Licensee Demographics

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Information current as of May 27 2017 11:00PM

Attorney status

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Attorney Status Population Average Age % of Licensees
Active 188,557 49 71.88 %
Inactive 58,509 61 22.30 %
Judge 2,151 62 0.82 %
Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA 13,097 62 4.99 %
Total 262,314  


By age

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7000 Age: 22 - Population: Age: 23 - Population: 2 Age: 24 - Population: 14 Age: 25 - Population: 75 Age: 26 - Population: 634 Age: 27 - Population: 1,465 Age: 28 - Population: 2,271 Age: 29 - Population: 3,283 Age: 30 - Population: 4,006 Age: 31 - Population: 4,532 Age: 32 - Population: 5,096 Age: 33 - Population: 5,441 Age: 34 - Population: 5,508 Age: 35 - Population: 5,863 Age: 36 - Population: 6,040 Age: 37 - Population: 6,064 Age: 38 - Population: 5,898 Age: 39 - Population: 5,699 Age: 40 - Population: 5,522 Age: 41 - Population: 5,270 Age: 42 - Population: 5,057 Age: 43 - Population: 5,267 Age: 44 - Population: 5,002 Age: 45 - Population: 5,451 Age: 46 - Population: 5,843 Age: 47 - Population: 6,029 Age: 48 - Population: 5,879 Age: 49 - Population: 5,518 Age: 50 - Population: 5,428 Age: 51 - Population: 5,327 Age: 52 - Population: 5,218 Age: 53 - Population: 5,442 Age: 54 - Population: 5,526 Age: 55 - Population: 5,288 Age: 56 - Population: 5,267 Age: 57 - Population: 5,321 Age: 58 - Population: 5,280 Age: 59 - Population: 5,073 Age: 60 - Population: 5,132 Age: 61 - Population: 5,194 Age: 62 - Population: 5,181 Age: 63 - Population: 5,468 Age: 64 - Population: 5,406 Age: 65 - Population: 5,469 Age: 66 - Population: 5,400 Age: 67 - Population: 4,959 Age: 68 - Population: 4,972 Age: 69 - Population: 4,877 Age: 70 - Population: 5,035 Age: 71 - Population: 4,474 Age: 72 - Population: 3,591 Age: 73 - Population: 3,213 Age: 74 - Population: 3,173 Age: 75 - Population: 2,871 Age: 76 - Population: 2,260 Age: 77 - Population: 1,848 Age: 78 - Population: 1,685 Age: 79 - Population: 1,485 Age: 80 - Population: 1,304 Age: 81 - Population: 1,126 Age: 82 - Population: 1,024 Age: 83 - Population: 960 Age: 84 - Population: 810 Age: 85 - Population: 818 Age: 86 - Population: 739 Age: 87 - Population: 680 Age: 88 - Population: 543 Age: 89 - Population: 482 Age: 90 - Population: 452 Age: 91 - Population: 338 Age: 92 - Population: 294 Age: 93 - Population: 247 Age: 94 - Population: 187 Age: 95 - Population: 190 Age: 96 - Population: 142 Age: 97 - Population: 113 Age: 98 - Population: 81 Age: 99 - Population: 67 Age: 100 - Population: 40
  20 60 100
  Age (years)


By district/area

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District/Area Population % of Licensees
California 208,878 79.63 %
District 01 51,335 19.57 %
District 02 73,024 27.84 %
District 03 16,572 6.32 %
District 04 47,780 18.21 %
District 05 5,369 2.05 %
District 06 14,798 5.64 %
Outside California (Within U.S.) 49,798 18.98 %
Outside U.S. 3,638 1.39 %
Total 262,314  


By law school

The 25 law schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

Rank School Population % of Licensees
1 UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA 17,631 6.72 %
2 Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA 15,489 5.90 %
3 UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA 13,369 5.10 %
4 UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall; Berkeley CA 12,080 4.61 %
5 Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA 11,398 4.35 %
6 McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA 10,887 4.15 %
7 Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA 10,605 4.04 %
8 Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA 9,783 3.73 %
9 USC Law School; Los Angeles CA 8,701 3.32 %
10 U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA 7,741 2.95 %
11 California Western SOL; San Diego CA 6,665 2.54 %
12 UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA 6,499 2.48 %
13 Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA 6,394 2.44 %
14 Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA 6,179 2.36 %
15 Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA 5,875 2.24 %
16 Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA 5,830 2.22 %
17 Whittier Coll SOL; CA 4,443 1.69 %
18 Western State Univ; CA 4,400 1.68 %
19 Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC 3,650 1.39 %
20 Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA 3,596 1.37 %
21 Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA 3,167 1.21 %
22 Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI 2,992 1.14 %
23 Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY 2,582 0.98 %
24 New York Univ SOL; New York NY 2,578 0.98 %
25 George Washington Univ LS; Washington DC 2,137 0.81 %


By undergraduate school

The 25 undergraduate schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

Rank School Population % of Licensees
1 Univ of California at Los Angeles; CA 22,609 8.62 %
2 Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 19,783 7.54 %
3 Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA 8,146 3.11 %
4 Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA 8,017 3.06 %
5 Stanford Univ; Stanford CA 7,088 2.70 %
6 Univ of California Davis; Davis CA 6,529 2.49 %
7 Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA 6,267 2.39 %
8 Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA 5,416 2.06 %
9 San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA 3,758 1.43 %
10 California St Univ Northridge; CA 3,734 1.42 %
11 California St Univ Long Beach; CA 2,884 1.10 %
12 Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA 2,790 1.06 %
13 Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA 2,637 1.01 %
14 Yale Univ; New Haven CT 2,600 0.99 %
15 Foreign School; 2,560 0.98 %
16 Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT 2,529 0.96 %
17 Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA 2,482 0.95 %
18 California St Univ Fullerton; CA 2,396 0.91 %
19 San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA 2,268 0.86 %
20 Univ of California Riverside; CA 2,252 0.86 %
21 California St Univ Sacramento; CA 2,173 0.83 %
22 Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY 2,084 0.79 %
23 Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA 2,052 0.78 %
24 San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA 2,001 0.76 %
25 Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA 1,911 0.73 %


Years admitted to the State Bar

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8000 Tenure: 1 years - Population: 5,504 Tenure: 2 years - Population: 6,161 Tenure: 3 years - Population: 6,772 Tenure: 4 years - Population: 6,914 Tenure: 5 years - Population: 6,818 Tenure: 6 years - Population: 6,602 Tenure: 7 years - Population: 6,444 Tenure: 8 years - Population: 6,612 Tenure: 9 years - Population: 7,090 Tenure: 10 years - Population: 6,685 Tenure: 11 years - Population: 6,658 Tenure: 12 years - Population: 5,946 Tenure: 13 years - Population: 5,477 Tenure: 14 years - Population: 5,611 Tenure: 15 years - Population: 5,496 Tenure: 16 years - Population: 6,149 Tenure: 17 years - Population: 6,098 Tenure: 18 years - Population: 5,639 Tenure: 19 years - Population: 5,942 Tenure: 20 years - Population: 6,404 Tenure: 21 years - Population: 5,700 Tenure: 22 years - Population: 5,572 Tenure: 23 years - Population: 5,705 Tenure: 24 years - Population: 5,796 Tenure: 25 years - Population: 5,743 Tenure: 26 years - Population: 5,251 Tenure: 27 years - Population: 5,679 Tenure: 28 years - Population: 5,955 Tenure: 29 years - Population: 5,623 Tenure: 30 years - Population: 5,392 Tenure: 31 years - Population: 4,385 Tenure: 32 years - Population: 4,628 Tenure: 33 years - Population: 4,088 Tenure: 34 years - Population: 4,551 Tenure: 35 years - Population: 4,549 Tenure: 36 years - Population: 4,712 Tenure: 37 years - Population: 4,599 Tenure: 38 years - Population: 5,344 Tenure: 39 years - Population: 4,858 Tenure: 40 years - Population: 4,602 Tenure: 41 years - Population: 4,337 Tenure: 42 years - Population: 3,727 Tenure: 43 years - Population: 3,652 Tenure: 44 years - Population: 2,830 Tenure: 45 years - Population: 3,706 Tenure: 46 years - Population: 1,881 Tenure: 47 years - Population: 1,894 Tenure: 48 years - Population: 1,578 Tenure: 49 years - Population: 847 Tenure: 50 years - Population: 1,162 Tenure: 51 years - Population: 1,356 Tenure: 52 years - Population: 914 Tenure: 53 years - Population: 757 Tenure: 54 years - Population: 694 Tenure: 55 years - Population: 591 Tenure: 56 years - Population: 572 Tenure: 57 years - Population: 459 Tenure: 58 years - Population: 407 Tenure: 59 years - Population: 198 Tenure: 60 years - Population: 287 Tenure: 61 years - Population: 254 Tenure: 62 years - Population: 324 Tenure: 63 years - Population: 230 Tenure: 64 years - Population: 242 Tenure: 65 years - Population: 212 Tenure: 66 years - Population: 159 Tenure: 67 years - Population: 113 Tenure: 68 years - Population: 101 Tenure: 69 years - Population: 33 Tenure: 70 years - Population: 35 Tenure: 71 years - Population: 26 Tenure: 72 years - Population: 10 Tenure: 73 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 74 years - Population: 4 Tenure: 75 years - Population: 6 Tenure: 76 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 77 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 78 years - Population: 2 Tenure: 79 years - Population: 4 Tenure: 80 years - Population: 6
  1 40 80
  Years Admitted to the State Bar


By admission year

Year Number Admitted Average Age
1855 1  0 
1856    
1857    
1858    
1859    
1860    
1861    
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1863    
1864    
1865    
1866 1  22 
1867    
1868    
1869    
1870 3  26 
1871    
1872 1  27 
1873 4  20 
1874 2  25 
1875 7  26 
1876 9  25 
1877 7  25 
1878 4  25 
1879 26  25 
1880 11  25 
1881 17  24 
1882 25  25 
1883 24  24 
1884 19  25 
1885 36  26 
1886 32  25 
1887 46  25 
1888 39  26 
1889 46  27 
1890 61  25 
1891 64  25 
1892 72  27 
1893 77  26 
1894 99  26 
1895 129  27 
1896 126  26 
1897 156  27 
1898 135  27 
1899 116  26 
1900 126  25 
1901 134  25 
1902 140  28 
1903 136  29 
1904 144  28 
1905 140  30 
1906 156  29 
1907 195  28 
1908 224  30 
1909 286  29 
1910 240  31 
1911 380  29 
1912 383  30 
1913 438  30 
1914 425  30 
1915 482  30 
1916 338  30 
1917 382  29 
1918 253  32 
1919 265  33 
1920 291  32 
1921 364  33 
1922 446  32 
1923 601  33 
1924 506  32 
1925 436  32 
1926 590  32 
1927* 790  32 
1928 605  31 
1929 579  31 
1930 656  30 
1931 699  31 
1932 553  28 
1933 518  28 
1934 426  28 
1935 442  28 
1936 516  28 
1937 418  28 
1938 493  28 
1939 317  29 
1940 390  28 
1941 392  28 
1942 257  29 
1943 182  32 
1944 265  34 
1945 231  33 
1946 482  32 
1947 564  32 
1948 415  32 
1949 947  30 
1950 726  30 
1951 846  30 
1952 921  29 
1953 1,023  30 
1954 886  31 
1955 1,088  30 
1956 790  30 
1957 820  30 
1958 543  31 
1959 934  30 
1960 1,024  30 
1961 1,259  31 
1962 1,213  31 
1963 1,261  31 
1964 1,284  30 
1965 1,552  30 
1966 2,158  29 
1967 1,736  29 
1968 1,244  30 
1969 2,266  30 
1970 2,612  30 
1971 2,603  30 
1972 5,024  30 
1973 3,687  29 
1974 4,713  30 
1975 4,693  29 
1976 5,365  29 
1977 5,634  29 
1978 5,871  30 
1979 6,425  30 
1980 5,457  30 
1981 5,458  30 
1982 5,227  30 
1983 5,146  30 
1984 4,581  30 
1985 5,102  30 
1986 4,806  30 
1987 5,875  30 
1988 6,172  31 
1989 6,462  31 
1990 6,143  31 
1991 5,623  31 
1992 6,094  31 
1993 6,142  31 
1994 5,998  31 
1995 5,815  31 
1996 5,924  30 
1997 6,657  31 
1998 6,115  31 
1999 5,785  31 
2000 6,221  31 
2001 6,269  31 
2002 5,615  31 
2003 5,725  30 
2004 5,555  30 
2005 6,008  30 
2006 6,729  30 
2007 6,749  30 
2008 7,132  30 
2009 6,641  30 
2010 6,473  30 
2011 6,624  30 
2012 6,835  29 
2013 6,921  30 
2014 6,779  30 
2015 6,161  30 
2016 5,504  30 

* The State Bar of California was founded in 1927 by the legislature.