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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
170,715 44,527 2,104 13,269  230,615 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,417 2,867 84 700  11,068 
Contra Costa 4,078 1,958 36 437  6,509 
Del Norte 37 15 3 3  58 
Humboldt 218 130 5 36  389 
Lake 74 39 3 14  130 
Marin 2,070 1,549 10 304  3,933 
Mendocino 160 129 5 27  321 
Napa 413 242 8 37  700 
San Francisco 17,552 3,179 103 1,145  21,979 
San Mateo 4,860 1,528 29 391  6,808 
Solano 536 235 24 65  860 
Sonoma 1,496 913 23 182  2,614 
Total 38,911 12,784 333 3,341  55,369 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 57,994 11,262 610 4,187  74,053 
San Luis Obispo 732 444 14 88  1,278 
Santa Barbara 1,397 664 24 162  2,247 
Ventura 2,786 1,031 36 289  4,142 
Total 62,909 13,401 684 4,726  81,720 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 53 42 2 12  109 
Butte 309 138 13 43  503 
Calaveras 48 47 2 5  102 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 388 255 11 48  702 
Glenn 13 11 2 1  27 
Lassen 17 6 2 4  29 
Modoc 5 4 3 1  13 
Mono 32 19 2 8  61 
Nevada 269 199 8 36  512 
Placer 1,345 550 9 99  2,003 
Plumas 32 17 2 5  56 
Sacramento 8,834 2,147 99 547  11,627 
San Joaquin 727 229 36 72  1,064 
Shasta 291 145 10 43  489 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 64 38 4 8  114 
Sutter 84 31 7 11  133 
Tehama 46 25 4 7  82 
Trinity 15 9 2 5  31 
Yolo 621 411 10 70  1,112 
Yuba 68 22 5 7  102 
Total 13,288 4,358 240 1,034  18,920 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 122 33 11 16  182 
Inyo 34 19 2 4  59 
Orange 18,136 3,732 155 1,092  23,115 
Riverside 3,291 1,252 93 318  4,954 
San Bernardino 2,360 542 91 201  3,194 
San Diego 16,386 4,407 175 1,330  22,298 
Total 40,329 9,985 527 2,961  53,802 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,943 395 68 126  2,532 
Kern 830 241 42 67  1,180 
Kings 93 17 7 5  122 
Madera 107 47 11 12  177 
Mariposa 16 13 2 3  34 
Merced 152 53 10 8  223 
Stanislaus 537 145 25 34  741 
Tulare 342 76 24 23  465 
Tuolumne 71 39 4 7  121 
Total 4,091 1,026 193 285  5,595 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 796 485 18 99  1,398 
San Benito 53 20 4 7  84 
Santa Clara 9,658 2,033 92 715  12,498 
Santa Cruz 680 435 13 101  1,229 
Total 11,187 2,973 127 922  15,209 

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