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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 1,826 debt collectors in Galveston County, the top 10 (0.5%) are responsible for 9,322 (62.4%) of 14,944 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
1,878 lawsuits (12.6%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
1,499 lawsuits (10.0%) - Midland Credit Management
1,362 lawsuits (9.1%) - Discover Bank
1,238 lawsuits (8.3%) - JP Morgan Chase
805 lawsuits (5.4%) - Capital One
640 lawsuits (4.3%) - Conn Appliances
572 lawsuits (3.8%) - Cavalry SPV
477 lawsuits (3.2%) - Bank Of America N.A
475 lawsuits (3.2%) - Synchrony Bank
376 lawsuits (2.5%) - Other
5,622 lawsuits (37.6%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 539 filings, accounting for 9.6% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Galveston County is split into 102 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 101 Census tracts in Galveston 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 233 | 1,390 | 207 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 232 | 884 | 155 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 221 | 779 | 211 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 223 | 777 | 235 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 227 | 709 | 122 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 236 | 689 | 91 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 219.01 | 675 | 27 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 220.01 | 625 | 152 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 218 | 610 | 142 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 219.02 | 579 | 100 | 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: 63.4% of neighborhoods, 57.4% of lawsuits
No Majority: 24.8% of neighborhoods, 29.2% of lawsuits
Latinx: 9.9% of neighborhoods, 10.1% of lawsuits
Black: 2.0% of neighborhoods, 3.2% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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