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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
171,273 44,547 2,108 12,672  230,600 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,449 2,868 86 671  11,074 
Contra Costa 4,098 1,961 35 428  6,522 
Del Norte 37 15 3 3  58 
Humboldt 219 130 5 36  390 
Lake 74 39 3 14  130 
Marin 2,076 1,554 11 301  3,942 
Mendocino 158 130 5 27  320 
Napa 416 243 8 37  704 
San Francisco 17,557 3,191 106 1,079  21,933 
San Mateo 4,877 1,530 28 368  6,803 
Solano 540 237 23 63  863 
Sonoma 1,502 912 23 170  2,607 
Total 39,003 12,810 336 3,197  55,346 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 58,193 11,266 616 3,975  74,050 
San Luis Obispo 732 443 15 88  1,278 
Santa Barbara 1,404 665 23 155  2,247 
Ventura 2,790 1,030 37 276  4,133 
Total 63,119 13,404 691 4,494  81,708 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 54 42 2 12  110 
Butte 315 137 13 41  506 
Calaveras 49 46 2 5  102 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 393 253 11 47  704 
Glenn 12 11 2 1  26 
Lassen 16 6 2 4  28 
Modoc 6 4 3    
Mono 33 19 2 8  62 
Nevada 274 198 8 34  514 
Placer 1,345 549 9 98  2,001 
Plumas 32 17 2 4  55 
Sacramento 8,895 2,146 99 525  11,665 
San Joaquin 724 227 37 67  1,055 
Shasta 290 147 9 43  489 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 67 38 4 7  116 
Sutter 85 31 7 11  134 
Tehama 47 24 4 5  80 
Trinity 16 9 2 5  32 
Yolo 615 412 10 67  1,104 
Yuba 65 22 5 7  99 
Total 13,360 4,351 240 993  18,944 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 118 33 11 16  178 
Inyo 34 19 2 3  58 
Orange 18,215 3,731 152 1,044  23,142 
Riverside 3,309 1,256 90 303  4,958 
San Bernardino 2,368 542 92 191  3,193 
San Diego 16,446 4,406 174 1,283  22,309 
Total 40,490 9,987 521 2,840  53,838 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,942 392 66 123  2,523 
Kern 832 241 42 62  1,177 
Kings 95 17 7 5  124 
Madera 105 47 10 12  174 
Mariposa 16 13 2 3  34 
Merced 149 53 11 8  221 
Stanislaus 538 144 26 33  741 
Tulare 342 77 24 20  463 
Tuolumne 70 39 4 6  119 
Total 4,089 1,023 192 272  5,576 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 801 485 18 96  1,400 
San Benito 57 20 4 5  86 
Santa Clara 9,672 2,032 93 678  12,475 
Santa Cruz 682 435 13 97  1,227 
Total 11,212 2,972 128 876  15,188 

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