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Court Statistics Project
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The Court Statistics Project CSP collects and analyzes data relating to the work of our nation's state courts
   
Examining the Work of State Courts
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Examining the Work of State Courts
Comprehensive analysis of the business of state trial and appellate courts
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2007 FULL REPORT
 
Introduction
What Follows
Overview
Civil
Domestic Relations
Criminal civil
Juvenile
Traffic/Violations
Appellate
Appendices
Past Reports 1975-2006

State Court Caseload Statistics
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State Court Caseload Statistics
Detailed information and descriptions of state court systems and caseloads.
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2007 FULL REPORT
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Introduction  
State Court Structure Charts
Jurisdiction & State Court Reporting Practices  
 
State Court Caseload Tables:
Trial Court   
Appellate Court    
Appendices  
Past Reports 1975-2006

 
State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting
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State Court Guide to Statistical ReportingNEW!
Revised version 1.3 released May 2009 contains the new appellate court caseload reporting section along with expanded CSP definitions and recommended case counting rules.
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Caseload Highlights: 
The New Appellate Section of
 the State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting

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Association Resolutions 
in support of the Guide  		PDF text and graphics


Implement the Civil section of the Guide by using a civil case cover sheet to enforce classification of cases in to appropriate case types. See examples from states, including Kansas which has fully implemented the Guide  in its coversheet, here.  

For a downloadable prototype that you can customize, click here.

 
Caseload Highlights

Caseload Highlights targets specific and significant issues and disseminates the findings in short reports. View

Notes from the Field details initiatives to improve the quality, use, and understanding of state court data. View

 

State Court Structure Charts
Access ChartsDetailed diagrams of each states' court system (US territories included)
 

Want ALL the data?
Complete trial and appellate court CSP data can be obtained from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR
 

State Court Organization 2004 edition is now available online.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics' Special Report State Court Organization, 1987-2004 is now available online.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics' Civil Justice Statistics are available online, providing information on civil case filings, dispositions, and appeals including the Civil Justice Surveys. Their latest publication Civil Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 examines tort, contract, and real property cases that resulted in a trial in 2005 and is available here.
 
 
Interactive Statistics Guide
Query the State Court General Jurisdiction Statistics database by state or geographic area using five easy steps:
step 1
 Select State
Hold down the CTRL key to choose multiple selections.
step 2
 Select Type of Filings
Total Criminal
Civil Traffic
Felony Juvenile
Domestic Relations
step 3
 Select Population
Total Adult
Rank Juvenile
State Neighbors
step 4

The status reports for each state align court structure with jurisdiction over specific case types, and indicate data currently reported by court and case type, as defined by the Guide. See the Guide links above on this page for additional detail defining these caseload statistics.
 
By State PDF text and graphics
Alabama

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Hawaii

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Michigan

Montana

Nevada

New Hampshire

North Dakota

Ohio

Texas

Utah

Washington

Wisconsin

 

  

This project was supported by grants awarded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in these webpages and documents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

A joint project of the Conference of State Court Administrators, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Center for State Courts
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