Starke County


1,563

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

96.5%

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 205 debt collectors in Starke County, the top 10 (4.9%) are responsible for 940 (60.1%) of 1,563 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    169 lawsuits (10.8%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    141 lawsuits (9.0%)
  • Knox Hospital Company LLC D/B/A Starke Hospital
    135 lawsuits (8.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    107 lawsuits (6.8%)
  • Laporte Hospital Company LLC D/B/A Laporte Hospital
    99 lawsuits (6.3%)
  • Discover Bank
    69 lawsuits (4.4%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    67 lawsuits (4.3%)
  • Capital One
    63 lawsuits (4.0%)
  • Snow & Sauerteig LLP
    45 lawsuits (2.9%)
  • Porter Hospital LLC Dba Northwest Health-Porter
    45 lawsuits (2.9%)
  • Other
    623 lawsuits (39.9%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

July typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 70 filings, accounting for 11.3% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Starke County is split into 7 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 7 Census tracts in Starke County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 540
914-

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Census Tract 542
834-

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Census Tract 538
765-

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Census Tract 537
744-

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Census Tract 541
713-

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Census Tract 536
467-

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Census Tract 539
437-

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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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