Table 5.2

State Intermediate Appellate Courts and General Trial Courts: Numbers of Judges and Terms

Data publication year: 2023 (showing) 2022

		Intermediate appellate court			General trial court
FIPS	State or other jurisdiction	Name of court	2023 No. of judges	Term (years)	Name of court	2023 No. of judges	Term (years)
01	Alabama	Court of Criminal Appeals	5	6	n/a	Circuit Court	146
01	Alabama	Court of Civil Appeals	5	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
02	Alaska	Court of Appeals	3	8	n/a	Superior Court	45
04	Arizona	Court of Appeals	22	6	n/a	Superior Court	180
04	Arizona	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Tax Court	1
05	Arkansas	Court of Appeals	12	8	n/a	Circuit Court	123
06	California	Courts of Appeal	99	12	n/a	Superior Court	1,756
08	Colorado	Court of Appeals	22	8	n/a	District Court	192 (b)
08	Colorado	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Denver Juvenile Court	3
08	Colorado	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Denver Probate Court	1
09	Connecticut	Appellate Court	9	8	n/a	Superior Court	132
10	Delaware	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	21
10	Delaware	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Court of Chancery	7
12	Florida	District Courts of Appeals	64	6	n/a	Circuit Court	605
13	Georgia	Court of Appeals	15	6	n/a	Superior Court	213
15	Hawaii	Intermediate Court of Appeals	6	10	n/a	Circuit Court	28
16	Idaho	Court of Appeals	4	6	n/a	District Court	45
17	Illinois	Appellate Court	54	10	n/a	Circuit Court	934 (c)
18	Indiana	Court of Appeals	15	10	n/a	Superior Court, Probate Court and Circuit Court	317
18	Indiana	Tax Court	1	10	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	Iowa	Court of Appeals	9	6	n/a	District Court	337 (d)
20	Kansas	Court of Appeals	14	4	n/a	District Court	246 (e)
21	Kentucky	Court of Appeals	14	8	n/a	Circuit Court	92
21	Kentucky	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Family Court	53
22	Louisiana	Courts of Appeal	53	10	n/a	District Court	218
22	Louisiana	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Juvenile & Family Court	18
23	Maine	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	18
23	Maine	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	District Court	41
24	Maryland	Appellate Court	15	10	n/a	Circuit Court	172
25	Massachusetts	Appeals Court	25	To age 70	n/a	Superior Court	75
26	Michigan	Court of Appeals	27	6	n/a	Circuit Court	214
27	Minnesota	Court of Appeals	19	6	n/a	District Court	290
28	Mississippi	Court of Appeals	10	8	n/a	Circuit Court	57
29	Missouri	Court of Appeals	32	12	n/a	Circuit Court	351 (f)
30	Montana	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	District Court	46 (h)
30	Montana	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Water Court	5
30	Montana	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Workers’ Compensation Court	1
31	Nebraska	Court of Appeals	6	6	n/a	District Court	55
32	Nevada	Court of Appeals	3	6	n/a	District Court	82
33	New Hampshire	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	28
34	New Jersey	Appellate Division of Superior Court	33	7/To age 70 (i)	n/a	Superior Court	366
35	New Mexico	Court of Appeals	10	8	n/a	District Court	94
36	New York	Appellate Division of Supreme Court	53	5 (j)	n/a	Supreme Court	269
36	New York	Appellate Terms of Supreme Court	11	Duration of term	n/a	County Court	122
37	North Carolina	Court of Appeals	15	8	n/a	Superior Court	99(k)
38	North Dakota	Temporary Court of Appeals	3	1 (m)	n/a	District Court	51
39	Ohio	Courts of Appeals	69	6	n/a	Court of Common Pleas	397
40	Oklahoma	Court of Civil Appeals	12	6	n/a	District Court	241 (n)
41	Oregon	Court of Appeals	13	6	n/a	Circuit Court	177
41	Oregon	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Tax Court	1
42	Pennsylvania	Superior Court	23	10	n/a	Court of Common Pleas	457 (p)
42	Pennsylvania	Commonwealth Court	9	10	n/a	n/a	n/a
44	Rhode Island	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	24 (q)
45	South Carolina	Court of Appeals	9	6	n/a	Circuit Court	58
46	South Dakota	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Circuit Court	43
47	Tennessee	Court of Appeals	12	8	n/a	Chancery Court	83
47	Tennessee	Court of Criminal Appeals	12	8	n/a	Circuit Court	35
47	Tennessee	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Criminal Court	33
47	Tennessee	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Probate Court	2
48	Texas	Courts of Appeals	80	6	n/a	District Court	478
49	Utah	Court of Appeals	7	6	n/a	District Court	84
50	Vermont	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	34
51	Virginia	Court of Appeals	11	8	n/a	Circuit Court	173
53	Washington	Courts of Appeal	22	6	n/a	Superior Court	195
54	West Virginia	Intermediate Court of Appeals	3	10	n/a	Circuit Court	70
55	Wisconsin	Court of Appeals	16	6	n/a	Circuit Court	249
56	Wyoming	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	District Court	23
11	Dist. of Columbia	. . .	. . .	. . .	n/a	Superior Court	62
72	Puerto Rico	Court of Appeals	39	16	n/a	Court of First Instance	330 (r)

Source:

National Center for State Courts, 2023.

Key:

. . . — Court does not exist in jurisdiction or not applicable.

Footnotes:

(a)	Unless rotated to a different court by the presiding judge.
(b)	Judges also serve Water Court.
(c)	Circuit Court Judges + Associate Judges.
(d)	146 of these are part-time judicial magistrates.
(e)	Includes both district judges and district magistrate judges.
(f)	The number of Circuit Court judges includes associate judges.
(g)	Associate Circuit judges serve a term of four years.
(h)	Three of those judges serve the Water Court.
(i)	Followed by tenure. All judges are subject to gubernatorial reappointment and consent by the Senate after an initial seven-year term; thereafter, they may serve until mandatory retirement at age 70.
(j)	Or duration.
(k)	The number of Superior Court judges includes special judges.
(l)	Special judges serve a term of four years.
(m)	Assignments are for a specified time, not to exceed one year or the completion of one or more cases on the docket of the supreme court.
(n)	The number of District Court judges includes associate judges and special judges.
(o)	District and associate judges serve four year terms; special judges serve at pleasure.
(p)	Includes both active and senior judges.
(q)	The number of judges includes magistrates.
(r)	The number of Court of First Instance judges includes Municipal Division judges.
(s)	Municipal judges serve a term of eight years.