St Louis County


23,442

lawsuits from June 2021 to January 2024

97.4%

of defendants did not have legal representation

40.5%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

June 2021 - January 2024

Out of 459 debt collectors in St Louis County, the top 10 (2.2%) are responsible for 16,148 (68.9%) of 23,442 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    4,367 lawsuits (18.6%)
  • Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
    3,661 lawsuits (15.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    1,975 lawsuits (8.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    1,968 lawsuits (8.4%)
  • Capital One
    1,192 lawsuits (5.1%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    902 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Citibank
    707 lawsuits (3.0%)
  • Bank Of America, N.A.
    491 lawsuits (2.1%)
  • Cash Link Usa Llc
    466 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    419 lawsuits (1.8%)
  • Other
    7,294 lawsuits (31.1%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

June typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 898 filings, accounting for 10.2% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

June 2021 - January 2024

St Louis County is split into 236 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
$23,267$250,001No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

June 2021 - January 2024

The table to the right shows data for the 236 Census tracts in St Louis County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: January 2024

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jun '21 - Jan '24
Default Judgments
Census Tract 108.06
357131

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Census Tract 108.07
341127

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Census Tract 109.12
326134

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Census Tract 106
322133

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Census Tract 108.05
31298

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Census Tract 113.32
276100

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Census Tract 157
275107

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Census Tract 107.02
27292

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Census Tract 111.01
269111

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Census Tract 108.03
26794

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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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