The Numbers · County Deep Dive

Family court, county by county.

Every family-law filing in California, FY 2023–24, in all 58 counties — extracted page-by-page from the Judicial Council's 2025 Court Statistics Report through our digital-twin engine. Every figure carries its source page. No estimates.

✓ Audit: the 58-county totals below sum to 318,729 — matching the statewide figure on CSR p.15 exactly, to the unit. Source tables: CSR pp.156–157.

The ten heaviest caseloads

1. Los Angeles86,646

2. San Diego24,272

3. San Bernardino23,114

4. Riverside21,928

5. Orange21,205

6. Sacramento13,806

7. Fresno10,495

8. Kern9,347

9. Alameda9,152

10. Santa Clara8,834

All 58 counties

#	County	Total	Marital	Parentage	Domestic Violence	Child Support	Other
1	Los Angeles	86,646	25,682	6,511	19,058	23,312	12,083
2	San Diego	24,272	10,540	1,246	7,503	2,943	2,040
3	San Bernardino	23,114	6,479	1,825	5,136	7,873	1,801
4	Riverside	21,928	7,636	2,101	5,896	4,275	2,020
5	Orange	21,205	8,847	1,425	4,728	4,230	1,975
6	Sacramento	13,806	4,524	489	4,520	2,313	1,960
7	Fresno	10,495	3,175	546	1,992	3,643	1,139
8	Kern	9,347	2,643	685	2,548	2,424	1,047
9	Alameda	9,152	3,644	332	2,272	2,029	875
10	Santa Clara	8,834	4,078	710	2,173	1,458	415
11	Contra Costa	7,234	2,844	486	2,171	1,301	432
12	San Joaquin	7,142	1,960	203	2,100	2,009	870
13	Tulare	6,941	1,532	197	1,463	2,708	1,041
14	Stanislaus	6,007	1,756	127	1,482	1,868	774
15	Solano	4,524	1,461	451	1,318	1,040	254
16	Ventura	4,514	2,183	17	1,159	705	450
17	San Francisco	4,073	1,781	162	965	750	415
18	San Mateo	3,379	1,605	174	710	482	408
19	Monterey	3,194	1,142	335	621	979	117
20	Placer	3,007	1,227	176	718	594	292
21	Merced	2,853	746	170	634	1,074	229
22	Sonoma	2,778	1,295	157	604	469	253
23	Madera	2,638	551	42	316	627	1,102
24	Santa Barbara	2,476	1,069	190	563	369	285
25	Shasta	2,439	750	121	591	624	353
26	Kings	2,162	752	67	483	501	359
27	Butte	2,134	670	177	658	370	259
28	Imperial	1,896	606	97	279	718	196
29	San Luis Obispo	1,629	711	61	318	335	204
30	Yolo	1,566	565	127	444	270	160
31	El Dorado	1,445	569	62	478	197	139
32	Humboldt	1,416	386	87	431	356	156
33	Santa Cruz	1,362	645	53	331	129	204
34	Marin	1,311	694	109	239	192	77
35	Sutter	1,221	302	24	532	259	104
36	Yuba	1,220	326	29	304	399	162
37	Nevada	1,043	360	14	301	159	209
38	Mendocino	970	297	18	243	200	212
39	Napa	912	377	77	258	139	61
40	Tehama	906	220	73	230	242	141
41	Lake	892	262	98	250	245	37
42	San Benito	617	205	28	147	170	67
43	Siskiyou	590	177	8	192	122	91
44	Tuolumne	531	204	27	190	68	42
45	Amador	365	136	28	127	51	23
46	Lassen	350	135	9	82	58	66
47	Del Norte	340	90	29	95	85	41
48	Glenn	333	99	13	73	105	43
49	Calaveras	330	125	32	67	47	59
50	Trinity	247	33	9	65	49	91
51	Plumas	189	66	1	52	44	26
52	Inyo	188	57	12	37	28	54
53	Modoc	182	35	9	38	49	51
54	Mariposa	156	55	2	49	36	14
55	Colusa	142	55	14	22	41	10
56	Mono	65	27	2	24	8	4
57	Sierra	16	9	1	5	0	1
58	Alpine	5	3	0	2	0	0

Source: Judicial Council of California, 2025 Court Statistics Report — Statewide Caseload Trends, Table: Family Law Filings by County and Case Type, FY 2023–24, pp.156–157. Digital twin: 199 pages, per-page parquet, UDID 241222_CSR2025_JC_STATEWIDE_CASELOAD_TRENDS_001, source md5 56b4f16d…. Extraction pool: data-csr-family.json (3,277 audited table cells). A dash (—) means the court reported no cases of that type or data was not reported for that cell.