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Table 2. Fair Labor Standards Act Filings by Federal Judicial District

Federal Judicial District FY 2017 FY 2018
(1st Quarter)		 Rank (Number)
Number Rate* Number Rate* FY 2017 FY 2018
United States 7,858 24.3 1,847 22.8
Fla, S 1,075 146.8 265 144.8 1 1
N. Y., S 822 156.6 215 164.0 2 2
N. Y., E 707 85.3 175 84.4 3 3
Fla, M 579 50.6 117 40.8 4 4
Texas, S 468 48.7 87 36.4 5 5
Ill, N 330 35.4 67 28.8 6 6
Ga, N 274 40.7 62 36.8 7 7
N. J. 204 22.8 55 24.4 9 8
Texas, N 200 27.6 42 23.2 10 9
Texas, W 211 29.7 41 23.2 8 10
Maryland 174 28.9 36 24.0 11 11
Ohio, N 170 29.7 36 25.2 12 11
Penn, E 127 21.7 36 24.4 13 11
Cal, C 99 5.1 30 6.0 18 14
Ohio, S 122 20.7 28 19.2 14 15
Arizona 108 15.6 27 15.6 16 16
La, E 69 41.1 27 64.4 21 16
Ala, N 62 21.6 25 34.8 25 18
Mass 45 6.6 23 13.6 33 19
Colorado 100 18.0 22 16.0 17 20
Cal, N 93 11.2 21 10.0 19 21
Fla, N 58 31.4 21 45.6 28 21
Mich, E 61 9.5 19 12.0 27 23
Virg, E 112 18.0 18 11.6 15 24
Ark, E 50 30.5 18 44.0 30 24
S Car 50 10.1 17 13.6 30 26
Ind, S 63 15.6 16 16.0 24 27
Conn 44 12.3 15 16.8 34 28
Wisc, E 48 14.1 14 16.4 32 29
La, M 27 32.3 13 62.4 49 30
Texas, E 71 18.1 12 12.4 20 31
N Car, W 25 7.8 12 14.8 53 32
Tenn, M 64 25.8 11 17.6 23 33
Oregon 53 12.9 11 10.8 29 33
Wash, W 17 3.0 11 7.6 60 33
D. C. 44 64.6 10 58.8 34 36
Penn, W 65 17.3 9 9.6 22 37
Tenn, W 62 39.5 9 22.8 25 37
Kansas 29 10.0 9 12.4 45 37
Cal, S 28 8.0 9 10.4 46 37
Cal, E 43 5.4 8 4.0 36 41
Tenn, E 42 16.1 8 12.4 37 41
Okla, W 41 19.4 8 15.2 39 41
La, W 39 18.0 8 14.8 40 41
Minnesota 21 3.8 7 5.2 58 45
Ga, M 42 20.9 6 12.0 37 46
Utah 30 9.8 6 8.0 43 46
N. Y., N 25 7.3 6 7.2 53 46
Mo, W 28 8.9 5 6.4 46 49
Penn, M 28 8.8 5 6.4 46 49
Ala, S 26 30.8 5 23.6 51 49
Ark, W 18 13.4 5 14.8 59 49
Ga, S 12 7.6 5 12.8 65 49
Miss, S 36 19.2 4 8.4 41 54
Mich, W 35 10.0 4 4.4 42 54
Nevada 30 10.2 4 5.6 43 54
Wisc, W 27 11.4 4 6.8 49 54
Mo, E 26 8.9 4 5.6 51 54
N Mexico 22 10.6 4 7.6 56 54
Ind, N 12 4.6 4 6.0 65 54
Ken, W 12 5.4 4 7.2 65 54
Okla, N 11 10.4 4 15.2 68 54
N Car, E 24 6.0 3 3.2 55 63
N. Y., W 22 7.9 3 4.4 56 63
Miss, N 17 15.2 3 10.8 60 63
N Car, M 11 3.7 3 4.0 68 63
R. I. 11 10.4 3 11.2 68 63
Nebraska 8 4.2 3 6.4 74 63
N Dakota 6 7.9 3 16.0 79 63
Ill, C 17 7.7 2 3.6 60 70
Virg, W 11 5.0 2 3.6 68 70
W Virg, N 10 10.8 2 8.8 72 70
Ala, M 8 7.0 2 6.8 74 70
Delaware 3 3.2 2 8.4 83 70
W Virg, S 17 18.8 1 4.4 60 75
Idaho 7 4.2 1 2.4 76 75
Ill, S 7 5.5 1 3.2 76 75
Iowa, S 5 2.8 1 2.4 80 75
Maine 5 3.8 1 3.2 80 75
Montana 2 1.9 1 4.0 87 75
Okla, E 2 2.7 1 5.2 87 75
Ken, E 13 5.9 0 0.0 64 82
Wash, E 7 4.4 0 0.0 76 82
Alaska 5 6.9 0 0.0 80 82
Hawaii 3 2.1 0 0.0 83 82
Iowa, N 3 2.3 0 0.0 83 82
New Hamp 3 2.2 0 0.0 83 82
S Dakota 2 2.4 0 0.0 87 82
Vermont 2 3.2 0 0.0 87 82
Wyoming 2 3.4 0 0.0 87 82
* Rate per million population.