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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
169,895 43,207 2,009 9,533  224,644 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,405 2,802 86 510  10,803 
Contra Costa 4,018 1,907 35 337  6,297 
Del Norte 47 13 2 2  64 
Humboldt 218 119 7 24  368 
Lake 74 41 4 14  133 
Marin 2,112 1,463 12 240  3,827 
Mendocino 173 127 7 23  330 
Napa 428 237 7 30  702 
San Francisco 17,677 3,068 102 840  21,687 
San Mateo 5,078 1,466 30 273  6,847 
Solano 543 226 23 47  839 
Sonoma 1,546 876 19 131  2,572 
Total 39,319 12,345 334 2,471  54,469 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 57,333 10,964 589 2,918  71,804 
San Luis Obispo 734 437 13 68  1,252 
Santa Barbara 1,398 643 21 122  2,184 
Ventura 2,808 998 32 206  4,044 
Total 62,273 13,042 655 3,314  79,284 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 70 40 2 8  120 
Butte 332 129 12 35  508 
Calaveras 56 38 2 5  101 
Colusa 19 8 2 1  30 
El Dorado 360 251 9 37  657 
Glenn 14 11 2 1  28 
Lassen 20 8 2 1  31 
Modoc 5 3 2    
Mono 40 20 2 4  66 
Nevada 282 194 7 27  510 
Placer 1,250 505 8 78  1,841 
Plumas 38 15 2 5  60 
Sacramento 8,493 2,100 89 381  11,063 
San Joaquin 747 238 32 45  1,062 
Shasta 305 143 9 33  490 
Sierra 5 1 1 1  8 
Siskiyou 64 36 4 2  106 
Sutter 95 33 5 7  140 
Tehama 54 22 4 4  84 
Trinity 14 11 2 4  31 
Yolo 625 407 10 62  1,104 
Yuba 79 22 5 4  110 
Total 12,971 4,237 216 745  18,169 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 119 33 11 11  174 
Inyo 34 17 2 2  55 
Orange 17,610 3,595 146 769  22,120 
Riverside 3,285 1,223 91 228  4,827 
San Bernardino 2,330 546 87 152  3,115 
San Diego 16,346 4,222 170 992  21,730 
Total 39,724 9,636 507 2,154  52,021 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,978 413 62 99  2,552 
Kern 846 224 40 46  1,156 
Kings 95 20 9 2  126 
Madera 105 43 10 8  166 
Mariposa 15 12 2 2  31 
Merced 148 49 9 8  214 
Stanislaus 530 135 22 27  714 
Tulare 365 77 18 16  476 
Tuolumne 67 40 4 7  118 
Total 4,149 1,013 176 215  5,553 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 820 468 18 65  1,371 
San Benito 57 18 4 3  82 
Santa Clara 9,858 2,031 85 494  12,468 
Santa Cruz 724 417 14 72  1,227 
Total 11,459 2,934 121 634  15,148 

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