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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by county and status.

CaliforniaMore Detail
Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
170,639 45,722 2,106 11,665  230,132 


District 1
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alameda 7,406 2,934 85 620  11,045 
Contra Costa 4,047 2,008 36 393  6,484 
Del Norte 36 15 3 3  57 
Humboldt 217 132 5 32  386 
Lake 69 39 4 14  126 
Marin 2,084 1,584 10 281  3,959 
Mendocino 164 135 5 25  329 
Napa 409 246 8 33  696 
San Francisco 17,630 3,257 102 979  21,968 
San Mateo 4,888 1,565 30 334  6,817 
Solano 531 238 24 63  856 
Sonoma 1,499 924 23 167  2,613 
Total 38,980 13,077 335 2,944  55,336 
District 2
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Los Angeles 58,026 11,559 609 3,635  73,829 
San Luis Obispo 727 452 14 82  1,275 
Santa Barbara 1,394 673 23 147  2,237 
Ventura 2,788 1,058 36 257  4,139 
Total 62,935 13,742 682 4,121  81,480 
District 3
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Alpine 4 2 3    
Amador 56 44 2 10  112 
Butte 307 141 13 40  501 
Calaveras 45 46 2 6  99 
Colusa 18 9 2 1  30 
El Dorado 381 270 11 42  704 
Glenn 14 11 2 1  28 
Lassen 15 6 2 4  27 
Modoc 6 3 3    
Mono 33 22 2 6  63 
Nevada 269 203 8 33  513 
Placer 1,324 560 9 92  1,985 
Plumas 31 18 2 5  56 
Sacramento 8,801 2,212 98 465  11,576 
San Joaquin 724 245 37 65  1,071 
Shasta 296 154 11 33  494 
Sierra 5 2 2 1  10 
Siskiyou 66 38 4 6  114 
Sutter 89 35 8 8  140 
Tehama 48 26 4 4  82 
Trinity 15 10 2 4  31 
Yolo 626 421 10 67  1,124 
Yuba 70 22 5 8  105 
Total 13,243 4,500 242 901  18,886 
District 4
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Imperial 119 33 11 15  178 
Inyo 32 19 2 3  56 
Orange 18,054 3,835 154 963  23,006 
Riverside 3,273 1,297 94 282  4,946 
San Bernardino 2,353 570 92 182  3,197 
San Diego 16,348 4,501 173 1,187  22,209 
Total 40,179 10,255 526 2,632  53,592 
District 5
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Fresno 1,943 438 68 124  2,573 
Kern 816 248 44 57  1,165 
Kings 96 17 7 4  124 
Madera 103 48 11 12  174 
Mariposa 17 13 2 2  34 
Merced 148 54 11 9  222 
Stanislaus 533 147 24 31  735 
Tulare 346 83 22 17  468 
Tuolumne 71 40 5 7  123 
Total 4,073 1,088 194 263  5,618 
District 6
CountyActiveInactiveJudgeNot EligibleTotal
Monterey 794 496 19 88  1,397 
San Benito 54 20 4 5  83 
Santa Clara 9,695 2,101 91 618  12,505 
Santa Cruz 686 443 13 93  1,235 
Total 11,229 3,060 127 804  15,220 

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