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			U.S. District Courts, 1912-2017**[1]**Year (ending)******
**Commenced******
**Terminated**[2]
**Pending**1870[3]
-
3,347
8,1501871[4]
-
4,565 a
7,2391872[5]
-
3,693 a
6,7151873[6]
-
3,241 ab
7,5991874[7]
-
3,058 a
6,8541875[8]
-
3,002 a
7,2111876
-
3,203 a
6,9261877[9]
-
2,716 a
6,7641878[10]
-
2,589 a
4,4661879[11]
-
2,515 a
4,2361880[12]
-
2,423
4,1101881[13]
-
2,482
2,9291882
-
1,973
2,4941883
-
1,597
4,4321884
-
1,548
6,1521885[14]
-
1,658
2,1461886
-
1,379
2,8261887
-
1,777
3,0541888
-
2,170
3,0511889
-
2,287
2,9501890
-
1,768
2,9271891
-
1,673
3,4591892
-
2,009
2,2641893
-
1,628
2,119 b1894
-
1,562
2,2341895
-
2,751
2,6081896
-
2,726
8,2041897
-
2,524
7,6161898
-
2,369
6,851 b1899
-
1,739
2,8071900
-
1,602
6,1301901
-
1,873
4,8281902
-
2,672
4,1801903
-
1,793
2,940 c1904
1,803
2,171
2,778 c1905
2,010
2,158
2,801 c1906
1,687
1,953
2,684 c1907
2,633
1,900
3,581 c1908
3,202
2,483
4,338 c1909
3,142
3,071
4,342 c1910
3,170
3,464
4,056 c1911
3,814 b
2,982
4,903 c1912
4,001
3,242
5,681 c1913
3,752
4,123
23,261[15]1914
4,142
4,781
29,888 c1915
3,578
7,026
26,362 c1916
3,500
10,739
12,167 c1917
3,534
6,507
9,098 c1918
2,877
4,592
7,410 c1919
4,975
6,280
6,110 c1920
5,726
5,526
6,298 c1921
9,722
6,301
10,288 c1922
9,646
8,170
12,126 c1923
10,999
10,037
13,082 c1924
13,753
11,121
15,777 c1925
16,319
13,968
18,187 c1926
17,504
17,236
18,506 c1927
17,888
19,953
16,433 c1928
20,695
18,589
18,611 c1929
24,307
21,733
21,185 c1930
24,934
24,722
21,3201931
25,332
25,010
21,6421932
34,189
29,591
26,2401933
25,797
27,744
24,2931934
9,487
16,479
17,303Jul 1 - Dec 31, 1934[16]
5,779
6,716
16,286 cJan 1 - Jun 30, 1935
5,900
6,081
15,383 c1936
13,057
14,395
14,048 c1937
10,202
11,625
12,6251938
11,526
12,856
11,2951939
12,212
13,905
9,6021940
13,644
14,003
9,2381941
16,546
15,197
10,5871942
17,073
15,864
11,7961943
19,072
15,920
14,9481944
20,895
19,640
16,2031945
43,110
35,547
23,7661946
45,694
42,562
26,8981947
29,834
31,424
25,3081948
16,381
22,373
19,3161949
22,035
20,237
21,1141950
22,429
22,765
20,7781951
19,424
20,700
19,5021952
22,880
20,540
21,8421953
23,881
22,106
23,6171954
19,949
20,894
22,6721955
20,150
21,611
21,2111956
21,393
24,944
17,6601957
19,914
21,109
16,4651958
21,458
20,717
17,2061959
20,355
21,361
16,2001960
20,840
20,994
16,0461961
19,843
19,368
16,5211962
20,298
19,793
17,0261963
21,385
21,553
16,8581964
22,268
21,810
17,3161965
21,651
21,109
17,8581966
23,181
21,884
19,1551967
21,593
22,699
18,0491968
19,666
19,726
17,9891969
22,295
21,017
19,2671970
24,965
23,767
20,4651971
25,086
24,859
20,6921972
26,729
26,116
21,3051973
27,484
27,347
21,4421974
27,585
26,702
22,3251975
31,779
27,949
26,1551976
39,864
31,731
34,2881977
40,210
34,450
40,0481978
46,811
39,399
47,4601979
55,840
47,184
56,1161980
63,628
61,065
58,680 c1981
61,845
66,083
54,443 c1982
75,773
72,249
57,966 c1983
95,803
83,811
69,950 c1984
111,867
100,291
81,525 c1985
117,488
121,425
77,5881986
91,830
111,554
57,860 c1987
72,022
75,661
54,263 c1988
69,076
68,495
54,745 c1989
61,906
66,633
48,788 c1990
56,300
56,637
46,948 c1991
52,654
51,562
48,0401991[17]
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-
48,9211992[18]
62,600
61,970
47,580 c1993
51,724
54,430
43,584 c1994
45,410
47,296
41,346 c1995
43,158
46,495
36,869 c1996
48,755
46,772
38,495 c1997
60,004
50,591
47,593 c1998
57,852
59,446
45,078 c1999
65,443
61,309
48,934 c2000
71,109
67,219
53,036 c2001
63,324
64,181
51,662 c2002
53,997
56,678
48,386 c2003
49,200
51,788
45,472 c2004
48,462
50,771
43,432 c2005
52,386
52,125
43,596 c2006
44,294
47,607
39,035 c2007
45,464
45,660
38,695 c2008
44,164
45,190
36,851 c2009
43,144
42,242
37,708 c2010
43,037
41,030
40,349 c2011
46,869
43,303
43,236 c2012
47,692
45,558
44,427 c2013
48,239
46,688
45,955 c2014
44,943
46,749
44,107c2015
41,583
44,354
41,088c2016
60,136
46,644
54,5802017
44,391
51,247
47,747These charts are designed to give readers historical information about judicial caseloads and will not be updated in the near future. More detailed information on federal court caseloads is available in the Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the *Judicial Business of the United States*. The *Judicial Business*since 1997 is available online at http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/JudicialBusiness.aspx.Notations:
			a: total of cases reported for customs suits, internal revenue suits, Post-Office suits, proceedings by quo warranto under enforcement act (1871 only), and miscellaneous suits
			b: discrepancy between exhibit and text of report
			c: revised total presented in subsequent year's reportNotes  :
[1] Statistical year from January 1-December 31. All years include the District of Columbia and district courts in U.S. territories and possessions.
[2] Includes cases that reached judgment in the trial court and were appealed.
[3] No data submitted from 22 districts: Delaware, Northern Florida, Southern Florida, Maine, Minnesota, Northern Mississippi, Western Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Eastern Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.
[4] No data submitted by Western Arkansas, Nevada, Oregon.
[5] No data submitted by the following districts: Northern Florida, Southern Florida, Nevada, Western District of Virginia, Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, and New Mexico Territory.
[6] Statistical year changed to July 1-June 30. No data submitted by the following districts: Minnesota, Nevada, Western Texas, Idaho, New Mexico, Washington.
[7] No data submitted by the following districts: Nevada, Arizona, District of Columbia.
[8] No data submitted by the districts of Nevada and Washington.
[9] No data submitted by the territories of Dakota and Montana.
[10] No data submitted by the Northern District of Mississippi.
[11] No data submitted by the districts of Idaho and Wyoming.
[12] No data submitted by the District of Idaho.
[13] No data submitted by the territories of Montana and New Mexico.
[14] No report submitted by Territory of New Mexico.
[15] Dramatic jump from previous year because of 18,077 land cases in eastern Oklahoma not reported the previous year.
[16] Department of Justice adopted new procedures for compiling statistics during the year and published its data based on the old system as separate tables for the first half of the statistical year.
[17] In 1992, the statistical year was changed to coincide with the fiscal year, which ended on September 30. The 1992 report included statistics for cases pending the 12-month period ending September 30, 1991.
[18] Statistical year changed to October 1-September 30.Sources:
			1870: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , p. 4.
			1871: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* (1872), Exhibit A.
			1872: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit C.
			1873-1902: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit A; 1873-1875 includes bankruptcy cases.
			1903-1904: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 11.
			1905-1907: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit 6.
			1908: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit 7.
			1909: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit 9.
			1910-1912: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Appendix 1.
			1913: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Appendix 2.
			1914-1934: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit 2.
			1935-1939: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , ** Exhibit 2, Table 2A.
			1940-1941: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table 3.
			1942-1944: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table 5.
			1945-2017: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table C-1.
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 Criminal Cases, 1870-2017
 
 Civil Cases (Private), 1873-2017
 Bankruptcy Cases, 1899-2017
 U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1892-2017
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