St Louis County


34,617

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2023

96.0%

of defendants did not have legal representation

38.6%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - December 2023

Out of 1,339 debt collectors in St Louis County, the top 10 (0.7%) are responsible for 18,241 (52.7%) of 34,617 lawsuits.

  • 'Lvnv Funding LLC
    6,272 lawsuits (18.1%)
  • Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
    2,873 lawsuits (8.3%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    2,206 lawsuits (6.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    2,065 lawsuits (6.0%)
  • Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District -Plaintiff
    1,331 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Cavalry Spv I LLC
    869 lawsuits (2.5%)
  • Capital One Bank (Usa) Na
    812 lawsuits (2.3%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates Llc -Plaintiff
    650 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Bank of America Na
    584 lawsuits (1.7%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc -Plaintiff
    579 lawsuits (1.7%)
  • Other
    16,376 lawsuits (47.3%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

February typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 841 filings, accounting for 9.7% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2023

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

January 2020 - December 2023

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: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 108.07
515193

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Census Tract 108.06
501190

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Census Tract 109.12
485189

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Census Tract 106
466201

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Census Tract 108.05
429150

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Census Tract 157
426163

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Census Tract 108.03
392139

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Census Tract 107.02
389138

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Census Tract 116
386165

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Census Tract 113.32
385149

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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

  • No Majority: 6.4% of neighborhoods, 9.8% of lawsuits

  • White: 69.5% of neighborhoods, 47.6% of lawsuits

  • Black: 24.2% of neighborhoods, 42.6% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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