FY 2021 Maryland Judiciary Statistical Abstract

TABLE CC-1.1 CIRCUIT COURTS ALL CASES: FILINGS AND TERMINATIONS BY JURISDICTION Original and Reopened Cases Fiscal Years 2019 – 2021

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Filings

Terminations

Filings

Terminations

Filings

Terminations

First Circuit

11,566

11,259

8,953

8,621

7,920

7,833

Dorchester

2,498

2,461

2,294

2,114

1,806

1,860

Somerset

1,569

1,513

1,280

1,336

1,095

1,066

Wicomico

5,030

5,025

3,500

3,282

3,286

3,202

Worcester

2,469

2,260

1,879

1,889

1,733

1,705

Second Circuit

11,913

11,870

9,617

9,311

9,121

8,277

Caroline

1,581

1,532

1,382

1,357

1,215

1,124

Cecil

5,558

5,649

4,396

4,201

4,104

3,539

Kent

1,019

1,038

837

853

936

936

Queen Anne’s

2,239

2,175

1,771

1,800

1,824

1,705

Talbot

1,516

1,476

1,231

1,100

1,042

973

Third Circuit

36,563

29,370

28,790

27,677

24,694

24,039

Baltimore County

27,871

21,120

22,147

21,058

18,801

18,071

Harford

8,692

8,250

6,643

6,619

5,893

5,968

Fourth Circuit

11,763

11,471

9,434

9,220

7,770

7,188

Allegany

3,640

3,526

2,943

3,009

2,614

2,473

Garrett

1,044

1,093

776

705

627

687

Washington

7,079

6,852

5,715

5,506

4,529

4,028

Fifth Circuit

31,600

30,880

26,399

25,866

21,857

21,865

Anne Arundel

19,517

19,364

16,420

16,659

12,692

12,848

Carroll

4,963

4,543

4,065

3,529

3,778

3,722

Howard

7,120

6,973

5,914

5,678

5,387

5,295

Sixth Circuit

42,115

42,946

35,805

35,239

32,589

34,013

Frederick

7,164

8,224

6,142

6,527

5,021

5,997

Montgomery

34,951

34,722

29,663

28,712

27,568

28,016

Seventh Circuit

43,923

47,434

33,482

34,248

24,481

24,679

Calvert

3,208

3,240

2,703

2,477

2,284

2,592

Charles

6,943

6,964

5,906

5,493

4,621

4,803

Prince George’s

29,974

33,627

22,048

23,118

15,250

15,151

Saint Mary’s

3,798

3,603

2,825

3,160

2,326

2,133

Eighth Circuit

33,079

37,612

28,212

31,572

18,079

14,558

Baltimore City

33,079

37,612 222,842

28,212

31,572 181,754

18,079

15,448 142,452

Statewide Totals

222,522

180,692

146,511

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