| 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 | 685 | 190 | 27.74% | 110 | 16.06% | 385 | 56.20% | Small |
| Alabama – Northern | 1,037 | 370 | 35.68% | 176 | 16.97% | 491 | 47.35% | Large |
| Alabama – Southern | 425 | 200 | 47.06% | 124 | 29.18% | 101 | 23.76% | Small |
| Alaska | 837 | 185 | 22.10% | 241 | 28.79% | 411 | 49.10% | Small |
| Arizona | 3,333 | 1,437 | 43.11% | 622 | 18.66% | 1,274 | 38.22% | Extra-Large |
| Arkansas – Eastern | 723 | 311 | 43.02% | 261 | 36.10% | 151 | 20.89% | Medium |
| Arkansas – Western | 440 | 150 | 34.09% | 89 | 20.23% | 201 | 45.68% | Small |
| California – Central | 5,186 | 1,613 | 31.10% | 357 | 6.88% | 3,216 | 62.01% | Extra-Large |
| California – Eastern | 1,910 | 663 | 34.71% | 331 | 17.33% | 916 | 47.96% | Large |
| California – Northern | 2,279 | 575 | 25.23% | 454 | 19.92% | 1,250 | 54.85% | Extra-Large |
| California – Southern | 1,192 | 373 | 31.29% | 62 | 5.20% | 757 | 63.51% | Extra-Large |
| Colorado | 965 | 287 | 29.74% | 240 | 24.87% | 438 | 45.39% | Large |
| Connecticut | 712 | 226 | 31.74% | 231 | 32.44% | 255 | 35.81% | Large |
| Delaware | 284 | 54 | 19.01% | 109 | 38.38% | 121 | 42.61% | Small |
| District of Columbia | 687 | 216 | 31.44% | 291 | 42.36% | 180 | 26.20% | Extra-Large |
| Florida – Middle | 2,562 | 745 | 29.08% | 979 | 38.21% | 838 | 32.71% | Extra-Large |
| Florida – Northern | 674 | 211 | 31.31% | 119 | 17.66% | 344 | 51.04% | Medium |
| Florida – Southern | 2,778 | 1,113 | 40.06% | 325 | 11.70% | 1,340 | 48.24% | Extra-Large |
| Georgia – Middle | 1,325 | 170 | 12.83% | 117 | 8.83% | 1,038 | 78.34% | Medium |
| Georgia – Northern | 1,691 | 444 | 26.26% | 183 | 10.82% | 1,064 | 62.92% | Large |
| Georgia – Southern | 2,142 | 266 | 12.42% | 132 | 6.16% | 1,744 | 81.42% | Medium |
| Guam | 285 | 136 | 47.72% | 63 | 22.11% | 86 | 30.18% | Small |
| Hawaii | 1,462 | 164 | 11.22% | 240 | 16.42% | 1,058 | 72.37% | Medium |
| Idaho | 658 | 200 | 30.40% | 255 | 38.75% | 203 | 30.85% | Small |
| Illinois – Central | 780 | 571 | 73.21% | 118 | 15.13% | 91 | 11.67% | Medium |
| Illinois – Northern | 1,487 | 522 | 35.10% | 373 | 25.08% | 592 | 39.81% | Extra-Large |
| Illinois – Southern | 409 | 199 | 48.66% | 133 | 32.52% | 77 | 18.83% | Medium |
| Indiana – Northern | 477 | 233 | 48.85% | 120 | 25.16% | 124 | 26.00% | Medium |
| Indiana – Southern | 586 | 253 | 43.17% | 205 | 34.98% | 128 | 21.84% | Medium |
| Iowa – Northern | 335 | 155 | 46.27% | 77 | 22.99% | 103 | 30.75% | Small |
| Iowa – Southern | 316 | 176 | 55.70% | 76 | 24.05% | 64 | 20.25% | Small |
| Kansas | 582 | 341 | 58.59% | 107 | 18.38% | 134 | 23.02% | Medium |
| Kentucky – Eastern | 1,054 | 682 | 64.71% | 150 | 14.23% | 222 | 21.06% | Medium |
| Kentucky – Western | 844 | 201 | 23.82% | 181 | 21.45% | 462 | 54.74% | Medium |
| Louisiana – Eastern | 600 | 213 | 35.50% | 122 | 20.33% | 265 | 44.17% | Large |
| Louisiana – Middle | 496 | 252 | 50.81% | 62 | 12.50% | 182 | 36.69% | Small |
| Louisiana – Western | 3,015 | 327 | 10.85% | 162 | 5.37% | 2,526 | 83.78% | Medium |
| Maine | 353 | 130 | 36.83% | 143 | 40.51% | 80 | 22.66% | Small |
| Maryland | 797 | 290 | 36.39% | 182 | 22.84% | 325 | 40.78% | Large |
| Massachusetts | 956 | 375 | 39.23% | 205 | 21.44% | 376 | 39.33% | Extra-Large |
| Michigan – Eastern | 1,374 | 376 | 27.37% | 250 | 18.20% | 748 | 54.44% | Extra-Large |
| Michigan – Western | 649 | 253 | 38.98% | 172 | 26.50% | 224 | 34.51% | Medium |
| Minnesota | 521 | 212 | 40.69% | 165 | 31.67% | 144 | 27.64% | Large |
| Mississippi – Northern | 324 | 124 | 38.27% | 97 | 29.94% | 103 | 31.79% | Small |
| Mississippi – Southern | 945 | 355 | 37.57% | 126 | 13.33% | 464 | 49.10% | Medium |
| Missouri – Eastern | 1,291 | 708 | 54.84% | 288 | 22.31% | 295 | 22.85% | Large |
| Missouri – Western | 1,152 | 319 | 27.69% | 231 | 20.05% | 602 | 52.26% | Large |
| Montana | 710 | 400 | 56.34% | 157 | 22.11% | 153 | 21.55% | Small |
| Nebraska | 432 | 228 | 52.78% | 92 | 21.30% | 112 | 25.93% | Medium |
| Nevada | 2,426 | 392 | 16.16% | 266 | 10.96% | 1,768 | 72.88% | Large |
| New Hampshire | 444 | 203 | 45.72% | 121 | 27.25% | 120 | 27.03% | Small |
| New Jersey | 1,778 | 546 | 30.71% | 382 | 21.48% | 850 | 47.81% | Extra-Large |
| New Mexico | 855 | 381 | 44.56% | 265 | 30.99% | 209 | 24.44% | Large |
| New York – Eastern | 2,855 | 1,243 | 43.54% | 560 | 19.61% | 1,052 | 36.85% | Extra-Large |
| New York – Northern | 1,597 | 540 | 33.81% | 246 | 15.40% | 811 | 50.78% | Medium |
| New York – Southern | 3,703 | 1,396 | 37.70% | 616 | 16.64% | 1,691 | 45.67% | Extra-Large |
| New York – Western | 875 | 274 | 31.31% | 257 | 29.37% | 344 | 39.31% | Large |
| North Carolina - Eastern | 965 | 305 | 31.61% | 426 | 44.15% | 234 | 24.25% | Medium |
| North Carolina – Middle | 367 | 211 | 57.49% | 112 | 30.52% | 44 | 11.99% | Small |
| North Carolina – Western | 634 | 279 | 44.01% | 140 | 22.08% | 215 | 33.91% | Medium |
| North Dakota | 394 | 189 | 47.97% | 142 | 36.04% | 63 | 15.99% | Small |
| Ohio – Northern | 1,377 | 435 | 31.59% | 308 | 22.37% | 634 | 46.04% | Large |
| Ohio – Southern | 1,486 | 434 | 29.21% | 197 | 13.26% | 855 | 57.54% | Large |
| Oklahoma – Eastern | 224 | 93 | 41.52% | 58 | 25.89% | 73 | 32.59% | Small |
| Oklahoma – Northern | 302 | 164 | 54.30% | 68 | 22.52% | 70 | 23.18% | Medium |
| Oklahoma – Western | 1,402 | 241 | 17.19% | 162 | 11.55% | 999 | 71.26% | Medium |
| Oregon | 1,279 | 502 | 39.25% | 249 | 19.47% | 528 | 41.28% | Large |
| Pennsylvania – Eastern | 756 | 341 | 45.11% | 225 | 29.76% | 190 | 25.13% | Extra-Large |
| Pennsylvania – Middle | 1,071 | 419 | 39.12% | 264 | 24.65% | 388 | 36.23% | Medium |
| Pennsylvania – Western | 897 | 362 | 40.36% | 405 | 45.15% | 130 | 14.49% | Large |
| Puerto Rico | 848 | 311 | 36.67% | 219 | 25.83% | 318 | 37.50% | Large |
| Rhode Island | 227 | 69 | 30.40% | 97 | 42.73% | 61 | 26.87% | Small |
| South Carolina | 1,202 | 718 | 59.73% | 262 | 21.80% | 222 | 18.47% | Large |
| South Dakota | 1,416 | 644 | 45.48% | 601 | 42.44% | 171 | 12.08% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Eastern | 884 | 284 | 32.13% | 152 | 17.19% | 448 | 50.68% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Middle | 329 | 118 | 35.87% | 107 | 32.52% | 104 | 31.61% | Medium |
| Tennessee – Western | 724 | 437 | 60.36% | 107 | 14.78% | 180 | 24.86% | Medium |
| Texas – Eastern | 1,127 | 554 | 49.16% | 357 | 31.68% | 216 | 19.17% | Large |
| Texas – Northern | 1,782 | 818 | 45.90% | 558 | 31.31% | 406 | 22.78% | Large |
| Texas – Southern | 2,077 | 1,067 | 51.37% | 397 | 19.11% | 613 | 29.51% | Extra-Large |
| Texas – Western | 4,878 | 1,018 | 20.87% | 466 | 9.55% | 3,394 | 69.58% | Extra-Large |
| Utah | 1,058 | 462 | 43.67% | 239 | 22.59% | 357 | 33.74% | Medium |
| Vermont | 182 | 62 | 34.07% | 75 | 41.21% | 45 | 24.73% | Small |
| Virgin Islands | 170 | 62 | 36.47% | 34 | 20.00% | 74 | 43.53% | Small |
| Virginia – Eastern | 15,822 | 829 | 5.24% | 675 | 4.27% | 14,318 | 90.49% | Extra-Large |
| Virginia – Western | 3,375 | 321 | 9.51% | 159 | 4.71% | 2,895 | 85.78% | Small |
| Washington – Eastern | 619 | 317 | 51.21% | 158 | 25.53% | 144 | 23.26% | Medium |
| Washington – Western | 3,852 | 582 | 15.11% | 324 | 8.41% | 2,946 | 76.48% | Large |
| West Virginia – Northern | 329 | 126 | 38.30% | 134 | 40.73% | 69 | 20.97% | Small |
| West Virginia – Southern | 567 | 170 | 29.98% | 212 | 37.39% | 185 | 32.63% | Medium |
| Wisconsin – Eastern | 517 | 204 | 39.46% | 164 | 31.72% | 149 | 28.82% | Medium |
| Wisconsin – Western | 432 | 122 | 28.24% | 124 | 28.70% | 186 | 43.06% | Small |
| Wyoming | 3,689 | 209 | 5.67% | 113 | 3.06% | 3,367 | 91.27% | Small |
| Source: OIG analysis of LIONS data | ||||||||