Dearborn County


1,972

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

97.7%

of defendants did not have legal representation

0.0%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 170 debt collectors in Dearborn County, the top 10 (5.9%) are responsible for 1,252 (63.5%) of 1,972 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    245 lawsuits (12.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    230 lawsuits (11.7%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    183 lawsuits (9.3%)
  • Capital One
    134 lawsuits (6.8%)
  • Discover Bank
    126 lawsuits (6.4%)
  • Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation
    101 lawsuits (5.1%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    68 lawsuits (3.4%)
  • Mariner Finance LLC
    63 lawsuits (3.2%)
  • Credit Acceptance Corporation
    53 lawsuits (2.7%)
  • Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Inc
    49 lawsuits (2.5%)
  • Other
    720 lawsuits (36.5%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 90 filings, accounting for 11.3% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Dearborn County is split into 13 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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Median Household Income
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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 13 Census tracts in Dearborn County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

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Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 804
702-

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Census Tract 807
653-

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Census Tract 805
634-

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Census Tract 803.01
464-

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Census Tract 801.03
457-

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Census Tract 806.01
415-

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Census Tract 802.03
399-

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Census Tract 801.04
350-

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Census Tract 806.02
346-

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Census Tract 803.02
313-

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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.

Number of Lawsuits by Neighborhood Racial Majority

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