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National Database on Judicial Diversity in State Courts
California
Ethnicity/Race Number of Judges Percentage of All Judges in State
African American 72 4.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 56 3.5%
Latina/o 87 5.4%
Native American 2 0.1%
Other 20 1.2%
Total 237 14.7% (1611)*

*The figure in parentheses is the total number of authorized judgeships in the state for the general jurisdiction appellate and trial court bench.

For more detailed information, please click here to download a Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet containing all data collected for the state of California.