Porter County


10,246

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

97.3%

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 560 debt collectors in Porter County, the top 10 (1.8%) are responsible for 5,897 (57.6%) of 10,246 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    1,078 lawsuits (10.5%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    904 lawsuits (8.8%)
  • Porter Hospital LLC Dba Northwest Health-Porter
    896 lawsuits (8.7%)
  • Portage Township School C/O Rhame Elwood & Mcclure Pc
    682 lawsuits (6.7%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    656 lawsuits (6.4%)
  • Discover Bank
    495 lawsuits (4.8%)
  • Capital One
    453 lawsuits (4.4%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    335 lawsuits (3.3%)
  • St Mary Medical Center Inc D/B/A St Mary Medical Center
    203 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    195 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Other
    4,349 lawsuits (42.4%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 421 filings, accounting for 10.2% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Porter County is split into 42 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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0.07.515.0+No DataSelect American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:
Median Household Income
$39,760$135,316No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 40 Census tracts in Porter County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 505.08
1,808-

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Census Tract 505.01
1,778-

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Census Tract 505.03
1,679-

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Census Tract 505.06
1,592-

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Census Tract 505.07
1,495-

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Census Tract 505.09
1,449-

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Census Tract 502.02
1,191-

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Census Tract 504.09
1,103-

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Census Tract 502.03
1,048-

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Census Tract 504.07
1,034-

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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.

Number of Lawsuits by Neighborhood Racial Majority

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