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 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