Table 1. Trends in U.S. District Court Workload and the
Number of Regular and Senior Judges, 1996 - 2014
284,021 |
289,431 |
302,840 |
316,882 |
308,543 |
296,809 |
297,066 |
318,344 |
302,607 |
336,936 |
327,677 |
313,773 |
242,245 |
267,087 |
365,736 |
372,030 |
357,261 |
318,930 |
317,938 |
41,323 |
48,543 |
51,646 |
54,498 |
55,913 |
52,401 |
53,115 |
56,574 |
52,433 |
55,444 |
55,604 |
57,257 |
54,136 |
56,755 |
63,710 |
68,647 |
69,716 |
70,531 |
79,121 |
14.5 |
16.8 |
17.1 |
17.2 |
18.1 |
17.7 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.3 |
16.5 |
17.0 |
18.2 |
22.3 |
21.2 |
17.4 |
18.5 |
19.5 |
22.1 |
24.9 |
647 |
647 |
646 |
646 |
655 |
665 |
665 |
680 |
679 |
678 |
678 |
678 |
678 |
678 |
678 |
677 |
677 |
677 |
677 |
44 |
69 |
55 |
38 |
43 |
75 |
50 |
29 |
16 |
36 |
33 |
31 |
27 |
75 |
88 |
67 |
66 |
75 |
50 |
603 |
578 |
591 |
608 |
612 |
590 |
615 |
651 |
663 |
642 |
645 |
647 |
651 |
603 |
590 |
610 |
611 |
602 |
627 |
274 |
278 |
276 |
273 |
274 |
281 |
278 |
287 |
294 |
300 |
311 |
310 |
324 |
347 |
356 |
341 |
354 |
346 |
386 |
31.2 |
32.5 |
31.8 |
31.0 |
30.9 |
32.3 |
31.1 |
30.6 |
30.7 |
31.8 |
32.5 |
32.4 |
33.2 |
36.5 |
37.6 |
35.9 |
36.7 |
36.5 |
38.1 |
324 |
338 |
349 |
360 |
348 |
341 |
333 |
339 |
316 |
358 |
343 |
328 |
248 |
281 |
387 |
391 |
370 |
336 |
314 |
402 |
417 |
425 |
432 |
413 |
414 |
397 |
402 |
377 |
438 |
422 |
396 |
289 |
349 |
512 |
497 |
471 |
413 |
381 |
151 |
175 |
187 |
200 |
204 |
186 |
191 |
197 |
178 |
185 |
179 |
185 |
167 |
164 |
179 |
201 |
197 |
204 |
205 |