Attorney Demographics

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

Information current as of Apr 30 2026 11:00PM

Attorney Status

Attorney Status	Population	Average Age	% of Attorneys
Active	201,587	50	66.98%
Inactive	76,605	69	25.45%
Judge	2,310	61	0.77%
Not eligible to practice law in CA	20,454	69	6.80%
Total	300,956

By age

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7000
20	40	60	80	100
	Age (years)

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	18,190	6.04%
2	Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA	17,411	5.79%
3	UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA	15,341	5.10%
4	UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA	13,861	4.61%
5	Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA	12,829	4.26%
6	Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA	11,936	3.97%
7	McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA	11,436	3.80%
8	Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA	10,932	3.63%
9	USC Law School; Los Angeles CA	9,984	3.32%
10	U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA	8,246	2.74%
11	California Western SOL; San Diego CA	7,838	2.60%
12	UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA	7,672	2.55%
13	Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA	7,396	2.46%
14	Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA	6,568	2.18%
15	Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA	6,496	2.16%
16	Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA	6,388	2.12%
17	Whittier Coll SOL; CA	4,575	1.52%
18	Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC	4,286	1.42%
19	Western State Univ; CA	3,935	1.31%
20	Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA	3,667	1.22%
21	Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA	3,520	1.17%
22	No Information Available;	3,380	1.12%
23	Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI	3,341	1.11%
24	Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY	3,161	1.05%
25	New York Univ SOL; New York NY	3,121	1.04%

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	22,678	7.54%
2	Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA	19,716	6.55%
3	Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA	8,255	2.74%
4	Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA	8,236	2.74%
5	Stanford Univ; Stanford CA	6,725	2.23%
6	Univ of California Davis; Davis CA	6,692	2.22%
7	Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA	6,595	2.19%
8	Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA	5,784	1.92%
9	California St Univ Northridge; CA	3,838	1.28%
10	San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA	3,778	1.26%
11	Foreign School;	3,370	1.12%
12	Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA	2,908	0.97%
13	California St Univ Long Beach; CA	2,883	0.96%
14	Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA	2,627	0.87%
15	Yale Univ; New Haven CT	2,597	0.86%
16	Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT	2,535	0.84%
17	Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA	2,451	0.81%
18	Univ of California Riverside; CA	2,448	0.81%
19	California St Univ Fullerton; CA	2,416	0.80%
20	San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA	2,247	0.75%
21	California St Univ Sacramento; CA	2,185	0.73%
22	Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA	2,099	0.70%
23	Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY	2,081	0.69%
24	Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA	1,937	0.64%
25	San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA	1,915	0.64%

Years admitted to the State Bar

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10000
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	5,814	30
2018	5,028	30
2019	5,146	30
2020	2,662	33
2021	10,003	31
2022	5,946	31
2023	5,559	31
2024	6,009	31
2025	7,132	32

* The State Bar of California was founded in 1927 by the legislature.

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