Polk County


670

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

100.0%

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 91 debt collectors in Polk County, the top 10 (11.0%) are responsible for 504 (75.2%) of 670 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    153 lawsuits (22.8%)
  • Ingenuity Rm LLC
    125 lawsuits (18.7%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    72 lawsuits (10.7%)
  • Discover Bank
    34 lawsuits (5.1%)
  • Capital One
    27 lawsuits (4.0%)
  • Range Credit Bureau Inc
    27 lawsuits (4.0%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates
    23 lawsuits (3.4%)
  • Cavalry SPV I LLC
    17 lawsuits (2.5%)
  • Citibank
    13 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • First National Bank Of Omaha
    13 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Other
    166 lawsuits (24.8%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

September typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 30 filings, accounting for 11.4% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Polk County is split into 10 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
$52,143$111,625No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 10 Census tracts in Polk 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 206
735-

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Census Tract 201
664-

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Census Tract 209
445-

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Census Tract 210
400-

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Census Tract 207
378-

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Census Tract 202
268-

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Census Tract 205
217-

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Census Tract 203
208-

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Census Tract 208
201-

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Census Tract 204
163-

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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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