St Louis County


30,625

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

95.2%

of defendants did not have legal representation

40.1%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 747 debt collectors in St Louis County, the top 10 (1.3%) are responsible for 19,858 (64.8%) of 30,625 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    5,498 lawsuits (18.0%)
  • Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
    4,848 lawsuits (15.8%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    2,571 lawsuits (8.4%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    1,765 lawsuits (5.8%)
  • Capital One N.A.
    1,561 lawsuits (5.1%)
  • Cavalry SPV I LLC
    1,029 lawsuits (3.4%)
  • Citibank N.A.
    958 lawsuits (3.1%)
  • Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a
    555 lawsuits (1.8%)
  • Bank Of America N.A.
    537 lawsuits (1.8%)
  • Metroplitan St Louis Sewer District
    536 lawsuits (1.8%)
  • Other
    10,767 lawsuits (35.2%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

June typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,463 filings, accounting for 11.9% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

St Louis County is split into 236 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
$23,854$250,001No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 236 Census tracts in St Louis County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 108.07
748278

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Census Tract 109.12
728260

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Census Tract 106
720296

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Census Tract 108.06
690262

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Census Tract 108.05
652225

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Census Tract 107.02
592196

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Census Tract 111.01
583220

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Census Tract 157
571218

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Census Tract 116
565225

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Census Tract 113.32
553221

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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.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • No Majority: 6.4% of neighborhoods, 8.1% of lawsuits

  • Black: 25.0% of neighborhoods, 45.1% of lawsuits

  • White: 68.6% of neighborhoods, 46.8% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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