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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
171,534 45,694 2,104 11,519  230,851 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,443 2,933 85 616  11,077 
Contra Costa 4,077 2,008 36 389  6,510 
Del Norte 36 15 3 3  57 
Humboldt 223 132 5 32  392 
Lake 70 39 4 14  127 
Marin 2,091 1,586 10 275  3,962 
Mendocino 163 133 5 25  326 
Napa 413 246 8 31  698 
San Francisco 17,652 3,266 103 966  21,987 
San Mateo 4,902 1,563 30 328  6,823 
Solano 538 242 24 63  867 
Sonoma 1,506 926 23 164  2,619 
Total 39,114 13,089 336 2,906  55,445 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 58,325 11,546 607 3,595  74,073 
San Luis Obispo 731 451 14 81  1,277 
Santa Barbara 1,406 676 24 145  2,251 
Ventura 2,811 1,052 36 253  4,152 
Total 63,273 13,725 681 4,074  81,753 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 56 44 2 10  112 
Butte 306 143 13 40  502 
Calaveras 47 46 2 6  101 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 391 263 11 42  707 
Glenn 13 11 2 1  27 
Lassen 15 6 2 4  27 
Modoc 6 3 3    
Mono 33 22 2 6  63 
Nevada 273 203 8 32  516 
Placer 1,336 563 9 89  1,997 
Plumas 32 18 2 4  56 
Sacramento 8,874 2,213 99 454  11,640 
San Joaquin 738 246 36 63  1,083 
Shasta 295 154 11 33  493 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 67 38 4 5  114 
Sutter 88 34 7 8  137 
Tehama 48 26 4 4  82 
Trinity 16 10 2 4  32 
Yolo 624 420 10 64  1,118 
Yuba 67 22 5 8  102 
Total 13,352 4,498 241 879  18,970 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 122 33 11 14  180 
Inyo 33 19 2 3  57 
Orange 18,172 3,825 155 955  23,107 
Riverside 3,315 1,298 94 280  4,987 
San Bernardino 2,376 569 92 179  3,216 
San Diego 16,437 4,496 173 1,173  22,279 
Total 40,455 10,240 527 2,604  53,826 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,948 437 68 122  2,575 
Kern 825 250 43 57  1,175 
Kings 94 17 7 4  122 
Madera 105 48 11 12  176 
Mariposa 18 13 2 2  35 
Merced 149 54 11 9  223 
Stanislaus 538 146 25 31  740 
Tulare 348 82 22 17  469 
Tuolumne 70 41 5 7  123 
Total 4,095 1,088 194 261  5,638 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 800 497 19 88  1,404 
San Benito 54 20 4 5  83 
Santa Clara 9,707 2,092 89 610  12,498 
Santa Cruz 684 445 13 92  1,234 
Total 11,245 3,054 125 795  15,219 

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