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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
171,114 45,711 2,107 11,575  230,507 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,426 2,934 84 617  11,061 
Contra Costa 4,067 2,010 36 390  6,503 
Del Norte 36 15 3 3  57 
Humboldt 221 132 5 33  391 
Lake 69 39 4 14  126 
Marin 2,085 1,585 10 277  3,957 
Mendocino 164 133 5 25  327 
Napa 412 246 8 32  698 
San Francisco 17,632 3,261 104 973  21,970 
San Mateo 4,897 1,564 30 332  6,823 
Solano 535 240 24 62  861 
Sonoma 1,503 924 23 163  2,613 
Total 39,047 13,083 336 2,921  55,387 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 58,191 11,548 611 3,612  73,962 
San Luis Obispo 729 453 14 81  1,277 
Santa Barbara 1,399 674 23 147  2,243 
Ventura 2,803 1,054 36 253  4,146 
Total 63,122 13,729 684 4,093  81,628 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 56 44 2 10  112 
Butte 306 143 13 40  502 
Calaveras 46 46 2 6  100 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 387 269 11 42  709 
Glenn 14 11 2 1  28 
Lassen 15 6 2 4  27 
Modoc 6 3 3    
Mono 34 22 2 6  64 
Nevada 271 203 8 32  514 
Placer 1,328 561 9 89  1,987 
Plumas 31 18 2 4  55 
Sacramento 8,838 2,216 99 462  11,615 
San Joaquin 735 246 37 63  1,081 
Shasta 295 154 11 33  493 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 67 38 4 5  114 
Sutter 86 34 7 8  135 
Tehama 48 26 4 4  82 
Trinity 16 10 2 4  32 
Yolo 626 420 10 64  1,120 
Yuba 70 22 5 8  105 
Total 13,302 4,505 242 887  18,936 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 121 33 11 14  179 
Inyo 32 19 2 3  56 
Orange 18,120 3,830 155 956  23,061 
Riverside 3,290 1,299 94 282  4,965 
San Bernardino 2,371 569 92 182  3,214 
San Diego 16,390 4,496 173 1,179  22,238 
Total 40,324 10,246 527 2,616  53,713 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,945 439 68 122  2,574 
Kern 819 250 43 57  1,169 
Kings 94 17 7 4  122 
Madera 102 48 11 12  173 
Mariposa 17 13 2 2  34 
Merced 150 54 11 9  224 
Stanislaus 536 147 24 31  738 
Tulare 345 83 22 17  467 
Tuolumne 70 40 5 7  122 
Total 4,078 1,091 193 261  5,623 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 800 497 19 88  1,404 
San Benito 54 20 4 5  83 
Santa Clara 9,702 2,096 89 612  12,499 
Santa Cruz 685 444 13 92  1,234 
Total 11,241 3,057 125 797  15,220 

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