First District | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts
Criminal and Civil Caseload Statistics & Total Pending
First District - Chicago
Michael A. Bilandic Building
(Formerly State of Illinois Building)
160 North LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 793-5600
Thomas D. Palella, Clerk
Alice Withaar, Interim Research Director
Circuit Court of Cook County
District Population: 5,173,146
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Civil & Criminal Caseloads
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Civil** Filed
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Civil** Disposed
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Criminal Filed
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Criminal Disposed
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| 2021 | 926 | 974 | 709 | 1,239 |
| 2020 | 843 | 1,225 | 559 | 1,238 |
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2019
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1,637
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1,740
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976
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1,357
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2018
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1,644
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1,853
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1,054
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1,290
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2017
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1,844
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1,953
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1,320
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1,445
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** Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2019 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois
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Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories
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Pending
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| 2021 | 2,812 |
| 2020 | 3,362 |
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2019
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4,388
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2018
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4,777
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2017
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5,160
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* Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2021 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois