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Table 2. Federal Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Filed by District

Federal District Number Rate (per million)
FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2016
All 5,042 3,944 15.7 12.3
Cal, C 632 716 32.6 36.9
N. Y., S 460 551 87.6 105.0
N. J. 423 181 47.2 20.2
Ill, N 379 319 40.5 34.1
Maryland 257 99 42.8 16.5
Penn, E 219 88 37.4 15.0
Virg, E 214 75 34.5 12.1
Fla, S 210 86 29.0 11.9
Fla, M 203 113 18.1 10.1
Mich, E 202 24 31.3 3.7
Ohio, N 202 16 35.2 2.8
Ohio, S 196 15 33.4 2.6
Oregon 187 128 46.4 31.8
Cal, N 162 188 19.5 22.6
N. Y., E 122 76 14.7 9.1
Colorado 93 78 17.0 14.3
Wash, W 76 52 13.6 9.3
Texas, S 75 78 7.9 8.2
Mass 46 38 6.8 5.6
Penn, M 45 29 14.1 9.1
D. C. 42 26 62.5 38.7
Mich, W 40 6 11.5 1.7
Cal, S 33 133 9.5 38.2
Arizona 30 47 4.4 6.9
Ga, N 30 30 4.5 4.5
Texas, W 29 42 4.2 6.0
Texas, N 27 48 3.8 6.7
Ind, S 26 45 6.4 11.2
Minnesota 22 10 4.0 1.8
Tenn, M 18 13 7.4 5.3
Nevada 17 37 5.9 12.8
Wisc, W 17 9 7.2 3.8
Conn 16 24 4.5 6.7
Mo, W 16 14 5.1 4.4
Texas, E 16 9 4.2 2.3
Mo, E 14 11 4.8 3.7
N. Y., W 13 8 4.6 2.8
Hawaii 12 22 8.4 15.4
S Car 12 14 2.5 2.9
Penn, W 10 11 2.7 2.9
La, E 9 21 5.4 12.6
N Car, E 9 13 2.3 3.3
Okla, W 9 9 4.3 4.3
Tenn, E 8 4 3.1 1.5
Kansas 8 2 2.7 0.7
N. Y., N 7 68 2.0 19.9
N Car, W 7 10 2.2 3.2
Wisc, E 7 10 2.1 2.9
Cal, E 6 124 0.8 15.6
Ind, N 6 28 2.3 10.8
La, M 6 9 7.2 10.8
N Car, M 6 8 2.0 2.7
Ken, W 6 6 2.7 2.7
Tenn, W 6 4 3.8 2.5
N Mexico 6 3 2.9 1.4
Okla, N 6 3 5.7 2.8
Delaware 5 11 5.3 11.6
Ala, N 5 7 1.7 2.4
Iowa, S 5 4 2.8 2.2
Ken, E 5 1 2.3 0.5
Miss, N 5 1 4.5 0.9
Ark, W 5 0 3.7 0.0
Utah 4 14 1.3 4.7
Ga, M 4 5 2.0 2.5
Ark, E 4 3 2.4 1.8
Fla, N 4 2 2.2 1.1
Ga, S 4 1 2.6 0.6
Ill, S 4 1 3.2 0.8
Virg, W 3 14 1.4 6.4
Miss, S 3 7 1.6 3.7
Ill, C 3 3 1.3 1.3
Nebraska 3 3 1.6 1.6
Wash, E 3 2 1.9 1.3
New Hamp 3 1 2.3 0.8
Idaho 2 1 1.2 0.6
W Virg, S 1 4 1.1 4.4
R. I. 1 3 0.9 2.8
Ala, M 1 1 0.9 0.9
Maine 1 0 0.8 0.0
Montana 1 0 1.0 0.0
Vermont 1 0 1.6 0.0
La, W 0 7 0.0 3.2
Ala, S 0 2 0.0 2.4
Alaska 0 1 0.0 1.4
Iowa, N 0 1 0.0 0.8
N Dakota 0 1 0.0 1.3
Okla, E 0 1 0.0 1.3
S Dakota 0 1 0.0 1.2
W Virg, N 0 1 0.0 1.1