Licensee Demographics

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Information current as of May 23 2019 11:00PM

Attorney status

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Attorney Status Population Average Age % of Licensees
Active 189,692 49 70.17 %
Inactive 63,703 63 23.56 %
Judge 2,290 61 0.85 %
Not Eligible To Practice Law in California 14,654 64 5.42 %
Total 270,339  


By age

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7000 Age: 22 - Population: 2 Age: 23 - Population: 1 Age: 24 - Population: 8 Age: 25 - Population: 69 Age: 26 - Population: 536 Age: 27 - Population: 1,262 Age: 28 - Population: 2,005 Age: 29 - Population: 2,720 Age: 30 - Population: 3,367 Age: 31 - Population: 4,141 Age: 32 - Population: 4,690 Age: 33 - Population: 5,062 Age: 34 - Population: 5,574 Age: 35 - Population: 5,871 Age: 36 - Population: 5,822 Age: 37 - Population: 6,121 Age: 38 - Population: 6,254 Age: 39 - Population: 6,251 Age: 40 - Population: 6,016 Age: 41 - Population: 5,794 Age: 42 - Population: 5,617 Age: 43 - Population: 5,352 Age: 44 - Population: 5,111 Age: 45 - Population: 5,322 Age: 46 - Population: 5,039 Age: 47 - Population: 5,487 Age: 48 - Population: 5,862 Age: 49 - Population: 6,055 Age: 50 - Population: 5,876 Age: 51 - Population: 5,530 Age: 52 - Population: 5,435 Age: 53 - Population: 5,329 Age: 54 - Population: 5,214 Age: 55 - Population: 5,429 Age: 56 - Population: 5,505 Age: 57 - Population: 5,261 Age: 58 - Population: 5,241 Age: 59 - Population: 5,287 Age: 60 - Population: 5,240 Age: 61 - Population: 5,009 Age: 62 - Population: 5,081 Age: 63 - Population: 5,133 Age: 64 - Population: 5,117 Age: 65 - Population: 5,381 Age: 66 - Population: 5,289 Age: 67 - Population: 5,351 Age: 68 - Population: 5,269 Age: 69 - Population: 4,845 Age: 70 - Population: 4,863 Age: 71 - Population: 4,784 Age: 72 - Population: 4,938 Age: 73 - Population: 4,416 Age: 74 - Population: 3,545 Age: 75 - Population: 3,163 Age: 76 - Population: 3,118 Age: 77 - Population: 2,804 Age: 78 - Population: 2,221 Age: 79 - Population: 1,801 Age: 80 - Population: 1,646 Age: 81 - Population: 1,454 Age: 82 - Population: 1,279 Age: 83 - Population: 1,095 Age: 84 - Population: 989 Age: 85 - Population: 929 Age: 86 - Population: 788 Age: 87 - Population: 792 Age: 88 - Population: 712 Age: 89 - Population: 649 Age: 90 - Population: 521 Age: 91 - Population: 462 Age: 92 - Population: 430 Age: 93 - Population: 319 Age: 94 - Population: 281 Age: 95 - Population: 236 Age: 96 - Population: 180 Age: 97 - Population: 181 Age: 98 - Population: 135 Age: 99 - Population: 111 Age: 100 - Population: 78
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  Age (years)


By district/area

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District/Area Population % of Licensees
California 213,869 79.11 %
District 01 52,549 19.44 %
District 02 75,130 27.79 %
District 03 17,032 6.30 %
District 04 48,930 18.10 %
District 05 5,430 2.01 %
District 06 14,798 5.47 %
Outside California (Within U.S.) 52,508 19.42 %
Outside U.S. 3,962 1.47 %
Total 270,339  


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 17,935 6.63 %
2 Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA 15,948 5.90 %
3 UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA 13,830 5.12 %
4 UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA 12,470 4.61 %
5 Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA 11,762 4.35 %
6 McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA 10,976 4.06 %
7 Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA 10,910 4.04 %
8 Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA 10,006 3.70 %
9 USC Law School; Los Angeles CA 8,968 3.32 %
10 U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA 7,878 2.91 %
11 California Western SOL; San Diego CA 6,899 2.55 %
12 UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA 6,727 2.49 %
13 Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA 6,642 2.46 %
14 Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA 6,263 2.32 %
15 Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA 6,050 2.24 %
16 Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA 6,014 2.22 %
17 Whittier Coll SOL; CA 4,569 1.69 %
18 Western State Univ; CA 4,293 1.59 %
19 Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC 3,827 1.42 %
20 Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA 3,627 1.34 %
21 Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA 3,322 1.23 %
22 Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI 3,079 1.14 %
23 New York Univ SOL; New York NY 2,704 1.00 %
24 Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY 2,695 1.00 %
25 George Washington Univ LS; Washington DC 2,244 0.83 %


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 23,156 8.57 %
2 Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 20,193 7.47 %
3 Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA 8,394 3.10 %
4 Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA 8,299 3.07 %
5 Stanford Univ; Stanford CA 7,120 2.63 %
6 Univ of California Davis; Davis CA 6,745 2.50 %
7 Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA 6,568 2.43 %
8 Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA 5,738 2.12 %
9 California St Univ Northridge; CA 3,892 1.44 %
10 San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA 3,873 1.43 %
11 Foreign School; 3,054 1.13 %
12 California St Univ Long Beach; CA 2,962 1.10 %
13 Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA 2,908 1.08 %
14 Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA 2,696 1.00 %
15 Yale Univ; New Haven CT 2,658 0.98 %
16 Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT 2,587 0.96 %
17 Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA 2,527 0.93 %
18 California St Univ Fullerton; CA 2,475 0.92 %
19 Univ of California Riverside; CA 2,432 0.90 %
20 San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA 2,333 0.86 %
21 California St Univ Sacramento; CA 2,255 0.83 %
22 Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA 2,145 0.79 %
23 Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY 2,124 0.79 %
24 San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA 2,013 0.74 %
25 Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA 1,956 0.72 %


Years admitted to the State Bar

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8000 Tenure: 1 years - Population: 5,023 Tenure: 2 years - Population: 5,813 Tenure: 3 years - Population: 5,498 Tenure: 4 years - Population: 6,155 Tenure: 5 years - Population: 6,764 Tenure: 6 years - Population: 6,899 Tenure: 7 years - Population: 6,807 Tenure: 8 years - Population: 6,581 Tenure: 9 years - Population: 6,421 Tenure: 10 years - Population: 6,601 Tenure: 11 years - Population: 7,068 Tenure: 12 years - Population: 6,667 Tenure: 13 years - Population: 6,640 Tenure: 14 years - Population: 5,928 Tenure: 15 years - Population: 5,455 Tenure: 16 years - Population: 5,588 Tenure: 17 years - Population: 5,474 Tenure: 18 years - Population: 6,116 Tenure: 19 years - Population: 6,066 Tenure: 20 years - Population: 5,612 Tenure: 21 years - Population: 5,900 Tenure: 22 years - Population: 6,364 Tenure: 23 years - Population: 5,663 Tenure: 24 years - Population: 5,542 Tenure: 25 years - Population: 5,649 Tenure: 26 years - Population: 5,753 Tenure: 27 years - Population: 5,682 Tenure: 28 years - Population: 5,208 Tenure: 29 years - Population: 5,610 Tenure: 30 years - Population: 5,881 Tenure: 31 years - Population: 5,556 Tenure: 32 years - Population: 5,316 Tenure: 33 years - Population: 4,328 Tenure: 34 years - Population: 4,559 Tenure: 35 years - Population: 4,025 Tenure: 36 years - Population: 4,492 Tenure: 37 years - Population: 4,478 Tenure: 38 years - Population: 4,632 Tenure: 39 years - Population: 4,513 Tenure: 40 years - Population: 5,242 Tenure: 41 years - Population: 4,741 Tenure: 42 years - Population: 4,520 Tenure: 43 years - Population: 4,257 Tenure: 44 years - Population: 3,657 Tenure: 45 years - Population: 3,577 Tenure: 46 years - Population: 2,777 Tenure: 47 years - Population: 3,624 Tenure: 48 years - Population: 1,852 Tenure: 49 years - Population: 1,860 Tenure: 50 years - Population: 1,545 Tenure: 51 years - Population: 832 Tenure: 52 years - Population: 1,136 Tenure: 53 years - Population: 1,315 Tenure: 54 years - Population: 882 Tenure: 55 years - Population: 738 Tenure: 56 years - Population: 677 Tenure: 57 years - Population: 564 Tenure: 58 years - Population: 549 Tenure: 59 years - Population: 440 Tenure: 60 years - Population: 392 Tenure: 61 years - Population: 188 Tenure: 62 years - Population: 270 Tenure: 63 years - Population: 244 Tenure: 64 years - Population: 310 Tenure: 65 years - Population: 219 Tenure: 66 years - Population: 234 Tenure: 67 years - Population: 200 Tenure: 68 years - Population: 150 Tenure: 69 years - Population: 100 Tenure: 70 years - Population: 96 Tenure: 71 years - Population: 33 Tenure: 72 years - Population: 35 Tenure: 73 years - Population: 26 Tenure: 74 years - Population: 9 Tenure: 75 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 76 years - Population: 3 Tenure: 77 years - Population: 6 Tenure: 78 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 79 years - Population: 8 Tenure: 80 years - Population: 2
0 20 40 60 80
  Years Admitted to the State Bar


By admission year

Year Number Admitted Average Age
1855 1  0 
1856    
1857    
1858    
1859    
1860    
1861    
1862    
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 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 6,462  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 6,162  30 
2016 5,505  30 
2017 5,813  30 
2018 5,025  30 

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