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California civil court filings by county, fiscal year 2024-25

How many civil cases each of California’s 58 superior courts received between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, set against each county’s population. Look up a county, compare rates, sort the full table or download it as a CSV file.

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California’s superior courts received 1,037,118 civil filings in fiscal year 2024-25, which works out to 26.35 for every 1,000 residents. Los Angeles County accounted for 309,615 of them (29.85%), and Sacramento County had the highest rate in the state at 65.91 filings per 1,000 residents.

1,037,118civil filings across California’s superior courts
26.35civil filings per 1,000 residents statewide
29.9%of them filed in Los Angeles County
60.6%filed in five counties: Los Angeles, Sacramento, Orange, San Diego and San Bernardino
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Counts are civil cases filed in each county’s superior court. Rates divide them by the county’s population on July 1, 2024.

Los Angeles County

Population 9,748,868 · fiscal year 2024-25

309,615civil filings
31.76per 1,000 residents
29.85%of California’s civil filings
Los Angeles31.76
California26.35
Mix of case types
Unlimited civil 110,774Limited civil (not evictions) 132,511Evictions 41,059Small claims 25,271

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What the table shows

Six things the numbers say

29.9%

Los Angeles files more than its share

The county is home to 24.8% of Californians and received 29.9% of civil filings. In cases over $35,000 the gap widens: its 110,774 unlimited civil filings are 37% of the state total.

65.91

Sacramento’s rate is 2.5 times the state’s

With 4.1% of the population it received 10.2% of filings. Most are limited civil cases other than evictions: 81,575, or 50.67 per 1,000 residents against 13.49 statewide. The report does not say who filed them.

3 of 58

Few counties sit above the average

Only Sacramento, Los Angeles (31.76) and San Bernardino (30.30) exceed the statewide rate. The two biggest dockets pull the average up; the median county is at about 20 filings per 1,000 residents.

128,894

Eviction filings statewide

That is 3.27 per 1,000 residents. Among counties of 100,000 or more, the highest eviction rates were in Sacramento (4.93), Solano (4.65), Los Angeles (4.21), San Francisco (4.19) and San Bernardino (4.06).

14.91

The Central Coast files least

Santa Cruz had the lowest rate among counties of 100,000 or more, followed by San Luis Obispo (14.96), Monterey (15.56), Sonoma (15.61) and Marin (15.86).

63.6%

Most civil cases are limited civil

Claims of $35,000 or less, evictions included, made up 63.6% of filings. Unlimited civil was 28.9% and small claims 7.5%.

Compare counties

Filings per 1,000 residents

Switch the case type. Green bars are above the California rate, shown by the dashed line.

California 26.35
Sacramento65.91
Los Angeles31.76
San Bernardino30.30
Solano26.28
Riverside26.16
Stanislaus26.09
San Joaquin25.05
Kern23.87
Orange23.56
Merced23.39
Fresno23.24
Shasta23.17
Butte22.97
San Francisco22.40
San Diego21.76
Tulare21.56
Madera21.42
Contra Costa20.99
Napa20.97
Alameda20.67
Humboldt20.16
Kings19.69
Ventura19.61
Nevada19.30
Imperial19.26
Placer18.87
El Dorado18.29
Santa Barbara17.70
Yolo17.37
San Mateo16.79
Santa Clara16.49
Marin15.86
Sonoma15.61
Monterey15.56
San Luis Obispo14.96
Santa Cruz14.91

Source: Judicial Council of California, 2026 Court Statistics Report, Table 4a; U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates.

All 58 counties

The county table

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58 of 58 counties
Alameda 1,636,624 33,829 12,791 12,147 6,019 2,872 20.67 3.26%
Alpine 1,086 16 8 7 0 1 14.73 0.00%
Amador 41,974 850 210 459 92 89 20.25 0.08%
Butte 208,586 4,792 1,366 2,428 710 288 22.97 0.46%
Calaveras 46,496 1,025 254 538 112 121 22.04 0.10%
Colusa 22,016 363 88 208 43 24 16.49 0.04%
Contra Costa 1,169,534 24,546 5,746 13,370 3,818 1,612 20.99 2.37%
Del Norte 26,959 534 171 254 76 33 19.81 0.05%
El Dorado 192,371 3,519 1,089 1,772 344 314 18.29 0.34%
Fresno 1,033,698 24,022 5,916 13,685 2,983 1,438 23.24 2.32%
Glenn 28,320 548 135 303 84 26 19.35 0.05%
Humboldt 132,324 2,667 844 1,191 451 181 20.16 0.26%
Imperial 182,771 3,521 669 2,355 296 201 19.26 0.34%
Inyo 18,302 258 107 120 18 13 14.10 0.02%
Kern 924,648 22,072 5,136 12,580 3,116 1,240 23.87 2.13%
Kings 154,119 3,035 836 1,752 353 94 19.69 0.29%
Lake 67,880 1,755 573 734 314 134 25.85 0.17%
Lassen 28,593 466 134 211 87 34 16.30 0.04%
Los Angeles 9,748,868 309,615 110,774 132,511 41,059 25,271 31.76 29.85%
Madera 166,132 3,558 841 2,247 301 169 21.42 0.34%
Marin 255,704 4,055 1,536 1,508 459 552 15.86 0.39%
Mariposa 16,948 305 41 207 39 18 18.00 0.03%
Mendocino 88,939 1,575 545 650 233 147 17.71 0.15%
Merced 296,807 6,941 1,334 4,186 760 661 23.39 0.67%
Modoc 8,535 184 54 99 17 14 21.56 0.02%
Mono 12,692 202 98 57 14 33 15.92 0.02%
Monterey 433,447 6,744 1,756 3,747 658 583 15.56 0.65%
Napa 133,115 2,791 935 1,310 297 249 20.97 0.27%
Nevada 102,146 1,971 664 926 185 196 19.30 0.19%
Orange 3,158,027 74,405 23,555 34,987 9,188 6,675 23.56 7.17%
Placer 434,279 8,196 2,528 4,290 698 680 18.87 0.79%
Plumas 18,773 285 102 135 37 11 15.18 0.03%
Riverside 2,529,112 66,171 16,121 37,350 7,809 4,891 26.16 6.38%
Sacramento 1,609,897 106,108 13,201 81,575 7,929 3,403 65.91 10.23%
San Benito 69,085 1,422 342 945 65 70 20.58 0.14%
San Bernardino 2,218,764 67,231 15,786 37,314 9,010 5,121 30.30 6.48%
San Diego 3,287,542 71,521 23,678 32,873 8,922 6,048 21.76 6.90%
San Francisco 820,945 18,389 7,173 6,214 3,436 1,566 22.40 1.77%
San Joaquin 817,149 20,470 4,456 12,477 2,273 1,264 25.05 1.97%
San Luis Obispo 282,153 4,220 1,209 2,220 369 422 14.96 0.41%
San Mateo 740,627 12,438 3,499 5,962 1,765 1,212 16.79 1.20%
Santa Barbara 443,081 7,843 2,408 3,895 809 731 17.70 0.76%
Santa Clara 1,907,910 31,459 9,909 14,740 3,984 2,826 16.49 3.03%
Santa Cruz 261,417 3,898 1,366 1,765 329 438 14.91 0.38%
Shasta 181,392 4,202 1,087 2,373 447 295 23.17 0.41%
Sierra 3,121 57 12 34 5 6 18.26 0.01%
Siskiyou 42,490 902 283 420 154 45 21.23 0.09%
Solano 455,076 11,959 2,548 6,621 2,116 674 26.28 1.15%
Sonoma 485,363 7,576 2,862 3,298 888 528 15.61 0.73%
Stanislaus 557,372 14,540 2,948 8,903 1,518 1,171 26.09 1.40%
Sutter 98,933 2,179 538 1,318 210 113 22.03 0.21%
Tehama 64,767 1,651 331 866 196 258 25.49 0.16%
Trinity 15,697 236 96 91 36 13 15.03 0.02%
Tulare 483,851 10,432 2,404 6,268 1,157 603 21.56 1.01%
Tuolumne 54,185 1,231 418 539 147 127 22.72 0.12%
Ventura 833,431 16,347 4,627 8,775 1,623 1,322 19.61 1.58%
Yolo 223,260 3,878 938 2,123 556 261 17.37 0.37%
Yuba 87,441 2,113 458 1,270 280 105 24.16 0.20%
California 39,364,774 1,037,118 299,534 531,203 128,894 77,487 26.35 100%

Unlimited civil includes motor vehicle and other injury cases, other civil complaints and petitions, and small claims appeals. Limited civil is split into evictions and other limited cases, so the columns do not add across.

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How the file was built

  1. Civil filings by county and case type come from Table 4a of the Judicial Council of California’s 2026 Court Statistics Report, which covers fiscal year 2024-25 and is published only as a PDF.
  2. The 58 county rows add up exactly to the report’s statewide total in all ten columns, and each row’s case types add up to its total.
  3. Each county was matched to its Census FIPS code and to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 population estimate for July 1, 2024, the first day of the fiscal year.
  4. Rates divide each count by that population, per 1,000 residents, rounded to two decimals.

What the data cannot tell you

  • A case is counted where it was filed, which is not always where the parties live or where the dispute arose.
  • These are the counts each court reported. None of the fiscal 2024-25 civil filing figures used here carries the report’s incomplete-data mark.
  • The table counts filings, not outcomes, and does not say who filed. It cannot explain why one county’s docket is larger.
  • In small counties a few cases move the rate a long way: Alpine’s rests on 16 filings and 1,086 residents.
  • Family law, probate, mental health, juvenile and criminal matters are not included.

Sources

Column dictionary (19 columns)
  • county County name
  • county_fips Five-digit Census FIPS code
  • fiscal_year 2024-25 for every row
  • population_july_1_2024 Census Vintage 2025 estimate
  • total_civil_filings All civil filings (Table 4a column A)
  • unlimited_civil_filings Cases seeking more than $35,000 (B)
  • unlimited_motor_vehicle_pi_pd_wd Motor vehicle injury, damage, wrongful death (C)
  • unlimited_other_pi_pd_wd Other injury, damage, wrongful death (D)
  • unlimited_other_civil_complaints_petitions Other unlimited complaints and petitions (E)
  • small_claims_appeals Small claims appeals (F)
  • limited_civil_filings Cases seeking $35,000 or less (G)
  • limited_civil_excluding_unlawful_detainer Limited civil other than evictions (H)
  • unlawful_detainer_filings Eviction cases (I)
  • small_claims_filings Small claims (J)
  • civil_filings_per_1000_residents Total civil filings per 1,000 residents
  • unlimited_civil_per_1000_residents Unlimited civil per 1,000 residents
  • unlawful_detainer_per_1000_residents Evictions per 1,000 residents
  • small_claims_per_1000_residents Small claims per 1,000 residents
  • share_of_statewide_civil_filings_pct Share of all California civil filings, percent

Suggested citation: On-Call Legal, “California Civil Court Filings by County, Fiscal Year 2024-25,” compiled from the Judicial Council of California 2026 Court Statistics Report (Table 4a) and U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates, https://www.oncalllegal.com/california-civil-court-filings-by-county/

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