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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
171,377 44,563 2,114 12,512  230,566 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,448 2,869 86 660  11,063 
Contra Costa 4,102 1,964 36 421  6,523 
Del Norte 37 15 3 3  58 
Humboldt 218 129 5 35  387 
Lake 74 39 3 14  130 
Marin 2,084 1,557 11 296  3,948 
Mendocino 160 130 6 25  321 
Napa 416 243 8 36  703 
San Francisco 17,549 3,192 106 1,063  21,910 
San Mateo 4,870 1,533 28 363  6,794 
Solano 541 237 23 64  865 
Sonoma 1,504 912 23 168  2,607 
Total 39,003 12,820 338 3,148  55,309 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 58,247 11,267 617 3,925  74,056 
San Luis Obispo 735 441 15 86  1,277 
Santa Barbara 1,404 665 23 154  2,246 
Ventura 2,791 1,031 38 270  4,130 
Total 63,177 13,404 693 4,435  81,709 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 54 41 2 12  109 
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 32 19 2 8  61 
Nevada 273 199 8 34  514 
Placer 1,341 549 9 97  1,996 
Plumas 32 17 2 4  55 
Sacramento 8,895 2,148 99 519  11,661 
San Joaquin 728 227 37 66  1,058 
Shasta 290 146 9 42  487 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 65 38 4 7  114 
Sutter 85 31 7 11  134 
Tehama 46 24 4 5  79 
Trinity 16 9 2 5  32 
Yolo 614 412 10 66  1,102 
Yuba 66 22 5 7  100 
Total 13,355 4,352 240 983  18,930 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 120 33 11 15  179 
Inyo 34 19 2 3  58 
Orange 18,240 3,735 152 1,030  23,157 
Riverside 3,306 1,254 91 301  4,952 
San Bernardino 2,366 542 93 188  3,189 
San Diego 16,450 4,405 174 1,270  22,299 
Total 40,516 9,988 523 2,807  53,834 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,937 393 66 123  2,519 
Kern 833 242 42 63  1,180 
Kings 96 17 7 5  125 
Madera 105 47 10 12  174 
Mariposa 16 13 2 3  34 
Merced 151 53 11 8  223 
Stanislaus 537 144 26 33  740 
Tulare 346 78 23 20  467 
Tuolumne 69 40 4 6  119 
Total 4,090 1,027 191 273  5,581 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 804 488 18 94  1,404 
San Benito 58 20 4 5  87 
Santa Clara 9,693 2,028 93 671  12,485 
Santa Cruz 681 436 14 96  1,227 
Total 11,236 2,972 129 866  15,203 

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