At the end of 2021, almost 140,000 cases were added to an existing backlog of about 1.5 million, reaching the highest level ever. The backlog is more than three times larger than it was five years earlier.

December 2018 data is TRAC's estimate because data was not released during the government shutdown.
Chart: Ryan Little Source: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University Get the data