Harris County


214,057

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2023

90.2%

of defendants did not have legal representation

32.3%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - December 2023

Out of 2,504 debt collectors in Harris County, the top 10 (0.4%) are responsible for 143,601 (67.1%) of 214,057 lawsuits.

  • 'Lvnv Funding LLC
    37,868 lawsuits (17.7%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    25,234 lawsuits (11.8%)
  • Conn Appliances Inc
    22,592 lawsuits (10.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    21,968 lawsuits (10.3%)
  • Bank of America Na
    8,686 lawsuits (4.1%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    5,751 lawsuits (2.7%)
  • Citibank Na
    5,678 lawsuits (2.7%)
  • Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na
    5,521 lawsuits (2.6%)
  • Credit Corp Solutions Inc
    5,293 lawsuits (2.5%)
  • Oportun Inc
    5,010 lawsuits (2.3%)
  • Other
    70,456 lawsuits (32.9%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

March typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 5,503 filings, accounting for 10.3% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2023

Harris County is split into 1115 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:
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Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

January 2020 - December 2023

The table to the right shows data for the 1115 Census tracts in Harris County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 429.02
1,764417

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Census Tract 504.08
852158

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Census Tract 323.05
850194

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Census Tract 422.03
822230

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Census Tract 430.06
817221

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Census Tract 308.02
77648

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Census Tract 411.04
742176

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Census Tract 560
741155

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Census Tract 422.02
734186

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Census Tract 421.05
716179

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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: 29.7% of neighborhoods, 35.5% of lawsuits

  • White: 23.9% of neighborhoods, 17.0% of lawsuits

  • Latinx: 37.6% of neighborhoods, 38.1% of lawsuits

  • Black: 8.4% of neighborhoods, 9.1% of lawsuits

  • Asian: 0.4% of neighborhoods, 0.3% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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