Attorney Demographics

The information on this page only covers attorneys who are active, inactive, not eligible, or are judges.

Information current as of Dec 6 2021 11:00PM

Attorney Status

More Detail
Attorney Status Population Average Age % of Attorneys
Active 194,254 49 69.04%
Inactive 68,172 65 24.23%
Judge 2,147 61 0.76%
Not eligible to practice law in CA 16,775 65 5.96%
Total 281,348  


By age

Hover the mouse over a bar to view the age and population

7000 Age: 22 - Population: Age: 23 - Population: 9 Age: 24 - Population: 19 Age: 25 - Population: 122 Age: 26 - Population: 731 Age: 27 - Population: 1,420 Age: 28 - Population: 2,108 Age: 29 - Population: 2,734 Age: 30 - Population: 3,328 Age: 31 - Population: 3,815 Age: 32 - Population: 4,298 Age: 33 - Population: 4,954 Age: 34 - Population: 5,307 Age: 35 - Population: 5,566 Age: 36 - Population: 6,004 Age: 37 - Population: 6,279 Age: 38 - Population: 6,163 Age: 39 - Population: 6,368 Age: 40 - Population: 6,469 Age: 41 - Population: 6,424 Age: 42 - Population: 6,171 Age: 43 - Population: 5,908 Age: 44 - Population: 5,722 Age: 45 - Population: 5,438 Age: 46 - Population: 5,194 Age: 47 - Population: 5,399 Age: 48 - Population: 5,094 Age: 49 - Population: 5,522 Age: 50 - Population: 5,918 Age: 51 - Population: 6,098 Age: 52 - Population: 5,896 Age: 53 - Population: 5,534 Age: 54 - Population: 5,441 Age: 55 - Population: 5,345 Age: 56 - Population: 5,198 Age: 57 - Population: 5,415 Age: 58 - Population: 5,499 Age: 59 - Population: 5,217 Age: 60 - Population: 5,197 Age: 61 - Population: 5,239 Age: 62 - Population: 5,179 Age: 63 - Population: 4,934 Age: 64 - Population: 4,988 Age: 65 - Population: 5,057 Age: 66 - Population: 4,998 Age: 67 - Population: 5,246 Age: 68 - Population: 5,167 Age: 69 - Population: 5,223 Age: 70 - Population: 5,151 Age: 71 - Population: 4,757 Age: 72 - Population: 4,805 Age: 73 - Population: 4,710 Age: 74 - Population: 4,875 Age: 75 - Population: 4,354 Age: 76 - Population: 3,487 Age: 77 - Population: 3,115 Age: 78 - Population: 3,062 Age: 79 - Population: 2,751 Age: 80 - Population: 2,181 Age: 81 - Population: 1,758 Age: 82 - Population: 1,600 Age: 83 - Population: 1,418 Age: 84 - Population: 1,239 Age: 85 - Population: 1,059 Age: 86 - Population: 957 Age: 87 - Population: 897 Age: 88 - Population: 753 Age: 89 - Population: 773 Age: 90 - Population: 683 Age: 91 - Population: 621 Age: 92 - Population: 495 Age: 93 - Population: 441 Age: 94 - Population: 410 Age: 95 - Population: 310 Age: 96 - Population: 270 Age: 97 - Population: 228 Age: 98 - Population: 174 Age: 99 - Population: 172 Age: 100 - Population: 128
20 40 60 80 100
  Age (years)


By district/area

More Detail

View State Bar districts map

District/Area Population % of Attorneys
California 220,579 78.40%
District 01 53,731 19.10%
District 02 77,678 27.61%
District 03 17,759 6.31%
District 04 50,849 18.07%
District 05 5,551 1.97%
District 06 15,011 5.34%
Outside California (Within U.S.) 56,393 20.04%
Outside U.S. 4,376 1.56%
Total 281,348  


By law school

The 25 law schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

Rank School Population % of Attorneys
1 UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA 18,373 6.53%
2 Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA 16,525 5.87%
3 UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA 14,338 5.10%
4 UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA 13,000 4.62%
5 Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA 12,189 4.33%
6 Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA 11,251 4.00%
7 McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA 11,161 3.97%
8 Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA 10,348 3.68%
9 USC Law School; Los Angeles CA 9,340 3.32%
10 U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA 8,054 2.86%
11 California Western SOL; San Diego CA 7,265 2.58%
12 UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA 7,005 2.49%
13 Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA 6,896 2.45%
14 Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA 6,388 2.27%
15 Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA 6,244 2.22%
16 Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA 6,214 2.21%
17 Whittier Coll SOL; CA 4,637 1.65%
18 Western State Univ; CA 4,203 1.49%
19 Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC 4,006 1.42%
20 Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA 3,612 1.28%
21 Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA 3,522 1.25%
22 Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI 3,195 1.14%
23 Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY 2,906 1.03%
24 New York Univ SOL; New York NY 2,868 1.02%
25 Chapman Univ SOL; Orange CA 2,516 0.89%


By undergraduate school

The 25 undergraduate schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

Rank School Population % of Attorneys
1 Univ of California at Los Angeles; CA 23,355 8.30%
2 Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 20,304 7.22%
3 Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA 8,508 3.02%
4 Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA 8,409 2.99%
5 Stanford Univ; Stanford CA 7,071 2.51%
6 Univ of California Davis; Davis CA 6,825 2.43%
7 Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA 6,679 2.37%
8 Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA 5,861 2.08%
9 California St Univ Northridge; CA 3,941 1.40%
10 San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA 3,895 1.38%
11 Foreign School; 3,391 1.21%
12 California St Univ Long Beach; CA 2,976 1.06%
13 Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA 2,960 1.05%
14 Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA 2,712 0.96%
15 Yale Univ; New Haven CT 2,667 0.95%
16 Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT 2,606 0.93%
17 Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA 2,548 0.91%
18 Univ of California Riverside; CA 2,506 0.89%
19 California St Univ Fullerton; CA 2,495 0.89%
20 San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA 2,344 0.83%
21 California St Univ Sacramento; CA 2,275 0.81%
22 Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA 2,179 0.77%
23 Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY 2,145 0.76%
24 San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA 2,012 0.72%
25 Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA 1,980 0.70%


Years admitted to the State Bar

Hover the mouse over a bar to view the years admitted to the State Bar and population

8000 Tenure: 1 years - Population: 2,662 Tenure: 2 years - Population: 5,144 Tenure: 3 years - Population: 5,020 Tenure: 4 years - Population: 5,809 Tenure: 5 years - Population: 5,488 Tenure: 6 years - Population: 6,141 Tenure: 7 years - Population: 6,751 Tenure: 8 years - Population: 6,885 Tenure: 9 years - Population: 6,794 Tenure: 10 years - Population: 6,560 Tenure: 11 years - Population: 6,410 Tenure: 12 years - Population: 6,580 Tenure: 13 years - Population: 7,039 Tenure: 14 years - Population: 6,649 Tenure: 15 years - Population: 6,614 Tenure: 16 years - Population: 5,898 Tenure: 17 years - Population: 5,435 Tenure: 18 years - Population: 5,555 Tenure: 19 years - Population: 5,445 Tenure: 20 years - Population: 6,082 Tenure: 21 years - Population: 6,025 Tenure: 22 years - Population: 5,568 Tenure: 23 years - Population: 5,848 Tenure: 24 years - Population: 6,314 Tenure: 25 years - Population: 5,622 Tenure: 26 years - Population: 5,488 Tenure: 27 years - Population: 5,602 Tenure: 28 years - Population: 5,706 Tenure: 29 years - Population: 5,596 Tenure: 30 years - Population: 5,131 Tenure: 31 years - Population: 5,531 Tenure: 32 years - Population: 5,804 Tenure: 33 years - Population: 5,467 Tenure: 34 years - Population: 5,235 Tenure: 35 years - Population: 4,259 Tenure: 36 years - Population: 4,492 Tenure: 37 years - Population: 3,943 Tenure: 38 years - Population: 4,412 Tenure: 39 years - Population: 4,415 Tenure: 40 years - Population: 4,527 Tenure: 41 years - Population: 4,421 Tenure: 42 years - Population: 5,156 Tenure: 43 years - Population: 4,645 Tenure: 44 years - Population: 4,424 Tenure: 45 years - Population: 4,179 Tenure: 46 years - Population: 3,585 Tenure: 47 years - Population: 3,520 Tenure: 48 years - Population: 2,727 Tenure: 49 years - Population: 3,556 Tenure: 50 years - Population: 1,806 Tenure: 51 years - Population: 1,816 Tenure: 52 years - Population: 1,506 Tenure: 53 years - Population: 816 Tenure: 54 years - Population: 1,113 Tenure: 55 years - Population: 1,275 Tenure: 56 years - Population: 848 Tenure: 57 years - Population: 708 Tenure: 58 years - Population: 652 Tenure: 59 years - Population: 542 Tenure: 60 years - Population: 531 Tenure: 61 years - Population: 420 Tenure: 62 years - Population: 371 Tenure: 63 years - Population: 176 Tenure: 64 years - Population: 261 Tenure: 65 years - Population: 231 Tenure: 66 years - Population: 292 Tenure: 67 years - Population: 212 Tenure: 68 years - Population: 225 Tenure: 69 years - Population: 192 Tenure: 70 years - Population: 140 Tenure: 71 years - Population: 93 Tenure: 72 years - Population: 90 Tenure: 73 years - Population: 32 Tenure: 74 years - Population: 31 Tenure: 75 years - Population: 24 Tenure: 76 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 77 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 78 years - Population: 3 Tenure: 79 years - Population: 6 Tenure: 80 years - Population: 8
0 20 40 60 80
  Years Admitted to the State Bar


By admission year

Year Number Admitted Average Age
1855 1  0 
1856    
1857    
1858    
1859    
1860    
1861    
1862    
1863    
1864    
1865    
1866 1  22 
1867    
1868    
1869    
1870 3  26 
1871    
1872 1  27 
1873 4  20 
1874 2  25 
1875 7  26 
1876 9  25 
1877 7  25 
1878 4  25 
1879 26  25 
1880 12  25 
1881 17  24 
1882 25  25 
1883 24  24 
1884 19  25 
1885 36  26 
1886 32  25 
1887 46  25 
1888 39  26 
1889 47  27 
1890 62  25 
1891 64  25 
1892 73  27 
1893 77  26 
1894 100  26 
1895 129  27 
1896 126  26 
1897 156  27 
1898 136  27 
1899 116  26 
1900 127  25 
1901 134  25 
1902 140  28 
1903 137  29 
1904 144  28 
1905 140  30 
1906 157  29 
1907 195  28 
1908 224  30 
1909 286  29 
1910 240  31 
1911 380  29 
1912 383  30 
1913 438  30 
1914 425  30 
1915 483  30 
1916 338  30 
1917 383  29 
1918 253  32 
1919 265  33 
1920 291  32 
1921 364  33 
1922 446  32 
1923 601  33 
1924 506  32 
1925 436  32 
1926 590  32 
1927* 791  32 
1928 605  31 
1929 579  31 
1930 656  30 
1931 699  31 
1932 553  28 
1933 518  28 
1934 426  28 
1935 442  28 
1936 516  28 
1937 418  28 
1938 493  28 
1939 317  29 
1940 390  28 
1941 392  28 
1942 257  29 
1943 182  32 
1944 265  34 
1945 231  33 
1946 482  32 
1947 564  32 
1948 415  32 
1949 947  30 
1950 725  30 
1951 846  30 
1952 921  29 
1953 1,023  30 
1954 886  31 
1955 1,088  30 
1956 790  30 
1957 820  30 
1958 543  31 
1959 934  30 
1960 1,024  30 
1961 1,259  31 
1962 1,213  31 
1963 1,261  31 
1964 1,284  30 
1965 1,552  30 
1966 2,158  29 
1967 1,736  29 
1968 1,244  30 
1969 2,266  30 
1970 2,612  30 
1971 2,603  30 
1972 5,024  30 
1973 3,687  29 
1974 4,713  30 
1975 4,693  29 
1976 5,365  29 
1977 5,634  29 
1978 5,871  30 
1979 6,425  30 
1980 5,457  30 
1981 5,458  30 
1982 5,227  30 
1983 5,146  30 
1984 4,581  30 
1985 5,102  30 
1986 4,806  30 
1987 5,875  30 
1988 6,172  31 
1989 6,463  31 
1990 6,143  31 
1991 5,623  31 
1992 6,094  31 
1993 6,142  31 
1994 5,998  31 
1995 5,815  31 
1996 5,924  30 
1997 6,657  31 
1998 6,115  31 
1999 5,785  31 
2000 6,221  31 
2001 6,269  31 
2002 5,615  31 
2003 5,725  30 
2004 5,555  30 
2005 6,008  30 
2006 6,729  30 
2007 6,749  30 
2008 7,132  30 
2009 6,641  30 
2010 6,473  30 
2011 6,624  30 
2012 6,835  29 
2013 6,921  30 
2014 6,779  30 
2015 6,162  30 
2016 5,505  30 
2017 5,813  30 
2018 5,027  30 
2019 5,146  30 
2020 2,662  33 
* The State Bar of California was founded in 1927 by the legislature.


If you have a specific request for demographic data, please request the information at pra@calbar.ca.gov.