Fort Bend County


24,135

lawsuits from July 2022 to October 2024

91.8%

of defendants did not have legal representation

57.7%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 2,534 debt collectors in Fort Bend County, the top 10 (0.4%) are responsible for 13,386 (55.5%) of 24,135 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    3,087 lawsuits (12.8%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    2,966 lawsuits (12.3%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    1,718 lawsuits (7.1%)
  • JP Morgan Chase
    1,285 lawsuits (5.3%)
  • Capital One
    1,045 lawsuits (4.3%)
  • Conn Appliances Inc
    867 lawsuits (3.6%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    693 lawsuits (2.9%)
  • Discover Bank
    621 lawsuits (2.6%)
  • Synchrony Bank
    599 lawsuits (2.5%)
  • Credit Corp Solutions Inc
    505 lawsuits (2.1%)
  • Other
    10,749 lawsuits (44.5%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

February typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,030 filings, accounting for 9.9% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Fort Bend County is split into 27 zips. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each zip code.

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0.117.034.0No DataSelect American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:
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 30 Census tracts in Fort Bend County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Zip 77407
5,773266Jump to map
Zip 77459
5,3441,254Jump to map
Zip 77469
5,032876Jump to map
Zip 77489
4,5522,058Jump to map
Zip 77494
4,238361Jump to map
Zip 77471
3,685516Jump to map
Zip 77406
3,568317Jump to map
Zip 77498
3,46928Jump to map
Zip 77479
3,235163Jump to map
Zip 77545
3,1571,201Jump to map
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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

  • Latinx: 6.7% of neighborhoods, 10.1% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 50.0% of neighborhoods, 63.8% of lawsuits

  • Black: 13.3% of neighborhoods, 14.5% of lawsuits

  • White: 30.0% of neighborhoods, 11.7% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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