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33,125Judges

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9,377Courthouses

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Judge profiles

KnowJudges

33,125

Trellis

26,236

JudicialFinder

20,526

Courts covered

KnowJudges

11,246

Trellis

3,335

JudicialFinder

2,193

KnowJudges: 33,125 Judges and 11,246 Courts as of October 24, 2026. Trellis: 26,236 Judges and 3,335 courts as of October 12, 2026. JudicialFinder: 20,526 Judges and 2,193 courts as of October 12, 2026.

Compare Judges by state

Judge profiles by state and jurisdiction · October 12, 2026
State / jurisdiction	KnowJudges	Trellis	Trellis with analytics
Alabama	347	Not covered	Not covered
Alaska	135	168	45
Arizona	580	385	86
Arkansas	269	261	1
California	2,611	4,104	2,448
Colorado	542	546	70
Connecticut	405	312	192
Delaware	240	78	36
District of Columbia	173	167	0
Florida	1,310	1,871	1,227
Georgia	1,897	783	149
Guam	17	Not covered	Not covered
Hawaii	164	188	28
Idaho	181	211	33
Illinois	1,153	1,256	457
Indiana	682	597	199
Iowa	428	594	0
Kansas	223	402	2
Kentucky	354	Not covered	Not covered
Louisiana	503	502	4
Maine	133	112	0
Maryland	413	535	55
Massachusetts	524	537	237
Michigan	729	344	92
Minnesota	400	531	47
Mississippi	218	Not covered	Not covered
Missouri	535	511	231
Montana	191	170	0
National federal courts	430	Not covered	Not covered
Nebraska	183	Not covered	Not covered
Nevada	242	175	126
New Hampshire	125	132	0
New Jersey	602	407	186
New Mexico	367	296	35
New York	3,538	2,304	913
North Carolina	560	515	0
North Dakota	82	80	0
Northern Mariana Islands	12	Not covered	Not covered
Ohio	901	523	233
Oklahoma	359	377	108
Oregon	395	331	212
Pennsylvania	1,200	681	180
Puerto Rico	402	Not covered	Not covered
Rhode Island	105	109	1
South Carolina	866	545	1
South Dakota	86	127	0
Tennessee	852	616	0
Texas	3,940	1,634	659
U.S. Virgin Islands	26	Not covered	Not covered
Unknown	1	Not covered	Not covered
Utah	270	Not covered	Not covered
Vermont	72	124	8
Virginia	820	707	3
Washington	705	625	337
West Virginia	340	331	21
Wisconsin	349	432	146
Wyoming	79	Not covered	Not covered
Total	31,896	26,236	8,808

State counts as of October 12, 2026. Trellis includes active and former judges. “Not covered” indicates a state outside Trellis coverage. KnowJudges state counts use the index snapshot and may differ from the current headline total.

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Lex Machina

KnowJudges: judge and court directory coverage. Other providers: court-record coverage reported in Trellis’s comparison sheet; higher totals used where the sheet’s pages differ. These are different services, compared here by geographic reach.

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29,194Judges with biographies

9,377Courthouses with physical locations

Updated on October 24, 2026.

Compare county coverage by state and territory

County coverage · KnowJudges first
State / territory	KnowJudges	Trellis	Lex Machina	LexisNexis CourtLink	Westlaw	Docket Alarm	Bloomberg Law
Alabama	59	—	—	—	—	—	—
Alaska	7	4	×	4	4	4	4
Arizona	15	15	×	1	13	15	2
Arkansas	67	75	×	61	75	15	68
California	58	51	7	20	17	31	27
Colorado	60	64	×	64	64	×	×
Connecticut	—	8	×	8	8	8	8
Delaware	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
District of Columbia	—	1	×	1	1	1	1
Florida	67	67	×	45	25	40	28
Georgia	159	157	26	7	4	156	21
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hawaii	4	4	×	×	4	×	4
Idaho	44	44	×	×	×	44	41
Illinois	77	84	×	8	6	3	8
Indiana	91	92	×	87	92	92	92
Iowa	—	99	×	×	99	×	×
Kansas	97	105	×	2	2	104	×
Kentucky	119	—	—	—	—	—	—
Louisiana	63	4	×	×	×	×	×
Maine	6	4	×	×	×	×	×
Maryland	24	24	×	24	×	24	×
Massachusetts	—	14	×	14	×	14	14
Michigan	77	47	×	4	2	2	9
Minnesota	87	87	×	87	×	87	2
Mississippi	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Missouri	44	115	×	115	×	115	115
Montana	18	56	×	×	×	×	14
Nebraska	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nevada	16	2	1	2	2	1	2
New Hampshire	—	10	×	×	×	10	×
New Jersey	21	21	×	21	21	21	×
New Mexico	—	33	×	×	×	×	25
New York	62	62	8	62	62	62	60
North Carolina	65	88	×	×	100	17	27
North Dakota	—	53	×	×	53	53	50
Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ohio	88	88	×	11	21	3	34
Oklahoma	74	77	13	76	77	77	77
Oregon	35	36	36	36	6	36	×
Pennsylvania	67	67	×	7	8	67	13
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rhode Island	—	5	×	×	×	5	×
South Carolina	46	46	×	×	×	×	1
South Dakota	—	62	×	×	×	×	×
Tennessee	95	53	×	1	2	×	×
Texas	254	254	2	14	17	63	32
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Utah	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vermont	14	14	×	×	1	14	×
Virginia	99	119	×	116	119	119	119
Washington	39	39	1	39	39	39	39
West Virginia	55	55	×	×	×	×	×
Wisconsin	71	72	×	72	72	72	72
Wyoming	15	—	—	—	—	—	—

KnowJudges: counties and county equivalents represented in our judge and court directory. Other platforms: court-record coverage reported in Trellis’s comparison sheet. × means no coverage reported; — means a county count is not available. All listed jurisdictions are represented in KnowJudges. Trellis comparison sheet.

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KnowJudges and JudicialFinder

Focused on the judges serving today

30,692 Active Judges · 817 Former Judges

JudicialFinder combines today’s bench with a substantial historical directory. It reports 11,122 judges serving or on record within 20,526 total profiles. KnowJudges has more than twice as many Active profiles as JudicialFinder’s serving-or-on-record count, alongside over 11,000 Courts, courtroom procedures, analytics and free developer access.

JudicialFinder directory figures · Service-status counts checked October 12, 2026.

KnowJudges and Trellis

KnowJudges covers all 50 states, D.C. and 4 U.S. territories, with judges and courts represented across 2,400+ counties and county equivalents. Explore federal, state and immigration courts with free public search, API and MCP access. Trellis focuses on state trial-court records and litigation research; its comparison sheet lists 45 states and 2,481 counties.

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