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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
170,120 44,566 2,100 13,780  230,566 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,381 2,875 84 729  11,069 
Contra Costa 4,046 1,962 36 453  6,497 
Del Norte 37 15 3 4  59 
Humboldt 218 130 5 36  389 
Lake 71 38 4 14  127 
Marin 2,074 1,551 10 306  3,941 
Mendocino 160 129 5 29  323 
Napa 411 242 8 37  698 
San Francisco 17,492 3,184 103 1,187  21,966 
San Mateo 4,852 1,530 29 401  6,812 
Solano 531 236 24 68  859 
Sonoma 1,492 913 23 186  2,614 
Total 38,765 12,805 334 3,450  55,354 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 57,807 11,252 608 4,372  74,039 
San Luis Obispo 727 447 14 90  1,278 
Santa Barbara 1,392 666 24 167  2,249 
Ventura 2,775 1,030 36 296  4,137 
Total 62,701 13,395 682 4,925  81,703 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 53 42 2 12  109 
Butte 309 138 13 43  503 
Calaveras 47 46 2 6  101 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 387 256 11 50  704 
Glenn 13 11 2 1  27 
Lassen 16 6 2 4  28 
Modoc 5 4 3 1  13 
Mono 32 19 2 8  61 
Nevada 268 199 8 38  513 
Placer 1,339 549 9 108  2,005 
Plumas 32 17 2 5  56 
Sacramento 8,802 2,146 99 563  11,610 
San Joaquin 725 230 36 75  1,066 
Shasta 292 146 10 42  490 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 64 38 4 8  114 
Sutter 85 31 7 11  134 
Tehama 46 25 4 7  82 
Trinity 15 9 2 5  31 
Yolo 622 411 10 71  1,114 
Yuba 67 22 5 7  101 
Total 13,246 4,358 240 1,067  18,911 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 121 33 11 16  181 
Inyo 34 19 2 4  59 
Orange 18,067 3,729 155 1,145  23,096 
Riverside 3,287 1,251 93 324  4,955 
San Bernardino 2,349 545 91 211  3,196 
San Diego 16,318 4,407 174 1,378  22,277 
Total 40,176 9,984 526 3,078  53,764 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,939 412 69 138  2,558 
Kern 824 241 42 70  1,177 
Kings 93 17 7 5  122 
Madera 107 47 11 12  177 
Mariposa 16 13 2 3  34 
Merced 151 53 10 9  223 
Stanislaus 536 145 25 35  741 
Tulare 343 76 23 25  467 
Tuolumne 71 40 4 7  122 
Total 4,080 1,044 193 304  5,621 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 792 485 19 102  1,398 
San Benito 52 20 4 7  83 
Santa Clara 9,631 2,039 89 745  12,504 
Santa Cruz 677 436 13 102  1,228 
Total 11,152 2,980 125 956  15,213 

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