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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 1,156 debt collectors in Lake County, the top 10 (0.9%) are responsible for 17,904 (54.2%) of 33,059 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
4,099 lawsuits (12.4%) - Midland Credit Management
3,430 lawsuits (10.4%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
2,241 lawsuits (6.8%) - Discover Bank
1,528 lawsuits (4.6%) - Capital One
1,493 lawsuits (4.5%) - Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
1,325 lawsuits (4.0%) - Credit Acceptance Corporation
1,131 lawsuits (3.4%) - Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc D/B/A Community Hospital
1,116 lawsuits (3.4%) - Trustmark Recovery Services D/B/A Trs Of Indiana
834 lawsuits (2.5%) - Cavalry SPV
707 lawsuits (2.1%) - Other
15,155 lawsuits (45.8%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,393 filings, accounting for 10.4% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Lake County is split into 131 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.
Select American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract
July 2022 - March 2025
The table to the right shows data for the 131 Census tracts in Lake County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.
Last updated: March 2025
| Location | Lawsuits | Lawsuits Trend Jul '22 - Mar '25 | Default Judgments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census Tract 424.01 | 2,496 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 421 | 1,891 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 425.01 | 1,758 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 410.01 | 1,751 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 422 | 1,733 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 418 | 1,706 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 420 | 1,516 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 416 | 1,509 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 424.03 | 1,454 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 125 | 1,444 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
| 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. | |||||
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
Black: 30.5% of neighborhoods, 29.8% of lawsuits
White: 44.3% of neighborhoods, 40.5% of lawsuits
No Majority: 16.8% of neighborhoods, 21.5% of lawsuits
Latinx: 8.4% of neighborhoods, 8.2% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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