Texas Landlord-Tenant Court Caseloads by Month and County

Monthly caseload data from Texas justice courts for landlord-tenant disputes, including eviction and repair cases, from January 2023 onward. The dataset tracks case statuses such as New Cases Filed, Cases Pending, and Total Cases Disposed across counties. It is published by data.texas.gov, with the most recent data typically lagging by two months.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly trends in New Cases Filed and Cases Dismissed for Want of Prosecution to measure court activity and case attrition.
• Model the relationship between County, Active Cases Pending, and Total Cases Disposed to identify regional disparities in case processing efficiency.
• Forecast future Bench Trials and Jury Trials based on historical New Cases Filed and Cases Pending End of Month figures.
• Compare case outcomes like Agreed Judgments and Default Judgments across different Court jurisdictions.
• Track the flow of cases through statuses like Cases Reactivated, Cases Placed on Inactive Status, and All Other Dispositions.

Strengths

• Data covers a multi-year period from January 2023 to the present, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Includes 22 detailed columns on case types, dispositions, and statuses for granular breakdowns.
• Provides geographic breakdown by County and Court for spatial comparisons.

Limitations

• The exact row count and total volume of cases are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is reported with a two-month lag, reducing real-time utility for current monitoring.
• Limited to Texas jurisdiction, restricting generalizability to other states or regions.

Provenance

Source

data.texas.gov, the official open data portal for the State of Texas.

Collection Method

Aggregated from monthly reports submitted by Texas justice courts.

Time Range

January 2023 - Present (ongoing).

Freshness

Updated monthly, with data lagging approximately two months behind the current date.

Geography

State of Texas, USA, broken down by County and Court.