Attorney Demographics
The information on this page only covers attorneys who are active, inactive, not eligible, or are judges.
Information current as of Apr 14 2021 11:00PM
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Attorney Status
Attorney Status | Population | Average Age | % of Attorneys |
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Active | 192,136 | 50 | 68.71 % |
Inactive | 68,979 | 65 | 24.67 % |
Judge | 2,310 | 62 | 0.83 % |
Not Eligible To Practice Law in California | 16,202 | 65 | 5.79 % |
Total | 279,627 |
By age
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Age (years) |
By district/area
District/Area | Population | % of Attorneys |
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California | 219,921 | 78.65 % |
District 01 | 53,541 | 19.15 % |
District 02 | 77,489 | 27.71 % |
District 03 | 17,685 | 6.32 % |
District 04 | 50,565 | 18.08 % |
District 05 | 5,545 | 1.98 % |
District 06 | 15,096 | 5.40 % |
Outside California (Within U.S.) | 55,470 | 19.84 % |
Outside U.S. | 4,236 | 1.51 % |
Total | 279,627 |
By law school
The 25 law schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.
Rank | School | Population | % of Attorneys |
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1 | UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA | 18,384 | 6.57 % |
2 | Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA | 16,490 | 5.90 % |
3 | UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA | 14,293 | 5.11 % |
4 | UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA | 12,954 | 4.63 % |
5 | Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA | 12,128 | 4.34 % |
6 | Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA | 11,223 | 4.01 % |
7 | McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA | 11,151 | 3.99 % |
8 | Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA | 10,321 | 3.69 % |
9 | USC Law School; Los Angeles CA | 9,316 | 3.33 % |
10 | U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA | 8,048 | 2.88 % |
11 | California Western SOL; San Diego CA | 7,198 | 2.57 % |
12 | UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA | 6,979 | 2.50 % |
13 | Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA | 6,887 | 2.46 % |
14 | Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA | 6,359 | 2.27 % |
15 | Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA | 6,215 | 2.22 % |
16 | Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA | 6,195 | 2.22 % |
17 | Whittier Coll SOL; CA | 4,633 | 1.66 % |
18 | Western State Univ; CA | 4,228 | 1.51 % |
19 | Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC | 3,967 | 1.42 % |
20 | Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA | 3,626 | 1.30 % |
21 | Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA | 3,469 | 1.24 % |
22 | Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI | 3,186 | 1.14 % |
23 | Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY | 2,867 | 1.03 % |
24 | New York Univ SOL; New York NY | 2,835 | 1.01 % |
25 | Chapman Univ SOL; Orange CA | 2,472 | 0.88 % |
By undergraduate school
The 25 undergraduate schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.
Rank | School | Population | % of Attorneys |
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1 | Univ of California at Los Angeles; CA | 23,434 | 8.38 % |
2 | Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA | 20,363 | 7.28 % |
3 | Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA | 8,535 | 3.05 % |
4 | Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA | 8,426 | 3.01 % |
5 | Stanford Univ; Stanford CA | 7,096 | 2.54 % |
6 | Univ of California Davis; Davis CA | 6,839 | 2.45 % |
7 | Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA | 6,689 | 2.39 % |
8 | Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA | 5,866 | 2.10 % |
9 | California St Univ Northridge; CA | 3,956 | 1.41 % |
10 | San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA | 3,903 | 1.40 % |
11 | Foreign School; | 3,382 | 1.21 % |
12 | California St Univ Long Beach; CA | 2,989 | 1.07 % |
13 | Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA | 2,970 | 1.06 % |
14 | Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA | 2,717 | 0.97 % |
15 | Yale Univ; New Haven CT | 2,672 | 0.96 % |
16 | Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT | 2,613 | 0.93 % |
17 | Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA | 2,556 | 0.91 % |
18 | California St Univ Fullerton; CA | 2,512 | 0.90 % |
19 | Univ of California Riverside; CA | 2,512 | 0.90 % |
20 | San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA | 2,356 | 0.84 % |
21 | California St Univ Sacramento; CA | 2,283 | 0.82 % |
22 | Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA | 2,184 | 0.78 % |
23 | Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY | 2,154 | 0.77 % |
24 | San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA | 2,021 | 0.72 % |
25 | Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA | 1,985 | 0.71 % |
Years admitted to the State Bar
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Years Admitted to the State Bar |
By admission year
Year | Number Admitted | Average Age |
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1855 | 1 | 0 |
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1866 | 1 | 22 |
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1870 | 3 | 26 |
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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 | 12 | 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 | 47 | 27 |
1890 | 62 | 25 |
1891 | 64 | 25 |
1892 | 73 | 27 |
1893 | 77 | 26 |
1894 | 100 | 26 |
1895 | 129 | 27 |
1896 | 126 | 26 |
1897 | 156 | 27 |
1898 | 136 | 27 |
1899 | 116 | 26 |
1900 | 127 | 25 |
1901 | 134 | 25 |
1902 | 140 | 28 |
1903 | 137 | 29 |
1904 | 144 | 28 |
1905 | 140 | 30 |
1906 | 157 | 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 | 483 | 30 |
1916 | 338 | 30 |
1917 | 383 | 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* | 791 | 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 | 725 | 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 | 6,463 | 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 | 6,162 | 30 |
2016 | 5,505 | 30 |
2017 | 5,813 | 30 |
2018 | 5,027 | 30 |
2019 | 5,146 | 30 |
2020 | 2,661 | 33 |
If you have a specific request for demographic data, please request the information at pra@calbar.ca.gov.