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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 207 debt collectors in Cole County, the top 10 (4.8%) are responsible for 1,002 (57.8%) of 1,733 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
299 lawsuits (17.3%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
172 lawsuits (9.9%) - The Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
99 lawsuits (5.7%) - Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
96 lawsuits (5.5%) - Capital One N.A.
92 lawsuits (5.3%) - Midland Credit Management Inc
78 lawsuits (4.5%) - Cavalry SPV I LLC
47 lawsuits (2.7%) - Synchrony Bank
43 lawsuits (2.5%) - Citibank N.A.
39 lawsuits (2.3%) - Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a
37 lawsuits (2.1%) - Other
731 lawsuits (42.2%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
June typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 65 filings, accounting for 9.4% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Cole County is split into 18 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 18 Census tracts in Cole 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 207 | 339 | 137 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 204 | 269 | 82 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 103 | 256 | 81 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 105 | 230 | 60 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 108.01 | 225 | 80 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 202 | 224 | 113 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 107.01 | 221 | 73 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 107.02 | 214 | 88 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 106 | 183 | 66 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 206 | 145 | 51 | 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
White: 88.9% of neighborhoods, 82.1% of lawsuits
No Majority: 11.1% of neighborhoods, 17.9% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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