First District Statistics | 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, Research Director Circuit Court of Cook County District Population: 5,109,292 Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil** Filed Civil** Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed 2022 1,203 1,242 740 807 2021 926 974 709 1,239 2020 843 1,225 559 1,238 2019 1,637 1,740 976 1,357 2018 1,644 1,853 1,054 1,290 ** Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases Source: 2022 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories Pending 2022 2,753 2021 2,812 2020 3,362 2019 4,388 2018 4,777 * Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases Source: 2022 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois