Although it might seem odd, new cases added to district court dockets in 2019 increased at the largest clip in Austin, and decreased the most in Houston.

Texas Lawyer analyzed two years of court data from the Texas Office of Court Administration, and compared the numbers of new cases added in district courts among the Lone Star State's major metro areas—Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin.

As might be expected, Houston, the state's largest city, had the most cases added, compared with the other metros.