Research and data

Court statistics

Overview

The Court Statistics Report contains essential information about the annual caseload of the California judicial branch, with a particular emphasis on the number and types of cases that are filed and disposed of in the courts. 

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The Court Statistics Report is published annually by the Judicial Council of California and is designed to fulfill the provisions of article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution, which requires the Judicial Council to survey the condition and business of the California courts.

The Court Statistics Report combines 10-year statewide summaries of superior court filings and dispositions with similar workload indicators for the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. The 2024 Court Statistics Report also provides more detailed information on filings and dispositions in the individual superior courts for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available, 2022–23.

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Trial court operations

Filings and dispositions per county and by casetype.

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Judicial officers and court employees

Compare numbers of authorized judges and filled Full-Time Employees by appellate district and county.

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Past reports

2021 to present

2024

2023

2022​

2021

  • Full Report NOTE: Fiscal Year 2019-20 data were significantly impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic as court operations were limited between March and June 2020.

2011 to 2020
2010 and earlier