Maricopa County


221,460

lawsuits from July 2022 to March 2025

98.6%

of defendants did not have legal representation

39.7%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 11,914 debt collectors in Maricopa County, the top 10 (0.1%) are responsible for 126,129 (57.0%) of 221,460 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    35,358 lawsuits (16.0%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    20,907 lawsuits (9.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    19,191 lawsuits (8.7%)
  • Capital One
    10,482 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Discover Bank
    10,360 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    7,072 lawsuits (3.2%)
  • Citibank
    6,791 lawsuits (3.1%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    6,713 lawsuits (3.0%)
  • Velocity Investments LLC
    5,029 lawsuits (2.3%)
  • Bank Of America
    4,226 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Other
    95,331 lawsuits (43.0%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

January typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 7,569 filings, accounting for 9.4% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Maricopa County is split into 1009 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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Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 1005 Census tracts in Maricopa County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 506.21
2,372912

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Census Tract 506.12
1,630614

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Census Tract 822.11
1,563643

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Census Tract 166.2
1,467648

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Census Tract 610.53
1,366522

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Census Tract 610.52
1,357523

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Census Tract 166.05
1,341611

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Census Tract 507.01
1,333550

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Census Tract 822.04
1,322561

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Census Tract 820.12
1,294548

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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: 61.2% of neighborhoods, 49.5% of lawsuits

  • Latinx: 20.1% of neighborhoods, 26.2% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 18.3% of neighborhoods, 24.1% of lawsuits

  • Other: 0.3% of neighborhoods, 0.2% of lawsuits

  • Asian: 0.1% of neighborhoods, 0.0% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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