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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: 5,087,072

 

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Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil Filed Civil Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed
20231,3701,1471,124800
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

* Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2023 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories Pending
20233,342
2022 2,753
2021 2,812
2020 3,362
2019 4,388

* Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2023 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois