St Joseph County


23,072

lawsuits from June 2021 to December 2023

98.6%

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 821 debt collectors in St Joseph County, the top 10 (1.2%) are responsible for 12,578 (54.5%) of 23,072 lawsuits.

  • Board Of Commissioners Of St Joseph County
    3,004 lawsuits (13.0%)
  • City Of South Bend
    2,778 lawsuits (12.0%)
  • LVNV Funding LLC
    1,333 lawsuits (5.8%)
  • One Advantage Llc
    1,210 lawsuits (5.2%)
  • The South Bend Clinic
    972 lawsuits (4.2%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    827 lawsuits (3.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    752 lawsuits (3.3%)
  • Allied Physicians Surgery Center
    622 lawsuits (2.7%)
  • Mishawaka Utilities
    543 lawsuits (2.4%)
  • Radiology Inc
    537 lawsuits (2.3%)
  • Other
    10,494 lawsuits (45.5%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

June typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 869 filings, accounting for 9.8% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

June 2021 - December 2023

St Joseph County is split into 82 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
$10,524$137,892No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

June 2021 - December 2023

The table to the right shows data for the 82 Census tracts in St Joseph County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jun '21 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 2
622-

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Census Tract 34
609-

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Census Tract 31
593-

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Census Tract 111
542-

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Census Tract 4
541-

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Census Tract 103
531-

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Census Tract 116.02
525-

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Census Tract 113.03
523-

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Census Tract 14
511-

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Census Tract 102.01
492-

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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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