits (11.1%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    2,037 lawsuits (8.8%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    1,672 lawsuits (7.2%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    1,086 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Discover Bank
    1,007 lawsuits (4.3%)
  • Capital One Bank (Usa) Na
    872 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • City of Hobart
    775 lawsuits (3.3%)
  • Credit Acceptance Corp.
    665 lawsuits (2.9%)
  • Cavalry Spv I LLC
    555 lawsuits (2.4%)
  • Other
    8,794 lawsuits (37.8%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

September typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 775 filings, accounting for 10.0% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2022

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

January 2020 - December 2022

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 2022

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '22
Default Judgments
Census Tract 424.01
555-

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Census Tract 421
509-

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Census Tract 422
489-

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Census Tract 425.01
433-

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Census Tract 420
403-

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Census Tract 418
395-

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Census Tract 419
387-

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Census Tract 416
378-

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Census Tract 424.05
348-

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Census Tract 424.03
344-

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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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Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics

Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • Black: 31.3% of neighborhoods, 29.5% of lawsuits

  • White: 48.1% of neighborhoods, 46.4% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 13.7% of neighborhoods, 16.9% of lawsuits

  • Latinx: 6.9% of neighborhoods, 7.2% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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