Illinois Circuit Court Statistics

The Illinois Circuit Court Statistical Report Dashboard is a comprehensive summary of caseload statistic information sourced directly from the quarterly Illinois Circuit Court Statistical Reports for the years of 2018 to 2024. These years have been divided up into two separate dashboards due to a change in Case Status and Case Category reporting as per changes to the Manual on Recordkeeping (M.R. 12158) in 2022 in order to maintain consistency of data.

2022 – 2024 Circuit Court Statistical Dashboard

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2018 – 2021 Circuit Court Statistical Dashboard

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All statistical information is subject to review and revision.

Annual Circuit Court Caseload Statistics

CATEGORY	CASELOAD STATISTICS	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
CIVIL (1)	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	390,887 5,782 347,683 87.7% 474,626	342,439 4,997 337,424 97.1% 432,758	324,247 12,633 285,271 84.7% 429,473	325,057 17,946 333,993 97.4% 663,560	313,852 17,318 293,220 88.5% 659,561
FAMILY (2)	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	58,679 541 49,507 83.6% 85,246	59,380 492 50,002 83.5% 76,272	55,578 596 57,536 102.4% 68,669	113,835 1,175 104,703 91.0% 133,104	103,804 918 91,878 87.7% 120,316
CRIMINAL (3)	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	232,537 2,462 208,146 88.6% 368,815	220,464 2,873 206,831 92.6% 446,631	212,187 27,851 225,690 94.0% 314,301	200,631 5,509 213,389 103.5% 442,568	206,100 4,614 151,883 72.1% 448,061
CONSERVATION AND TRAFFIC (4)	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	810,563 11,876 699,674 85.1% 1,133,821	773,841 11,223 633,884 80.7% 1,398,218	737,334 40,739 795,373 102.2% 842,988	981,034 16,970 962,979 96.5% 1,994,218	983,433 11,206 818,665 82.3% 1,963,023
JUVENILE	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	27,127 98 24,944 91.6% 39,190	24,825 135 23,645 94.7% 41,515	15,427 164 14,790 94.9% 39,146	14,271 142 13,777 95.6% 55,837	16,594 127 12,092 72.3% 56,196
OTHER (5)	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	94,793 600 87,763 92.0% 34,968	84,903 534 75,437 88.3% 29,116	83,728 318 66,383 79.0% 27,491	0 0 0 0.0% 0	0 0 0 0.0% 0
STATEWIDE TOTALS	New Filed Reinstated Closed Clearance Rate % Ending Open	1,614,586 21,359 1,417,717 86.7% 2,136,666	1,505,852 20,254 1,327,223 87.0% 2,424,510	1,428,501 82,301 1,445,043 95.6% 1,722,068	1,634,828 41,742 1,628,841 97.2% 3,289,287	1,623,783 34,183 1,367,738 82.5% 3,247,157

Source: 2024 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois

(1) Prior to 2022, Civil included Arbitration, Chancery, Eminent Domain, Law, Law Magistrate, Municipal Corporation, Mental Health, Miscellaneous Remedy, Probate, Small Claims, and Tax.
(2) Prior to 2022, Family was called Domestic Relations and included case types of Adoption, Dissolution of Marriage, Family, and Order of Protection.
(3) Prior to 2022, Criminal included case types of Felony, Misdemeanor, and DUI.
(4) Prior to 2022, Conservation and Traffic was called Quasi-Criminal and included Civil Law Violation, Conservation, Ordinance Violation, and Traffic.
(5) Prior to 2022, Other did not exist.

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