St Joseph County


10,199

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2022

95.1%

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 577 debt collectors in St Joseph County, the top 10 (1.7%) are responsible for 5,947 (58.3%) of 10,199 lawsuits.

  • 'Lvnv Funding LLC
    1,449 lawsuits (14.2%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    1,022 lawsuits (10.0%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    906 lawsuits (8.9%)
  • Discover Bank
    504 lawsuits (4.9%)
  • One Advantage LLC
    481 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    424 lawsuits (4.2%)
  • Capital One Bank (Usa) Na
    381 lawsuits (3.7%)
  • Heritage Acceptance Corporation
    354 lawsuits (3.5%)
  • Orbit Leasing Inc
    223 lawsuits (2.2%)
  • Credit Acceptance Corp.
    203 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Other
    4,252 lawsuits (41.7%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

October typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 312 filings, accounting for 9.2% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2022

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

January 2020 - December 2022

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 2022

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '22
Default Judgments
Census Tract 116.02
303-

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Census Tract 113.03
274-

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Census Tract 31
264-

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Census Tract 103
245-

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Census Tract 34
238-

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Census Tract 102.01
223-

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Census Tract 32
210-

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Census Tract 111
210-

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Census Tract 115.06
204-

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Census Tract 2
198-

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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

  • White: 78.0% of neighborhoods, 78.9% of lawsuits

  • Latinx: 3.7% of neighborhoods, 4.0% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 12.2% of neighborhoods, 12.9% of lawsuits

  • Black: 6.1% of neighborhoods, 4.3% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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