| DISTRICT | MATTERS REFERRED FYs 2003-2007 |
(As of September 30, 2007) | DISTRICT SIZE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUMBER FILED |
PERCENT FILED |
NUMBER DECLINED |
PERCENT DECLINED |
NUMBER PENDING |
PERCENT PENDING |
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| Alabama – Middle | 299 | 216 | 72.24% | 26 | 8.70% | 57 | 19.06% | Small |
| Alabama – Northern | 636 | 422 | 66.35% | 83 | 13.05% | 131 | 20.60% | Large |
| Alabama – Southern | 642 | 484 | 75.39% | 66 | 10.28% | 92 | 14.33% | Small |
| Alaska | 281 | 182 | 64.77% | 35 | 12.46% | 64 | 22.78% | Small |
| Arizona | 5,201 | 3,562 | 68.49% | 216 | 4.15% | 1,423 | 27.36% | Extra-Large |
| Arkansas – Eastern | 537 | 308 | 57.36% | 140 | 26.07% | 89 | 16.57% | Medium |
| Arkansas – Western | 327 | 227 | 69.42% | 62 | 18.96% | 38 | 11.62% | Small |
| California – Central | 1,873 | 689 | 36.79% | 129 | 6.89% | 1,055 | 56.33% | Extra-Large |
| California – Eastern | 1,203 | 745 | 61.93% | 145 | 12.05% | 313 | 26.02% | Large |
| California – Northern | 792 | 330 | 41.67% | 118 | 14.90% | 344 | 43.43% | Extra-Large |
| California – Southern | 5,153 | 4,562 | 88.53% | 43 | 0.83% | 548 | 10.63% | Extra-Large |
| Colorado | 523 | 336 | 64.24% | 51 | 9.75% | 136 | 26.00% | Large |
| Connecticut | 470 | 322 | 68.51% | 34 | 7.23% | 114 | 24.26% | Large |
| Delaware | 197 | 115 | 58.38% | 32 | 16.24% | 50 | 25.38% | Small |
| District of Columbia | 913 | 749 | 82.04% | 57 | 6.24% | 107 | 11.72% | Extra-Large |
| Florida – Middle | 2,922 | 2,014 | 68.93% | 538 | 18.41% | 370 | 12.66% | Extra-Large |
| Florida – Northern | 624 | 490 | 78.53% | 68 | 10.90% | 66 | 10.58% | Medium |
| Florida – Southern | 3,428 | 2,433 | 70.97% | 235 | 6.86% | 760 | 22.17% | Extra-Large |
| Georgia – Middle | 781 | 497 | 63.64% | 111 | 14.21% | 173 | 22.15% | Medium |
| Georgia – Northern | 874 | 540 | 61.78% | 116 | 13.27% | 218 | 24.94% | Large |
| Georgia – Southern | 445 | 364 | 81.80% | 47 | 10.56% | 34 | 7.64% | Medium |
| Guam | 211 | 155 | 73.46% | 21 | 9.95% | 35 | 16.59% | Small |
| Hawaii | 990 | 546 | 55.15% | 144 | 14.55% | 300 | 30.30% | Medium |
| Idaho | 338 | 179 | 52.96% | 120 | 35.50% | 39 | 11.54% | Small |
| Illinois – Central | 826 | 626 | 75.79% | 67 | 8.11% | 133 | 16.10% | Medium |
| Illinois – Northern | 1,345 | 780 | 57.99% | 201 | 14.94% | 364 | 27.06% | Extra-Large |
| Illinois – Southern | 594 | 400 | 67.34% | 130 | 21.89% | 64 | 10.77% | Medium |
| Indiana – Northern | 659 | 526 | 79.82% | 78 | 11.84% | 55 | 8.35% | Medium |
| Indiana – Southern | 449 | 323 | 71.94% | 75 | 16.70% | 51 | 11.36% | Medium |
| Iowa – Northern | 1,075 | 724 | 67.35% | 177 | 16.47% | 174 | 16.19% | Small |
| Iowa – Southern | 719 | 588 | 81.78% | 63 | 8.76% | 68 | 9.46% | Small |
| Kansas | 1,204 | 973 | 80.81% | 117 | 9.72% | 114 | 9.47% | Medium |
| Kentucky – Eastern | 891 | 662 | 74.30% | 112 | 12.57% | 117 | 13.13% | Medium |
| Kentucky – Western | 593 | 317 | 53.46% | 85 | 14.33% | 191 | 32.21% | Medium |
| Louisiana – Eastern | 602 | 420 | 69.77% | 83 | 13.79% | 99 | 16.45% | Large |
| Louisiana – Middle | 281 | 201 | 71.53% | 28 | 9.96% | 52 | 18.51% | Small |
| Louisiana – Western | 472 | 367 | 77.75% | 48 | 10.17% | 57 | 12.08% | Medium |
| Maine | 452 | 298 | 65.93% | 96 | 21.24% | 58 | 12.83% | Small |
| Maryland | 819 | 598 | 73.02% | 123 | 15.02% | 98 | 11.97% | Large |
| Massachusetts | 755 | 441 | 58.41% | 116 | 15.36% | 198 | 26.23% | Extra-Large |
| Michigan – Eastern | 1,107 | 613 | 55.37% | 96 | 8.67% | 398 | 35.95% | Extra-Large |
| Michigan – Western | 476 | 390 | 81.93% | 26 | 5.46% | 60 | 12.61% | Medium |
| Minnesota | 893 | 797 | 89.25% | 26 | 2.91% | 70 | 7.84% | Large |
| Mississippi – Northern | 357 | 248 | 69.47% | 42 | 11.76% | 67 | 18.77% | Small |
| Mississippi – Southern | 681 | 520 | 76.36% | 34 | 4.99% | 127 | 18.65% | Medium |
| Missouri – Eastern | 1,434 | 1,019 | 71.06% | 242 | 16.88% | 173 | 12.06% | Large |
| Missouri – Western | 1,262 | 748 | 59.27% | 162 | 12.84% | 352 | 27.89% | Large |
| Montana | 538 | 417 | 77.51% | 77 | 14.31% | 44 | 8.18% | Small |
| Nebraska | 2,013 | 1,667 | 82.81% | 294 | 14.61% | 52 | 2.58% | Medium |
| Nevada | 533 | 386 | 72.42% | 63 | 11.82% | 84 | 15.76% | Large |
| New Hampshire | 629 | 482 | 76.63% | 53 | 8.43% | 94 | 14.94% | Small |
| New Jersey | 1,661 | 1,178 | 70.92% | 136 | 8.19% | 347 | 20.89% | Extra-Large |
| New Mexico | 2,580 | 2,192 | 84.96% | 147 | 5.70% | 241 | 9.34% | Large |
| New York – Eastern | 2,620 | 1,976 | 75.42% | 98 | 3.74% | 546 | 20.84% | Extra-Large |
| New York – Northern | 610 | 433 | 70.98% | 75 | 12.30% | 102 | 16.72% | Medium |
| New York – Southern | 2,405 | 1,591 | 66.15% | 147 | 6.11% | 667 | 27.73% | Extra-Large |
| New York – Western | 1,173 | 809 | 68.97% | 68 | 5.80% | 296 | 25.23% | Large |
| North Carolina - Eastern | 929 | 695 | 74.81% | 132 | 14.21% | 102 | 10.98% | Medium |
| North Carolina – Middle | 478 | 380 | 79.50% | 53 | 11.09% | 45 | 9.41% | Small |
| North Carolina – Western | 706 | 516 | 73.09% | 84 | 11.90% | 106 | 15.01% | Medium |
| North Dakota | 197 | 139 | 70.56% | 35 | 17.77% | 23 | 11.68% | Small |
| Ohio – Northern | 706 | 535 | 75.78% | 73 | 10.34% | 98 | 13.88% | Large |
| Ohio – Southern | 1,024 | 577 | 56.35% | 92 | 8.98% | 355 | 34.67% | Large |
| Oklahoma – Eastern | 177 | 122 | 68.93% | 31 | 17.51% | 24 | 13.56% | Small |
| Oklahoma – Northern | 253 | 146 | 57.71% | 65 | 25.69% | 42 | 16.60% | Medium |
| Oklahoma – Western | 385 | 192 | 49.87% | 30 | 7.79% | 163 | 42.34% | Medium |
| Oregon | 939 | 611 | 65.07% | 136 | 14.48% | 192 | 20.45% | Large |
| Pennsylvania – Eastern | 888 | 589 | 66.33% | 115 | 12.95% | 184 | 20.72% | Extra-Large |
| Pennsylvania – Middle | 795 | 625 | 78.62% | 70 | 8.81% | 100 | 12.58% | Medium |
| Pennsylvania – Western | 715 | 466 | 65.17% | 141 | 19.72% | 108 | 15.10% | Large |
| Puerto Rico | 914 | 545 | 59.63% | 202 | 22.10% | 167 | 18.27% | Large |
| Rhode Island | 371 | 180 | 48.52% | 145 | 39.08% | 46 | 12.40% | Small |
| South Carolina | 791 | 610 | 77.12% | 73 | 9.23% | 108 | 13.65% | Large |
| South Dakota | 473 | 381 | 80.55% | 64 | 13.53% | 28 | 5.92% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Eastern | 967 | 698 | 72.18% | 147 | 15.20% | 122 | 12.62% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Middle | 330 | 235 | 71.21% | 37 | 11.21% | 58 | 17.58% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Western | 668 | 560 | 83.83% | 32 | 4.79% | 76 | 11.38% | Medium |
| Texas – Northern | 853 | 529 | 62.02% | 169 | 19.81% | 155 | 18.17% | Large |
| Texas – Southern | 6,668 | 5,697 | 85.44% | 137 | 2.05% | 834 | 12.51% | Extra-Large |
| Texas – Eastern | 1,048 | 835 | 79.68% | 104 | 9.92% | 109 | 10.40% | Large |
| Texas – Western | 10,773 | 9,552 | 88.67% | 253 | 2.35% | 968 | 8.99% | Extra-Large |
| Utah | 624 | 570 | 91.35% | 17 | 2.72% | 37 | 5.93% | Medium |
| Vermont | 364 | 271 | 74.45% | 40 | 10.99% | 53 | 14.56% | Small |
| Virgin Islands | 153 | 110 | 71.90% | 24 | 15.69% | 19 | 12.42% | Small |
| Virginia – Eastern | 3,523 | 1,682 | 47.74% | 209 | 5.93% | 1,632 | 46.32% | Extra-Large |
| Virginia – Western | 937 | 762 | 81.32% | 70 | 7.47% | 105 | 11.21% | Small |
| Washington – Eastern | 961 | 752 | 78.25% | 102 | 10.61% | 107 | 11.13% | Medium |
| Washington – Western | 1,104 | 769 | 69.66% | 78 | 7.07% | 257 | 23.28% | Large |
| West Virginia – Northern | 966 | 647 | 66.98% | 146 | 15.11% | 173 | 17.91% | Small |
| West Virginia – Southern | 1,105 | 609 | 55.11% | 280 | 25.34% | 216 | 19.55% | Medium |
| Wisconsin – Eastern | 520 | 371 | 71.35% | 60 | 11.54% | 89 | 17.12% | Medium |
| Wisconsin – Western | 426 | 311 | 73.00% | 71 | 16.67% | 44 | 10.33% | Small |
| Wyoming | 342 | 284 | 83.04% | 12 | 3.51% | 46 | 13.45% | Small |
| Source: OIG analysis of LIONS data | ||||||||