The numbers and locations of authorized magistrate judgeships in each judicial district are determined by the Judicial Conference of the United States on the advice of U.S. district judges, the circuit councils, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This information is included in the biannual Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States (available online here).

The Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 provided that magistrates (renamed magistrate judges in 1990) would be appointed by the district judges of each district court and serve renewable terms of eight (full-time) or four (part-time) years. In March 1969, the Judicial Conference implemented a pilot program, authorizing a total of eight full-time and twenty-one part-time positions in the District of Columbia, the Southern District of California, the District of Kansas, the District of New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Virginia. All of the pilot positions were continued in March 1970 when the Conference made its initial authorizations for the entire judiciary for fiscal year 1971.

The authorized magistrate judgeships for each fiscal year appear in the Conference reports from the preceding March and September. For example, authorizations for fiscal year 1995 (running from October 1, 1994, to September 30, 1995) appeared in the September 1993 and March 1994 reports. The reports list the locations of full-time and part-time magistrate judgeships as well as combination positions (i.e., those including bankruptcy judge* or clerk of court duties) that were newly authorized, extended, discontinued, assigned to a new location, or converted from one type to another. The reports reflect only the action taken at that Conference meeting and do not give aggregate information (e.g., a list of all existing positions in a district or the total number of positions).

The tables for each district below are organized by fiscal year. To see tables organized by location, click here.

*Combination positions involving bankruptcy duties were initially "referee-magistrate" positions. The Supreme Court issued rules referring to referees in bankruptcy as "bankruptcy judges" in 1973 and Congress formally established the position of bankruptcy judge in 1978. For ease of reference, the term "bankruptcy judge-magistrate" is used throughout these tables.

 

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Alabama: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Alabama
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur or Huntsville, Florence, Gadsden, Haleyville, Tuscaloosa	7
1972–1973	Birmingham	1	Anniston, Decatur or Huntsville, Florence, Gadsden, Haleyville, Tuscaloosa	6
1974	Birmingham	1	Anniston, Decatur or Huntsville, Florence, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa	5
1975–1979	Birmingham (2)	2	Anniston or Gadsden, Decatur or Huntsville, Florence	3
1980–1987	Birmingham (3)	3	Decatur or Huntsville	1
1988–1997	Birmingham (3), Decatur or Huntsville	4		0
1998–present	Birmingham (4), Decatur or Huntsville	5		0
Middle District of Alabama
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Dothan, Montgomery, Opelika	3
1972–1982	Montgomery	1	Dothan, Opelika	2
1983–1984	Montgomery	1	Dothan	1
1985–1992	Montgomery (2)	2	Dothan	1
1993–1995	Montgomery (3)	3		0
1996–present	Montgomery (4)	4		0
Southern District of Alabama
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Mobile, Selma	2
1972–1981	Mobile	1	Selma	1
1982–1986	Mobile (2)	2	Selma	1
1987–1989	Mobile (2)	2		0
1990	Mobile (2)	2	Mobile	1
1991–1999	Mobile (3)	3		0
2000–present	Mobile (4)	4		0

 

Alaska: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Alaska
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1977		0	Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome	6
1978–1988	Anchorage	1	Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome	5
1989–1991	Anchorage	1	Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome	6
1992	Anchorage	1	Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak	5
1993–2011	Anchorage (2)	2	Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak	4
2012–2014	Anchorage (2)	2	Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan	3
2015–2018	Anchorage (2)	2	Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan	4
2019–present	Anchorage (2)	2	Fairbanks, Juneau	2

 

Arizona: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Arizona
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Tucson	1	Flagstaff, Globe, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook, Kingman, Phoenix, Prescott, Yuma	8
1972–1973	Phoenix, Tucson	2	Flagstaff, Globe, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook, Kingman, Prescott, Yuma	7
1974–1975	Phoenix, Tucson	2	Flagstaff, Globe, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook, Kingman, Page, Prescott, Yuma	8
1976–1977	Phoenix, Tucson	2	Flagstaff, Grand Canyon National Park, Kingman, Page, Yuma	5
1978–1979	Phoenix, Tucson	2	Bisbee or Douglas, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon National Park, Kingman, Nogales, Page, Tuba City or Window Rock, Yuma	8
1980–1982	Phoenix (2), Tucson	3	Bisbee or Douglas, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon National Park, Kingman, Nogales, Page, Tuba City or Window Rock, Yuma	8
1983–1986	Phoenix (2), Tucson	3	Flagstaff, Grand Canyon National Park, Kingman, Page, Tuba City or Window Rock, Tucson, Yuma	7
1987	Phoenix (2), Tucson	3	Flagstaff or Page, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook or Window Rock, Kingman, Tucson, Yuma	6
1988–1990	Phoenix (2), Tucson (2)	4	Flagstaff or Page, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook or Window Rock, Kingman, Yuma	5
1991–1994	Flagstaff, Phoenix (2), Tucson (2)	5	Yuma	1
1995–1997	Flagstaff, Phoenix (3), Tucson (3)	7	Yuma	1
1998–2000	Flagstaff, Phoenix (3), Tucson (4)	8	Yuma	1
2001	Flagstaff, Phoenix (3), Tucson (4), Yuma	9		0
2002–2009	Flagstaff, Phoenix (4), Tucson (6), Yuma	12		0
2010–2011	Flagstaff, Phoenix (4), Tucson (6), Unspecified, Yuma	13	Unspecified	1
2012–present	Flagstaff, Phoenix (5), Tucson (6), Unspecified, Yuma	14	Unspecified	1

 

Arkansas: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Arkansas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1972		0	Blytheville, Forrest City, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Pine Bluff	5		0
1973		0	Blytheville, Forrest City, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Pine Bluff	5	Little Rock (clerk-magistrate)	1
1974	Little Rock	1	Blytheville, Forrest City, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff	4	Little Rock (clerk-magistrate)	1
1975	Little Rock	1	Forrest City, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff	3	Little Rock (clerk-magistrate)	1
1976–1978	Little Rock	1	Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, West Memphis	3	Little Rock (clerk-magistrate)	1
1979–1985	Little Rock (2)	2	Jonesboro, West Memphis	2		0
1986–1989	Little Rock (3)	3	Jonesboro, West Memphis	2		0
1990	Little Rock (3)	3	Jonesboro	1		0
1991–2000	Little Rock (4)	4	Jonesboro	1		0
2001–2024	Little Rock (5)	5		0		0
2025-present	Jonesboro or Little Rock, Little Rock (4)	5		0		0
Western District of Arkansas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1979		0	El Dorado, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Hot Springs, Texarkana	6
1980–1985	Fort Smith	1	El Dorado, Harrison, Hot Springs, Texarkana	4
1986–1992	Fort Smith	1	El Dorado, Harrison, Hot Springs	3
1993	El Dorado or Hot Springs or Texarkana, Fort Smith	2		0
1994–2009	El Dorado or Hot Springs or Texarkana, Fort Smith	2	Harrison	1
2010–present	El Dorado or Hot Springs or Texarkana, Fayetteville, Fort Smith	3		0

 

California: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of California
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	San Francisco (3)	3	Eureka, Oakland, Salinas, San Jose	4
1972–1973	San Francisco (3)	3	Eureka, Monterey or Salinas, Oakland, San Jose	4
1974–1977	Monterey, San Francisco (3)	4	Eureka, Oakland, San Jose	3
1978–1983	San Francisco (4)	4	Eureka, Monterey, Oakland, San Jose	4
1984–1986	Oakland or San Francisco, San Francisco (4)	5	Eureka, Monterey, San Jose	3
1987–1989	Oakland or San Francisco, San Francisco (4), San Jose	6	Eureka, Monterey	2
1990–1995	Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco, San Francisco (4), San Jose	7	Eureka	1
1996–1998	Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco, San Francisco (5), San Jose	8	Eureka	1
1999–2000	Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco (2), San Francisco (5), San Jose	9	Eureka	1
2001–2009	Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco (2), San Francisco (5), San Francisco or San Jose, San Jose	10	Eureka	1
2010–2015	Eureka, Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco (2), San Francisco (5), San Francisco or San Jose, San Jose	11		0
2016–2023	Eureka, Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco (2), San Francisco (5), San Francisco or San Jose (2), San Jose	12		0
2024-present	McKinleyville, Monterey or San Jose, Oakland or San Francisco (2), San Francisco (5), San Francisco or San Jose (2), San Jose	12		0
Eastern District of California
Fiscal Year (s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Sacramento	1	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop, Edwards Air Force Base, Fresno, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Stockton, Susanville, Yosemite National Park, Yreka	14
1972	Sacramento	1	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop, Edwards Air Force Base*, Fresno, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Stockton, Susanville, Yosemite National Park, Yreka	15
1973–1975	Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	2	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop, Fresno (2), Lassen Volcanic National Park, Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Stockton, Susanville, Yreka	14
1976	Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	2	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop, Fresno (2), Lassen Volcanic National Park, Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	13
1977–1981	Fresno, Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	3	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	11
1982	Fresno, Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	3	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop,  Merced, Modesto, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	10
1983–1984	Fresno, Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	3	Alturas, Bakersfield, Bishop,  Merced, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	10
1985	Fresno, Sacramento, Yosemite National Park	3	Bakersfield, Bishop, Merced, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	9
1986–1989	Fresno, Sacramento (2), Yosemite National Park	4	Bakersfield, Bishop, Merced, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	8
1990–1992	Fresno, Sacramento (3), Yosemite National Park	5	Bakersfield, Bishop, Merced, Redding, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	8
1993–1994	Fresno (2), Sacramento (3), Yosemite National Park	6	Bishop, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	5
1995	Fresno (2), Sacramento (3), Yosemite National Park	6	Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	4
1996	Fresno (2), Sacramento (3), Yosemite National Park	6	Bakersfield or Mojave, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Yreka	5
1997	Fresno (2), Sacramento (3), Yosemite National Park	6	Bakersfield or Mojave, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville	4
1998	Fresno (2), Sacramento (4), Yosemite National Park	7	Bakersfield or Mojave, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville	4
1999–2003	Fresno (3), Sacramento (4), Yosemite National Park	8	Bakersfield or Mojave, Redding or Susanville, South Lake Tahoe	3
2004–2010	Bakersfield, Fresno (3), Redding, Sacramento (4), Yosemite National Park	10		0
2011–present	Bakersfield, Fresno (4), Redding, Sacramento (5), Yosemite National Park	12		0
*The magistrate judgeship at Edwards Air Force Base was transferred to the Central District of California in 1972 and designated as a judgeship at Lancaster. The judgeship retained jurisdiction over the entirety of the base, including the portions lying in the Eastern and Central Districts.
Central District of California
Fiscal Year (s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Los Angeles (3)	3	Barstow, Long Beach, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Twentynine Palms	7
1972	Los Angeles (3)	3	Barstow or Victorville, Long Beach, Oxnard or Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Twentynine Palms	8
1973	Los Angeles (4)	4	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster*, Long Beach, Oxnard or Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Twentynine Palms	9
1974	Los Angeles (4)	4	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Twentynine Palms	10
1975	Los Angeles (4)	4	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara	10
1976–1978	Los Angeles (5)	5	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara	9
1979–1981	Los Angeles (6)	6	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara	9
1982–1984	Los Angeles (7)	7	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara	9
1985	Los Angeles (7), Santa Ana	8	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara	8
1986–1987	Los Angeles (7), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	8	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara	8
1988–1990	Los Angeles (8), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	9	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara	8
1991–1993	Los Angeles (10), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	11	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Long Beach, Oxnard or Ventura, Palm Springs or Twentynine Palms, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara	8
1994	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (10), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	12	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Riverside or San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara or Ventura	5
1995	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (11), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	13	Barstow or Victorville, Lancaster, Riverside or San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara or Ventura	5
1996–1997	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (11), Los Angeles or Santa Ana	13	Barstow or Victorville, Riverside or San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara or Ventura	4
1998	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (12), Los Angeles or Riverside, Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2)	16	Barstow or Victorville, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara or Ventura	3
1999–2001	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (12), Los Angeles or Riverside, Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2)	16	Barstow or Victorville, Santa Barbara or Ventura	2
2002–2005	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (15), Los Angeles or Riverside (2), Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2)	20	Barstow or Victorville, Santa Barbara or Ventura	2
2006	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (16), Los Angeles or Riverside (2), Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2), Riverside	22	Santa Barbara or Ventura	1
2007–2011	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (16), Los Angeles or Riverside (2), Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2), Riverside, Santa Ana	23	Santa Barbara or Ventura	1
2012–present	Long Beach or Los Angeles, Los Angeles (16), Los Angeles or Riverside (2), Los Angeles or Santa Ana (2), Riverside, Riverside or Santa Ana, Santa Ana	24	Santa Barbara or Ventura	1
*The magistrate judgeship at Edwards Air Force Base in the Eastern District of California was transferred to the Central District of California in 1972 and designated as a judgeship at Lancaster. The judgeship retained jurisdiction over the entirety of the base, including the portions lying within the Eastern and Central Districts.
Southern District of California
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972	San Diego (2)	2	El Centro, San Diego	2
1973–1982	San Diego (3)	3	El Centro, San Diego	2
1983–1991	San Diego (4)	4	El Centro	1
1992–1993	San Diego (5)	5	El Centro	1
1994–1998	San Diego (7)	7	El Centro	1
1999	San Diego (8)	8	El Centro	1
2000	San Diego (9)	9	El Centro	1
2001–2010	El Centro, San Diego (9)	10		0
2011–2020	El Centro, San Diego (10)	11		0
2021–present	El Centro, San Diego (11)	12		0

 

Colorado: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973	Denver	1	Colorado Springs, Cortez or Durango, Denver, Grand Junction, Monte Vista, Montrose, Pueblo, Rocky Mountain National Park	8
1974–1975	Denver	1	Colorado Springs, Cortez or Durango, Craig, Denver, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Lamar, Monte Vista, Montrose, Pueblo, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sterling	12
1976–1978	Denver (2)	2	Colorado Springs, Cortez or Durango, Craig or Steamboat Springs, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Lamar, Monte Vista, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sterling	9
1979–1980	Denver (2)	2	Colorado Springs, Cortez or Durango, Craig or Steamboat Springs, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Lamar, Monte Vista, Rocky Mountain National Park	8
1981–1982	Denver (3)	3	Colorado Springs, Cortez, Craig or Steamboat Springs, Durango, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Lamar, Monte Vista, Rocky Mountain National Park	9
1983–1984	Denver (3)	3	Colorado Springs, Cortez, Craig or Steamboat Springs, Durango, Grand Junction, Monte Vista, Rocky Mountain National Park	7
1985–1991	Denver (3)	3	Colorado Springs, Craig or Steamboat Springs, Durango, Grand Junction, Monte Vista, Rocky Mountain National Park	6
1992–1996	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (3)	4	Durango, Grand Junction	2
1997–1998	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (4)	5	Durango, Grand Junction	2
1999–2003	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (4)	5	Grand Junction	1
2004–2006	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (4)	5	Durango, Grand Junction	2
2007–2016	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (5)	6	Durango, Grand Junction	2
2017–present	Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo, Denver (6)	7	Durango, Grand Junction	2

 

Connecticut: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Connecticut
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975	New Haven	1	Bridgeport, Hartford, New London	3
1976–1979	Hartford, New Haven	2	Bridgeport	1
1980–1984	Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven	3		0
1985–1986	Bridgeport, Hartford, Hartford or New Haven, New Haven	4		0
1987–1993	Bridgeport or Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven, Hartford, New Haven	4		0
1994–2001	Bridgeport or Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven, Hartford, New Haven (2)	5		0
2002–present	Bridgeport or Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven, Hartford, Hartford or New Haven, New Haven	5		0

 

Delaware: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Delaware
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Dover	1	Wilmington (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1972–1974		0	Dover, Wilmington	2		0
1975–1980		0		0	Wilmington (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1981–2007	Wilmington	1		0		0
2008–2012	Wilmington (2)	2		0		0
2013–2019	Wilmington (3)	3		0		0
2020–present	Wilmington (4)	4		0		0

 

District of Columbia: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Washington, D.C. (2)	2		0
1972–2021	Washington, D.C. (3)	3		0
2022	Washington, D.C. (3)	3	Washington, D.C.	1
2023–present	Washington, D.C. (4)	4		0

 

Florida: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Florida
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1976		0	Fort Walton Beach, Gainesville, Marianna, Panama City, Pensacola, Tallahassee	6
1977–1987	Pensacola	1	Gainesville, Panama City, Tallahassee	3
1988–1995	Pensacola, Tallahassee	2	Gainesville, Panama City	2
1996–1997	Gainesville or Pensacola, Pensacola, Tallahassee	3	Gainesville	1
1998–2002	Gainesville or Pensacola, Pensacola, Tallahassee	3	Gainesville, Panama City	2
2003–2018	Gainesville, Gainesville or Pensacola, Pensacola, Tallahassee	4	Panama City	1
2019–present	Gainesville or Panama City, Gainesville or Pensacola, Pensacola, Tallahassee	4	Gainesville or Panama City	1
Middle District of Florida
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1974	Jacksonville, Tampa	2	Daytona, Fort Myers, Ocala, Orlando, Titusville	5
1975	Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa	3	Fort Myers, Ocala	2
1976–1978	Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa	3	Fort Myers	1
1979–1980	Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa (2)	4	Fort Myers	1
1981–1985	Jacksonville (2), Orlando, Tampa (2)	5	Fort Myers	1
1986–1989	Jacksonville (2), Orlando, Tampa (3)	6	Fort Myers	1
1990–1991	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (2), Orlando, Tampa (3)	7		0
1992–1993	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (2), Orlando (2), Tampa (3)	8		0
1994–1996	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (2), Orlando (2), Tampa (4)	9		0
1997	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (3), Orlando (2), Tampa (4)	10		0
1998–1999	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (3), Orlando (3), Tampa (5)	12		0
2000–2003	Fort Myers, Jacksonville (3), Ocala, Orlando (3), Tampa (5)	13		0
2004–2012	Fort Myers (2), Jacksonville (4), Ocala, Orlando (3), Tampa (5)	15		0
2013–2015	Fort Myers (2), Jacksonville (4), Ocala, Orlando (3), Orlando or Tampa, Tampa (5)	16		0
2016–2022	Fort Myers (2), Jacksonville (4), Ocala, Orlando (3), Orlando or Tampa, Tampa (6)	17		0
2023–present	Fort Myers (2), Jacksonville (4), Ocala, Orlando (3), Orlando or Tampa, Tampa (7)	18		0
Southern District of Florida
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1974	Miami (2)	2	Fort Pierce, Key West, Naples, West Palm Beach	4
1975	Miami (2)	2	Fort Pierce, Key West, West Palm Beach	3
1976–1977	Miami (3)	3	Fort Pierce, Key West, West Palm Beach	3
1978–1979	Miami (3), West Palm Beach	4	Key West	1
1980–1981	Miami (3), West Palm Beach	4	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1982	Miami (4), West Palm Beach	5	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1983	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (4)	5	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1984	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (5)	6	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1985–1987	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (5)	6	Fort Pierce, Key West, West Palm Beach	3
1988–1990	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (5), West Palm Beach	7	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1991	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (7), West Palm Beach	9	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1992–1993	Fort Lauderdale, Miami (6), Miami or West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach	9	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1994–1995	Fort Lauderdale (2), Miami (6), West Palm Beach	9	Fort Pierce, Key West	2
1996–1999	Fort Lauderdale (2), Fort Pierce, Miami (7), West Palm Beach	11	Key West	1
2000–2003	Fort Lauderdale (2), Fort Pierce, Miami (8), West Palm Beach (2)	13	Key West	1
2004–2008	Fort Lauderdale (3), Fort Pierce, Miami (9), Miami or West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach (2)	16	Key West	1
2009–2013	Fort Lauderdale (3), Fort Pierce, Miami (9), Miami or West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach (2)	16		0
2014–present	Fort Lauderdale (4), Fort Pierce, Miami (8), Miami or West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach (2)	16		0

 

Georgia: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Georgia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972	Atlanta	1	Gainesville, LaGrange or Newnan, Rome	3
1973–1976	Atlanta (2)	2	Gainesville, LaGrange or Newnan, Rome	3
1977	Atlanta (3)	3	Gainesville, LaGrange or Newnan, Rome	3
1978–1984	Atlanta (4)	4	Gainesville, LaGrange or Newnan, Rome	3
1985–1994	Atlanta (5)	5	Gainesville, Rome	2
1995–1998	Atlanta (5), Gainesville	6	Rome	1
1999–2001	Atlanta (6), Gainesville	7	Rome	1
2002–2018	Atlanta (7), Gainesville, Rome	9		0
2019–present	Atlanta (8), Gainesville, Rome	10		0
Middle District of Georgia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Albany, Athens, Columbus, Macon, Thomasville or Valdosta	5		0
1972–1974		0	Albany, Columbus, Macon, Valdosta	4	Athens (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1975–1983		0	Albany, Athens, Columbus, Macon, Valdosta	5		0
1984		0	Albany, Columbus, Macon, Valdosta	4		0
1985–1988	Macon	1	Albany, Columbus, Valdosta	3		0
1989–1992	Macon	1	Albany, Columbus	2		0
1993–1999	Albany or Macon, Macon	2	Columbus	1		0
2000–present	Albany or Macon, Columbus, Macon	3		0		0
Southern District of Georgia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973		0	Augusta, Brunswick or Waycross, Dublin or Swainsboro, Hinesville, Savannah	5
1974–1977		0	Augusta, Brunswick or Waycross, Dublin or Swainsboro, Savannah	4
1978–1980	Augusta	1	Brunswick or Waycross, Dublin or Swainsboro, Savannah	3
1981–1987	Augusta, Savannah	2	Brunswick or Waycross, Dublin or Swainsboro	2
1988–1991	Augusta, Savannah	2	Brunswick or Waycross, Dublin or Statesboro	2
1992–present	Augusta, Brunswick or Waycross, Savannah	3		0

 

Guam: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Guam
Fiscal Year (s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1995–2002		0	Hagåtña (formerly Agana)	1
2003–present	Hagåtña	1		0

 

Hawaii: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Hawaii
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Hilo, Honolulu, Lihue, Wailuku	4
1972–1975		0	Hilo, Honolulu (2), Johnston Island, Lihue, Wailuku, Wake Island	7
1976	Honolulu	1	Hilo, Honolulu, Lihue, Wailuku	4
1977–1984	Honolulu	1	Hilo, Honolulu, Johnston Island, Lihue, Wailuku	5
1985	Honolulu	1	Hilo, Honolulu, Wailuku	3
1986–1987	Honolulu (2)	2	Hilo, Johnston Island, Wailuku	3
1988–1996	Honolulu (2)	2	Hilo, Johnston Island, Kwajaiein Missile Range, Wailuku	4
1997–1999	Honolulu (2)	2	Honolulu, Johnston Island, Kwajaiein Missile Range	3
2000–2004	Honolulu (3)	3	Johnston Island, Kwajaiein Missile Range	2
2005–2018	Honolulu (3)	3	Kwajaiein Missile Range	1
2019–present	Honolulu (3)	3		0

 

Idaho: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Idaho
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1983		0	Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Lewiston, Pocatello, Twin Falls	5
1984–1992	Boise	1	Coeur d'Alene or Moscow, Pocatello	2
1993–present	Boise (2)	2		0

 

Illinois: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Illinois
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Chicago (3)	3	Rockford	1
1972–1977	Chicago (3)	3	Ottawa or Rockford	1
1978–1985	Chicago (4)	4	Freeport or Rockford	1
1986–1989	Chicago (6)	6	Freeport or Rockford	1
1990–1991	Chicago (8)	8	Freeport or Rockford	1
1992–1995	Chicago (8), Rockford	9		0
1996–2004	Chicago (9), Rockford	10		0
2005–2010	Chicago (10), Rockford	11		0
2011–2019	Chicago (11), Rockford	12		0
2020–present	Chicago (12), Rockford (2)	14		0
Eastern District of Illinois (abolished 1979)
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Benton, Carbondale, Danville, East St. Louis, Effingham, Lawrenceville	6		0
1972–1974		0	Belleville, Benton, Carbondale, Effingham, Lawrenceville	5	Danville (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1975		0	Belleville, Benton or Carbondale	2	Danville (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1976–1979	Benton*	1	Belleville*	1	Danville (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)**	1
*The magistrate judgeships in Belleville and Benton were transferred to the Southern District of Illinois when the Eastern District of Illinois was abolished in 1979.
**The bankruptcy judge-magistrate position in Danville was transferred to the new Central District of Illinois when the Eastern District of Illinois was abolished in 1979.
Central District of Illinois
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1980–1984	Springfield*	1	Peoria*, Rock Island*	2	Danville (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)**, Peoria (clerk-magistrate)	2
1985–1988	Danville or Peoria, Springfield	2	Rock Island	1	Peoria (clerk-magistrate)	1
1989–1994	Danville or Peoria, Springfield	2	Rock Island	1		0
1995–present	Champaign-Urbana or Danville, Danville or Peoria, Springfield	3		0		0
*The magistrate judgeships in Peoria, Rock Island, and Springfield were transferred from the Southern District of Illinois to the new Central District of Illinois when the Central District was established in 1979.
**The bankruptcy judge-magistrate position in Danville was transferred from the Eastern District of Illinois to the new Central District of Illinois when the Eastern District was abolished in 1979.
Southern District of Illinois
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1977		0	Alton, Peoria, Rock Island, Springfield	4
1978–1979	Springfield*	1	Peoria*, Rock Island*	2
1980	Benton**	1	Belleville**	1
1981–1989	Benton, East St. Louis	2		0
1990–1993	Benton, East St. Louis	2	East St. Louis	1
1994–present	Benton, East St. Louis (2)	3		0
*The magistrate judgeships in Peoria, Rock Island, and Springfield were transferred to the new Central District of Illinois when it was established in 1979.
**The magistrate judgeships in Belleville and Benton were transferred from the Eastern District of Illinois to the Southern District of Illinois when the Eastern District was abolished in 1979.

 

Indiana: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Indiana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975		0	Fort Wayne, Hammond, Lafayette, South Bend	4
1976–1979	Hammond	1	Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend	3
1980–1984	Hammond, South Bend	2	Fort Wayne, Lafayette	2
1985–1989	Fort Wayne, Hammond	2	South Bend	1
1990–1994	Fort Wayne, Hammond, South Bend	3		0
1995–present	Fort Wayne, Hammond (2), South Bend	4		0
Southern District of Indiana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Indianapolis	1	Evansville, Muncie, New Albany, Richmond, Terre Haute	5
1972–1973	Indianapolis	1	Evansville, Indianapolis, Muncie, New Albany, Richmond, Terre Haute	6
1974–1975	Indianapolis (2)	2	Evansville, Muncie, New Albany, Richmond, Terre Haute	5
1976–1978	Indianapolis (2)	2	Evansville, Muncie, New Albany, Terre Haute	4
1979–1984	Indianapolis (3)	3	Evansville, Muncie, New Albany, Terre Haute	4
1985–1987	Indianapolis (3)	3	Evansville, New Albany, Terre Haute	3
1988–2011	Evansville, Indianapolis (3)	4	New Albany, Terre Haute	2
2012–2021	Evansville, Indianapolis (4)	5	New Albany, Terre Haute	2
2022–present	Evansville, Indianapolis (5)	6	New Albany, Terre Haute	2

 

Iowa: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Iowa
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Waterloo	5		0
1972–1980		0	Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Waterloo	4	Cedar Rapids (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1981–1984	Cedar Rapids	1	Dubuque, Sioux City	2		0
1985–1996	Cedar Rapids	1	Sioux City	1		0
1997–present	Cedar Rapids, Sioux City	2		0		0
Southern District of Iowa
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1976		0	Burlington, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Iowa City	4	Des Moines (clerk-magistrate)	1
1977–1980	Des Moines	1	Burlington, Council Bluffs, Davenport	3		0
1981–1984	Des Moines	1	Burlington, Council Bluffs	2		0
1985–1989	Des Moines	1	Burlington, Council Bluffs, Des Moines	3		0
1990–1995	Des Moines (2)	2	Burlington, Council Bluffs	2		0
1996–1997	Des Moines (2)	2	Burlington or Davenport, Council Bluffs	2		0
1998–2000	Des Moines (2)	2	Council Bluffs, Davenport	2		0
2001–present	Davenport, Des Moines (2)	3		0		0

 

Kansas: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Kansas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973	Kansas City, Wichita	2	Colby, Garden City, Hays, Hutchinson, Junction City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Parsons, Salina, Topeka	10
1974–1975	Kansas City, Wichita	2	Colby, Garden City, Hays, Junction City, Leavenworth, Parsons, Salina, Topeka	8
1976–1977	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita	3	Colby, Garden City, Hays, Junction City, Leavenworth, Parsons, Salina	7
1978	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita	3	Colby, Garden City, Hays, Junction City, Leavenworth, Parsons	6
1979–1984	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita	3	Colby, Garden City, Junction City, Leavenworth, Parsons	5
1985–1987	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita	3	Junction City, Leavenworth, Wichita	3
1988–1997	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita (2)	4	Leavenworth	1
1998–2002	Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita (2)	4	Topeka	1
2003–present	Kansas City (2), Topeka, Wichita (2)	5		0

 

Kentucky: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Kentucky
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Ashland, Covington, Lexington, London, Pikeville, Pineville, Richmond	7
1972–1976	Lexington	1	Ashland, Covington, London, Pikeville, Pineville, Richmond	6
1977–1978	Ashland or Catlettsburg, Lexington	2	Covington, London, Pineville	3
1979–1991	Ashland or Catlettsburg, Lexington	2	Covington, London	2
1992–1995	Ashland or Catlettsburg, Covington, Lexington	3	London	1
1996–2009	Ashland, Covington, Lexington, London	4		0
2010–2021	Ashland or Pikeville, Covington, Lexington, London	4		0
2022–present	Ashland or Frankfort or Pikeville, Covington, Lexington, London	4		0
Western District of Kentucky
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971	Louisville	1	Bowling Green, Mammoth Cave National Park, Owensboro, Paducah	4		0
1972–1979	Louisville	1	Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Mammoth Cave National Park, Owensboro, Paducah	5		0
1980–1991	Louisville, Paducah	2	Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Owensboro	3	Louisville (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1992–1995	Bowling Green or Hopkinsville, Louisville, Paducah	3	Owensboro	1	Louisville (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1996–2000	Bowling Green or Hopkinsville, Louisville, Louisville or Owensboro, Paducah	4		0		0
2001–present	Bowling Green or Owensboro, Louisville (2), Paducah	4		0		0

 

Louisiana: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Louisiana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	New Orleans (2)	2	Baton Rouge	1
1972	New Orleans (3)	3	Baton Rouge	1
1973	New Orleans (3)	3	Baton Rouge (2)*	2
1974–1977	New Orleans (3)	3		0
1978–1984	New Orleans (5)	5		0
1985–present	New Orleans (6)	6		0
*The magistrate judgeships in Baton Rouge were transferred to the new Middle District of Louisiana in 1972.
Middle District of Louisiana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1974–1980	Baton Rouge*	1	Baton Rouge*	1		0
1981–1982	Baton Rouge	1		0	Baton Rouge (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1983–1987	Baton Rouge	1	Baton Rouge	1		0
1988–1997	Baton Rouge (2)	2		0		0
1998–present	Baton Rouge (3)	3		0		0
*The two part-time magistrate judgeships in Baton Rouge were transferred from the Eastern District of Louisiana to the new Middle District of Louisiana in 1972, whereupon one of the positions was converted to full-time.
Western District of Louisiana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1974		0	Alexandria, Lafayette or Opelousas, Lake Charles, Leesville, Monroe, Shreveport	6		0
1975–1979	Shreveport	1	Alexandria, Lafayette or Opelousas, Lake Charles, Leesville, Monroe	5		0
1980–1983	Lafayette, Shreveport	2	Alexandria, Lake Charles, Leesville, Monroe	4		0
1984	Lafayette, Shreveport	2	Alexandria, Lake Charles, Monroe	3		0
1985	Lafayette, Shreveport	2	Alexandria, Lake Charles, Monroe	3	Shreveport (clerk-magistrate)	1
1986–1987	Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport	3	Alexandria, Monroe	2	Shreveport (clerk-magistrate)	1
1988–1991	Alexandria or Monroe, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport	4	Lafayette or Opelousas, Monroe	2	Shreveport (clerk-magistrate)	1
1992–2004	Alexandria or Monroe, Lafayette, Lafayette or Opelousas, Lake Charles, Shreveport	5	Monroe	1	Shreveport (clerk-magistrate)	1
2005–2009	Alexandria, Lafayette, Lafayette or Opelousas, Lake Charles, Monroe, Shreveport	6		0	Shreveport (clerk-magistrate)	1
2010–present	Alexandria, Lafayette, Lafayette or Opelousas, Lake Charles, Monroe, Shreveport	6		0		0

 

Maine: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Maine
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Bangor, Portland, Presque Isle	3		0
1972		0	Bangor, Presque Isle	2	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1973		0	Bangor, Portland, Presque Isle	3	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1974		0	Bangor (2), Portland, Presque Isle	4	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1975		0	Bangor (2), Portland	3	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1976–1979		0	Bangor, Portland (2)	3		0
1980		0	Bangor, Portland	2	Portland (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1981–1982		0	Bangor, Portland	2	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1983–1988	Portland	1	Bangor	1	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
1989–2008	Bangor, Portland	2		0	Portland (clerk-magistrate)	1
2009–present	Bangor, Portland	2		0		0

 

Maryland: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Maryland
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Baltimore, Greenbelt	2	Baltimore, Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Salisbury	5
1972	Baltimore, District Heights	2	Baltimore, Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Salisbury	5
1973	Baltimore, Prince George's Plaza	2	Baltimore, Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Salisbury	5
1974–1975	Baltimore (2), Prince George's Plaza	3	Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Salisbury	4
1976	Baltimore (2), Prince George's Plaza	3	Bethesda, Hagerstown, Salisbury	3
1977–1978	Baltimore (3), Prince George's Plaza	4	Bethesda, Hagerstown, Salisbury	3
1979–1980	Baltimore (4), Prince George's Plaza	5	Hagerstown, Salisbury	2
1981–1982	Baltimore (4), Prince George's Plaza	5	Hagerstown, Hyattsville, Salisbury	3
1983–1986	Baltimore (4), Prince George's Plaza	5	Hagerstown, Salisbury, Upper Marlboro	3
1987–1994	Baltimore (5), Prince George's Plaza	6	Hagerstown, Salisbury, Upper Marlboro	3
1995–2000	Baltimore (4), Baltimore or Greenbelt or Prince George's Plaza, Greenbelt or Prince George's Plaza (2)	7	Hagerstown, Salisbury	2
2001–2004	Baltimore (4), Baltimore or Greenbelt, Greenbelt (2)	7	Hagerstown, Salisbury	2
2005–present	Baltimore (4), Baltimore or Greenbelt, Greenbelt (3)	8	Salisbury	1

 

Massachusetts: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Massachusetts
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Boston	1	Ayer, Cape Cod Seashore, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Springfield	5
1972–1976	Boston (2)	2	Ayer, Cape Cod Seashore, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester	6
1977–1979	Boston (3)	3	Ayer, Cape Cod Seashore, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester	6
1980–1982	Boston (4)	4	Ayer or Worcester, Cape Cod Seashore, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Springfield	5
1983	Boston (4)	4	Ayer or Worcester, Cape Cod Seashore, Springfield	3
1984–1991	Boston (4), Springfield	5	Ayer or Worcester, Cape Cod Seashore	2
1992	Boston (4), Springfield	5	Ayer or Worcester	1
1993	Boston (5), Springfield	6	Ayer or Worcester	1
1994–present	Boston (5), Boston or Worcester, Springfield	7		0

 

Michigan: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Michigan
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971	Detroit	1	Bay City, Flint	2		0
1972–1975	Detroit (2)	2	Flint	1		0
1976–1977	Detroit (3)	3	Bay City, Flint	2		0
1978–1979	Detroit (3)	3		0	Bay City (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1980	Detroit (4)	4		0	Bay City (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1981	Detroit (4)	4	Flint	1	Bay City (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1982–1983	Detroit (5)	5	Flint	1	Bay City (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1984	Detroit (7)	7	Bay City, Flint	2		0
1985–1991	Bay City, Detroit (7)	8		0		0
1992–1996	Ann Arbor or Detroit, Bay City, Detroit (5), Detroit or Flint	8		0		0
1997–present	Ann Arbor or Detroit, Bay City, Detroit (4), Detroit or Flint	7		0		0
Western District of Michigan
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973		0	Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Marquette, Traverse City	4
1974–1979	Grand Rapids	1	Kalamazoo, Marquette, Traverse City	3
1980–1984	Grand Rapids (2)	2	Kalamazoo, Marquette, Traverse City	3
1985	Grand Rapids (2)	2	Kalamazoo, Marquette	2
1986–1989	Grand Rapids (2), Kalamazoo	3	Marquette	1
1990–2003	Grand Rapids (2), Kalamazoo, Marquette	4		0
2004–present	Grand Rapids (3), Marquette	4		0

 

Minnesota: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Minnesota
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1973		0	Bemidji, International Falls, Marshall, Minneapolis, Moorhead, Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Paul	8	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1974	Minneapolis, St. Paul	2	Bemidji, International Falls, Marshall, Moorhead, Rochester, St. Cloud	6	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1975	Minneapolis, St. Paul	2	Bemidji, International Falls, Moorhead, Rochester	4	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1976–1977	Minneapolis, St. Paul	2	Bemidji, International Falls, Rochester	3	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1978–1979	Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul	3	Bemidji, International Falls, Rochester	3	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1980	Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul	3	Bemidji, Rochester	2	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1981–1983	Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul	3	Bemidji	1	Duluth (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1984–1985	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul	4	Bemidji	1		0
1986–1991	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul	4	Bemidji, Minneapolis or St. Paul	2		0
1992–1999	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul, St. Paul (2)	5	Bemidji	1		0
2000–2008	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul (2), St. Paul (2)	6	Bemidji	1		0
2009–2011	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul (3), St. Paul (2)	7	Bemidji	1		0
2012–present	Duluth, Minneapolis, Minneapolis or St. Paul (4), St. Paul (2)	8	Bemidji	1		0

 

Mississippi: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Mississippi
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1975		0	Aberdeen, Clarksdale, Greenville, Kosciusko, Oxford, Tupelo	6		0
1976–1977	Greenville	1	Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Oxford, Tupelo	4		0
1978–1980	Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville	2		0		0
1981–1994	Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville	2		0	Oxford (clerk-magistrate)	1
1995–present	Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville, Oxford	3		0		0
Southern District of Mississippi
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975		0	Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg	5
1976	Biloxi or Gulfport	1	Jackson, Meridian	2
1977–1983	Biloxi or Gulfport, Jackson	2		0
1984–1995	Biloxi or Gulfport, Biloxi or Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson	3		0
1996–2005	Biloxi or Gulfport, Biloxi or Gulfport or Hattiesburg, Biloxi or Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson	4		0
2006–present	Gulfport, Gulfport or Hattiesburg (2), Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson	5		0

 

Missouri: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Missouri
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, St. Louis	3		0
1972		0	Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, Ozark Scenic National Waterways, St. Louis	4	St. Louis (clerk-magistrate)	1
1973–1976	St. Louis	1	Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, Ozark Scenic National Waterways	3	St. Louis (clerk-magistrate)	1
1977–1981	St. Louis (2)	2	Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, Ozark Scenic National Waterways	3		0
1982–1984	St. Louis (3)	3	Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, Ozark Scenic National Waterways	3		0
1985	St. Louis (3)	3	Cape Girardeau	1		0
1986–1989	St. Louis (4)	4	Cape Girardeau	1		0
1990–1992	Cape Girardeau or St. Louis, St. Louis (4)	5		0		0
1993–2020	Cape Girardeau or St. Louis, St. Louis (6)	7		0		0
2021–present	Cape Girardeau or St. Louis, St. Louis (7)	8		0		0
Western District of Missouri
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1976	Kansas City, Springfield	2	Jefferson City	1
1977–1985	Kansas City (2), Springfield	3		0
1986–1991	Jefferson City, Kansas City (2), Springfield	4		0
1992–present	Jefferson City, Kansas City (3), Springfield	5		0

 

Montana: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Montana
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973		0	Billings, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Hardin, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, Missoula, Wolf Point	11
1974–1975		0	Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Hardin, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, Missoula, Wolf Point	12
1976		0	Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, Missoula, Wolf Point	11
1977–1980		0	Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Hardin, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, Missoula, Wolf Point	12
1981–1982		0	Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, Missoula, Wolf Point	11
1983–1984	Billings	1	Bozeman, Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Point	9
1985–1986	Billings	1	Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Point	7
1987	Billings	1	Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Point	8
1988–1989	Billings, Great Falls	2	Butte, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Point	7
1990–1991	Billings, Great Falls	2	Butte, Cut Bank, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Point	6
1992–2014	Billings, Great Falls, Helena or Missoula	3	Wolf Point	1
2015–present	Billings, Great Falls, Helena or Missoula	3		0

 

Nebraska: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Nebraska
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1974		0	Chadron, Gering or Scottsbluff, Grand Island, Lincoln, North Platte, Sidney, Valentine	7	Omaha (clerk-magistrate)	1
1975		0	Gering or Scottsbluff, Grand Island, Lincoln, North Platte, Sidney, Valentine	6	Omaha (clerk-magistrate)	1
1976–1980	Omaha	1	Gering or Scottsbluff, Grand Island, Lincoln, North Platte	4		0
1981–1984	Lincoln, Omaha	2	Gering or Scottsbluff, North Platte	2		0
1985–1991	Lincoln, Omaha	2	North Platte	1		0
1992–present	Lincoln, Omaha (2)	3		0		0

 

Nevada: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Nevada
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1972		0	Elko, Las Vegas, Reno	3		0
1973–1976	Las Vegas	1	Elko, Reno	2		0
1977	Las Vegas	1	Elko, Reno	2	Las Vegas (clerk-magistrate)	1
1978–1981	Las Vegas	1	Elko, Las Vegas, Reno	3		0
1982	Las Vegas	1	Elko, Las Vegas, Reno (2)	4		0
1983–1987	Las Vegas, Reno	2	Las Vegas	1		0
1988–1992	Las Vegas (2), Reno	3		0		0
1993–1995	Las Vegas (3), Reno	4		0		0
1996–2004	Las Vegas (3), Reno (2)	5		0		0
2005–2011	Las Vegas (4), Reno (2)	6		0		0
2012–present	Las Vegas (5), Reno (2)	7		0		0

 

New Hampshire: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of New Hampshire
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1973		0	Lancaster, Manchester	2		0
1974–1975		0	Lancaster, Manchester	2	Concord (clerk-magistrate)	1
1976–1978		0	Lancaster	1	Concord (clerk-magistrate)	1
1979–1983		0		0	Concord (clerk-magistrate)	1
1984–2010	Concord	1		0		0
2011–2022	Concord	1		0	Concord (clerk-magistrate)	1
2023–present	Concord (2)	2		0		0

 

New Jersey: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of New Jersey
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Trenton	1	Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Newton	6
1972–1973	Newark, Trenton	2	Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Hackensack, Newton	5
1974	Newark, Trenton	2	Atlantic City, Camden, Hackensack, Newton, Rumson	5
1975	Newark (2), Trenton	3	Atlantic City, Camden, Newton, Rumson	4
1976	Newark (2), Trenton	3	Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Newton	4
1977–1978	Camden, Newark (2), Trenton	4	Asbury Park, Atlantic City	2
1979–1982	Camden, Newark (3), Trenton	5	Asbury Park, Atlantic City	2
1983–1985	Camden, Newark (3), Trenton	5	Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Trenton	3
1986–1987	Camden, Newark (3), Trenton (2)	6	Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Trenton	3
1988–1991	Camden (2), Newark (3), Trenton (2)	7	Asbury Park, Atlantic City	2
1992	Camden (2), Newark (4), Trenton (2)	8	Asbury Park, Atlantic City	2
1993–1994	Camden (2), Newark (5), Trenton (2)	9	Asbury Park, Atlantic City	2
1995–2001	Camden (2), Newark (5), Trenton (2)	9	Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	2
2002–2009	Camden (2), Newark (6), Trenton (2)	10	Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	2
2010	Camden (3), Newark (6), Trenton (3)	12	Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	2
2011–2015	Camden (3), Newark (7), Trenton (3)	13	Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	2
2016–2019	Camden (3), Newark (7), Trenton (3)	13	Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	1
2020–2021	Camden (3), Camden or Newark or Trenton, Camden or Trenton, Newark (7), Trenton (3)	15	Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	1
2022–present	Camden (4), Camden or Newark or Trenton, Camden or Trenton, Newark (7), Trenton (3)	16	Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth	1

 

New Mexico: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of New Mexico
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972	Albuquerque	1	Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Clovis, Deming, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Raton, Roswell, Santa Fe, Tucumcari	11
1973–1974	Albuquerque	1	Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Clovis, Deming, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Raton, Roswell, Santa Fe, Tucumcari	12
1975–1981	Albuquerque	1	Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Clovis, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Roswell, Santa Fe	8
1982–1984	Albuquerque	1	Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Clovis or Portales, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Roswell, Santa Fe	8
1985	Albuquerque	1	Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Clovis or Portales or Roswell, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Santa Fe	7
1986–1988	Albuquerque (2)	2	Alamogordo, Clovis or Portales or Roswell, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Santa Fe	6
1989–1991	Albuquerque (3)	3	Alamogordo, Clovis or Portales or Roswell, Farmington, Gallup, Las Cruces, Santa Fe	6
1992–1995	Albuquerque (3), Las Cruces	4	Alamogordo, Clovis or Portales or Roswell, Farmington, Gallup, Santa Fe	5
1996–2000	Albuquerque (4), Las Cruces (2)	6	Clovis or Portales or Roswell, Gallup	2
2001–2003	Albuquerque (4), Las Cruces (2)	6	Clovis or Portales, Gallup, Roswell	3
2004–2005	Albuquerque (5), Las Cruces (3)	8	Gallup, Roswell	2
2006	Albuquerque (5), Las Cruces (4)	9	Gallup, Roswell	2
2007–2014	Albuquerque (5), Las Cruces (5)	10	Gallup, Roswell	2
2015–present	Albuquerque (5), Las Cruces (5)	10	Farmington, Roswell	2

 

New York: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of New York
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Plattsburgh, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown	7		0
1972		0	Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Plattsburgh, Rome, Syracuse, Watertown	7		0
1973		0	Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Plattsburgh, Rome, Syracuse, Troy, Watertown	8		0
1974–1977		0	Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Champlain or Plattsburgh, Rome, Syracuse, Troy, Watertown	8		0
1978–1979		0	Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Champlain or Plattsburgh, Rome, Syracuse, Troy, Watertown	8	Albany (clerk-magistrate)	1
1980–1981	Syracuse	1	Albany, Champlain or Plattsburgh, Troy, Watertown	4	Albany (clerk-magistrate)	1
1982	Albany, Syracuse	2	Champlain or Plattsburgh, Watertown	2		0
1983–1990	Albany, Syracuse	2	Champlain or Plattsburgh, Watertown	2	Albany (clerk-magistrate)	1
1991	Albany, Syracuse, Syracuse or Utica	3	Champlain or Plattsburgh, Watertown	2	Albany (clerk-magistrate)	1
1992–1993	Albany, Syracuse, Syracuse or Utica	3	Champlain or Plattsburgh, Watertown	2		0
1994–1996	Albany, Syracuse, Syracuse or Utica, Watertown	4	Champlain or Plattsburgh	1		0
1997	Albany, Albany or Binghamton or Watertown, Syracuse, Syracuse or Utica	4	Champlain or Plattsburgh	1		0
1998–present	Albany, Albany or Binghamton or Watertown, Binghamton or Syracuse or Watertown, Syracuse, Syracuse or Utica	5	Champlain or Plattsburgh	1		0
Eastern District of New York
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975	Brooklyn (2)	2	Minneola, Patchogue	2
1976–1977	Brooklyn (2)	2	Patchogue	1
1978–1980	Brooklyn (3)	3	Patchogue	1
1981	Brooklyn (2), Hempstead	3	Patchogue	1
1982–1985	Brooklyn (3), Hempstead	4	Patchogue	1
1986–1990	Brooklyn (4), Hempstead	5	Patchogue	1
1991–1992	Brooklyn (6), Hempstead or Hauppauge	7	Patchogue	1
1993–1994	Brooklyn (7), Hempstead or Hauppauge, Uniondale	9	Patchogue	1
1995	Brooklyn (7), Hempstead or Hauppauge, Uniondale (2)	10	Patchogue	1
1996–1999	Brooklyn (8), Hempstead or Hauppauge, Hauppauge or Uniondale, Uniondale (2)	12		0
2000–2001	Brooklyn (9), Hempstead or Hauppauge, Hauppauge or Uniondale, Uniondale (2)	13		0
2002–2004	Brooklyn (9), Central Islip (4)	13		0
2005–2007	Brooklyn (10), Central Islip (5)	15		0
2008–present	Brooklyn (10), Brooklyn or Central Islip, Central Islip (4)	15		0
Southern District of New York
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975	New York (5)	5	Poughkeepsie	1
1976–1979	New York (6)	6	Poughkeepsie	1
1980–1983	New York (7)	7	Poughkeepsie	1
1984	New York (8)	8	Poughkeepsie	1
1985–1988	New York (8), New York or White Plains	9	Poughkeepsie	1
1989–1990	New York (8), New York or White Plains	9	Newburgh	1
1991–1993	New York (9), New York or White Plains	10	Newburgh	1
1994	New York (10), New York or White Plains	11	Newburgh	1
1995–1997	New York (11), New York or White Plains (2)	13	Newburgh	1
1998–2003	New York (11), New York or White Plains (3)	14	Newburgh	1
2004–2017	New York (11), New York or White Plains (3)	14	Middletown	1
2018–2022	New York (11), New York or White Plains (3)	14	Poughkeepsie	1
2023–present	New York (12), New York or White Plains (3)	15	Poughkeepsie	1
Western District of New York
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1983	Buffalo	1	Elmira, Niagara Falls, Olean, Rochester	4
1984	Buffalo	1	Rochester	1
1985–1990	Buffalo, Rochester	2		0
1991–1994	Buffalo, Buffalo or Rochester, Rochester	3		0
1995–1998	Buffalo (2), Buffalo or Rochester, Rochester	4		0
1999–present	Buffalo (2), Buffalo or Rochester, Rochester (2)	5		0

 

North Carolina: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of North Carolina
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1975		0	Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Jacksonville, New Bern, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Washington or Williamston, Wilmington	9		0
1976–1979	Raleigh	1	Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Wilmington	4		0
1980–1981	New Bern, Raleigh	2	Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Wilmington	3		0
1982	New Bern, Raleigh	2	Fayetteville, Wilmington	2	Raleigh (clerk-magistrate)	1
1983–1993	Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh	3	Wilmington	1	Raleigh (clerk-magistrate)	1
1994–1995	Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh	3	Wilmington	1		0
1996–2005	Raleigh (2), Wilmington	3	Greenville	1		0
2006–2013	Greenville, Raleigh (2)	3	Wilmington	1		0
2014–2022	Raleigh (2), Wilmington	3	Greenville	1		0
2023–present	Greenville, Raleigh (2), Wilmington	4		0		0
Middle District of North Carolina
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Greensboro	1	Durham, Rockingham, Salisbury, Wilkesboro	4
1972–1975	Greensboro	1	Durham, Laurinburg, Salisbury, Wilkesboro	4
1976	Greensboro	1	Durham, Laurinburg or Rockingham, Salisbury, Wilkesboro	4
1977–1979	Greensboro, Winston-Salem	2	Laurinburg or Rockingham	1
1980–2012	Greensboro, Winston-Salem	2		0
2013–present	Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem	3		0
Western District of North Carolina
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1972		0	Asheville, Bryson City, Statesville	3	Charlotte (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1973–1976	Asheville	1	Bryson City, Statesville	2	Charlotte (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1977–1978	Asheville	1	Bryson City, Statesville	2	Charlotte (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1979–1983	Asheville	1	Bryson City	1	Charlotte (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1984–1985	Asheville	1	Charlotte	1		0
1986–1992	Asheville, Charlotte	2		0		0
1993–present	Asheville, Charlotte (2)	3		0		0

 

North Dakota: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of North Dakota
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975		0	Bismarck, Devils Lake or Minnewaukan, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Rolla, Williston	7
1976–1984		0	Bismarck, Devils Lake or Minnewaukan, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Rolla	6
1985–1986		0	Bismarck, Devils Lake or Minnewaukan, Grand Forks, Minot	4
1987–1994	Fargo	1	Bismarck, Devils Lake or Grand Forks or Minnewaukan, Minot	3
1995–1996	Fargo	1	Bismarck or Minot, Devils Lake or Grand Forks or Minnewaukan	2
1997–2010	Bismarck, Fargo	2	Devils Lake or Grand Forks or Minnewaukan	1
2011–2015	Bismarck, Fargo	2	Grand Forks	1
2016–present	Bismarck, Fargo	2		0

 

Northern Mariana Islands: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of the Northern Mariana Islands
Fiscal Year(s)	Combination	Total
2011–present	Saipan (clerk-magistrate)	1

 

Ohio: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Ohio
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Cleveland	1	Akron, Toledo, Youngstown	3
1972	Cleveland (2)	2	Akron, Toledo, Youngstown	3
1973	Cleveland (2)	2	Akron, Canton, Toledo, Youngstown	4
1974–1976	Cleveland (2)	2	Akron, Canton, Lima, Toledo, Youngstown	5
1977	Cleveland (2)	2	Akron, Lima, Toledo, Youngstown	4
1978–1979	Akron, Cleveland (2)	3	Lima, Toledo	2
1980–1985	Akron, Cleveland (2), Toledo	4	Lima	1
1986–1992	Akron, Cleveland (3), Toledo	5		0
1993–1994	Akron, Cleveland (4), Toledo	6		0
1995–present	Akron, Cleveland (4), Toledo, Youngstown	7		0
Southern District of Ohio
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Portsmouth, Springfield, Steubenville, Zanesville	8
1972–1976	Cincinnati, Columbus	2	Chillicothe, Dayton, Portsmouth, Springfield, Steubenville, Zanesville	6
1977	Cincinnati, Columbus	2	Dayton, Portsmouth, Steubenville, Zanesville	4
1978–1981	Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton	3	Portsmouth, Steubenville, Zanesville	3
1982–1983	Cincinnati, Columbus (2), Dayton	4	Portsmouth, Steubenville, Zanesville	3
1984	Cincinnati, Columbus (2), Dayton	4	Portsmouth, Steubenville	2
1985–1986	Cincinnati (2), Columbus (2), Dayton	5	Portsmouth	1
1987–1995	Cincinnati (2), Columbus (3), Dayton	6	Portsmouth	1
1996–2001	Cincinnati (2), Columbus (3), Dayton	6		0
2002–present	Cincinnati (2), Columbus (3), Dayton (2)	7		0

 

Oklahoma: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Oklahoma
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Bartlesville, Miami, Tulsa, Vinita	4		0
1972	Tulsa	1	Bartlesville, Miami, Vinita	3		0
1973	Tulsa	1	Bartlesville, Miami, Vinita	3	Tulsa (clerk-magistrate)	1
1974–1975	Tulsa	1	Bartlesville, Miami, Vinita	3	Tulsa (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1976–1986	Tulsa	1	Miami	1	Tulsa (deputy clerk-magistrate)	1
1987–1994	Tulsa (2)	2		0		0
1995–2022	Tulsa (3)	3		0		0
2023-present	Tulsa (4)	4		0		0
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1984		0	Hugo, McAlester, Muskogee, Sulphur	4
1985		0	Hugo, McAlester, Muskogee	3
1986–1991	Muskogee	1	Hugo, McAlester	2
1992–2003	Muskogee	1	McAlester	1
2004	McAlester, Muskogee	2		0
2005–2022	Muskogee (2)	2		0
2023–present	Muskogee (3)	3		0
Western District of Oklahoma
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Altus, Enid or Ponca City, Lawton, Oklahoma City	4
1972–1974	Oklahoma City	1	Altus, Enid, Lawton, Ponca City, Shawnee	5
1975	Oklahoma City	1	Altus, Enid, Lawton, Ponca City	4
1976–1979	Oklahoma City	1	Altus, Enid or Ponca City, Lawton	3
1980–1981	Oklahoma City (2)	2	Altus, Lawton	2
1982–1984	Oklahoma City (2)	2	Altus, Enid, Lawton, Oklahoma City	4
1985–1986	Oklahoma City (3)	3	Enid, Lawton, Oklahoma City	3
1987–1988	Oklahoma City (4)	4	Enid, Lawton, Oklahoma City	3
1989–1992	Oklahoma City (4)	4	Altus, Enid, Lawton, Oklahoma City	4
1993–1997	Oklahoma City (5)	5	Enid, Lawton	2
1998–2013	Oklahoma City (5)	5	Lawton	1
2014–present	Lawton or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City (4)	5	Lawton	1

 

Oregon: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Oregon
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971	Portland	1	Astoria, Coquille, Crater Lake National Park, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	6		0
1972–1973	Portland	1	Astoria, Bend, Coquille, Crater Lake National Park, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	7		0
1974–1975	Portland	1	Astoria, Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	5	Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1976	Portland	1	Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	4	Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1977–1980	Portland  (2)	2	Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	4	Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1981	Eugene, Portland (2)	3	Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton	4		0
1982–1987	Eugene, Portland (2)	3	Bend, Coquille, Pendleton	3		0
1988–1989	Eugene, Portland (2)	3	Bend, Pendleton	2		0
1990–1991	Eugene, Portland (2)	3	Bend, Medford, Pendleton	3		0
1992–1993	Eugene, Portland (3)	4	Bend, Medford, Pendleton	3		0
1994–1997	Eugene, Medford, Portland (3)	5	Bend, Pendleton	2		0
1998–present	Eugene, Medford, Portland (4)	6	Pendleton	1		0

 

Pennsylvania: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1974	Philadelphia (3)	3	Allentown, Reading	2
1975–1978	Philadelphia (4)	4	Allentown, Reading	2
1979–1983	Philadelphia (5)	5	Allentown, Reading	2
1984–1989	Philadelphia (5)	5	Allentown	1
1990–1991	Philadelphia (7)	7	Allentown	1
1992–2004	Allentown or Philadelphia, Philadelphia (8)	9		0
2005–2019	Allentown or Philadelphia, Philadelphia (9)	10		0
2020–present	Allentown or Philadelphia, Philadelphia (8), Philadelphia or Reading	10
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972		0	Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport	5
1973		0	Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport	6
1974	Wilkes-Barre	1	Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Williamsport	5
1975	Wilkes-Barre	1	Harrisburg, Scranton, Stroudsburg, Williamsport	4
1976	Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre	2	Stroudsburg, Williamsport	2
1977–1991	Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre	2	Scranton, Stroudsburg, Williamsport	3
1992–1994	Harrisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre	3	Stroudsburg, Williamsport	2
1995–2009	Harrisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre	3	Williamsport	1
2010–2017	Harrisburg (2), Scranton, Wilkes-Barre	4	Williamsport	1
2018–present	Harrisburg (2), Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport	5		0
Western District of Pennsylvania
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1973	Pittsburgh (2)	2	Erie	1	Johnstown (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1974–1986	Pittsburgh (2)	2	Erie, Johnstown	2		0
1987–1989	Pittsburgh (3)	3	Erie, Johnstown	2		0
1990–2001	Pittsburgh (4)	4	Erie, Johnstown	2		0
2002–present	Erie, Pittsburgh (4)	5	Johnstown	1		0

 

Puerto Rico: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Puerto Rico
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Aguadilla, Ponce, San Juan	3		0
1972–1974	San Juan	1	Aguadilla, Ponce	2		0
1975	San Juan	1		0		0
1976–1979	San Juan (2)	2		0	San Juan (clerk-magistrate)	1
1980–2001	San Juan (3)	3		0		0
2002–2018	Ponce or San Juan, San Juan (3)	4		0		0
2019–present	Ponce or San Juan, San Juan (4)	5		0		0

 

Rhode Island: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Rhode Island
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1974		0	Providence (2)	2		0
1975–1976		0	Providence	1	Providence (clerk-magistrate)	1
1977–1978	Providence	1		0		0
1979–1990	Providence	1		0	Providence (clerk-magistrate)	1
1991–1992	Providence	1	Providence	1		0
1993–present	Providence (2)	2		0		0

 

South Carolina: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of South Carolina
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972	Columbia	1	Aiken, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Spartanburg	5
1973–1975	Columbia	1	Aiken, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Spartanburg	6
1976–1978	Charleston, Columbia	2	Aiken, Florence, Greenville	3
1979–1980	Charleston, Columbia, Greenville	3	Aiken, Florence	2
1981–1984	Charleston, Columbia, Greenville	3	Aiken, Columbia, Florence	3
1985–1995	Charleston, Columbia (2), Greenville	4	Aiken, Florence	2
1996–2000	Charleston, Columbia (2), Florence, Greenville	5	Aiken	1
2001–2002	Anderson or Greenville or Spartanburg, Charleston, Columbia (2), Florence, Greenville	6	Aiken	1
2003–2010	Anderson or Greenville or Spartanburg, Charleston (2), Columbia (2), Florence, Greenville	7	Aiken	1
2011–present	Anderson or Greenville or Spartanburg, Charleston (2), Columbia (2), Florence (2), Greenville	8		0

 

South Dakota: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of South Dakota
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1973		0	Aberdeen, Chamberlain, Deadwood, Mobridge, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Winner	8		0
1974–1975		0	Aberdeen, Chamberlain, Mobridge, Pierre, Rapid City (2), Sioux Falls, Winner	8		0
1976–1978		0	Aberdeen, Mobridge, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Winner	6		0
1979		0	Aberdeen, Mobridge, Pierre, Rapid City, Winner	5	Sioux Falls (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1980		0	Aberdeen, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls	4		0
1981		0	Aberdeen, Pierre, Rapid City	3	Sioux Falls (clerk-magistrate)	1
1982–2000		0	Aberdeen, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls	4		0
2001–2018	Sioux Falls	1	Aberdeen, Pierre, Rapid City	3		0
2019–2021	Rapid City, Sioux Falls	2	Aberdeen, Pierre	2		0
2022–present	Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls	3		0		0

 

Tennessee: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Tennessee
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1973		0	Chattanooga, Greenville, Johnson City, Knoxville, Newport, Winchester	6
1974–1975	Knoxville	1	Chattanooga, Greenville, Johnson City, Newport, Winchester	5
1976–1978	Knoxville	1	Chattanooga, Greenville, Newport, Winchester	4
1979–1983	Chattanooga, Knoxville	2	Greenville, Winchester	2
1984–1985	Chattanooga, Knoxville	2	Gatlinburg or Sevierville, Greenville	2
1986–1990	Chattanooga, Greenville, Knoxville	3	Gatlinburg or Sevierville	1
1991–2004	Chattanooga, Chattanooga or Knoxville, Greenville, Knoxville	4		0
2005–present	Chattanooga (2), Chattanooga or Knoxville, Greenville, Knoxville	5		0
Middle District of Tennessee
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Clarksdale, Columbia, Cookeville, Nashville	4
1972–1974	Nashville	1	Clarksdale, Columbia, Cookeville	3
1975–1984	Nashville	1	Columbia	1
1985–1997	Nashville (2)	2		0
1998–present	Nashville (3)	3		0
Western District of Tennessee
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Dyersburg, Jackson, Memphis, Savannah	4
1972–1975	Memphis	1	Dyersburg, Jackson, Savannah	3
1976–1978	Memphis	1	Jackson, Savannah	2
1979–1988	Memphis (2)	2		0
1989–1990	Memphis (2)	2	Jackson	1
1991–2009	Jackson or Memphis, Memphis (2)	3		0
2010–present	Jackson or Memphis, Memphis (3)	4		0

 

Texas: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of Texas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971	Dallas	1	Abilene, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Lubbock, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	6		0
1972–1975	Dallas, Fort Worth or Dallas	2	Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	5		0
1976	Dallas (2), Fort Worth	3	Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	4		0
1977–1980	Dallas (2), Fort Worth	3	Amarillo, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	3	Lubbock (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1981–1983	Dallas (2), Fort Worth	3	Abilene, Amarillo, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	4	Lubbock (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1984–1986	Dallas (2), Fort Worth, Lubbock	4	Abilene, Amarillo, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	4		0
1987–1989	Amarillo or Dallas, Dallas (2), Fort Worth, Lubbock	5	Abilene, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	3		0
1990–1993	Amarillo or Dallas, Dallas (3), Fort Worth, Lubbock	6	Abilene, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	3		0
1994–2002	Amarillo or Dallas, Dallas (4), Fort Worth, Lubbock	7	Abilene, San Angelo, Wichita Falls	3		0
2003–2016	Abilene, Amarillo or Dallas, Dallas (4), Fort Worth, Lubbock	8	Wichita Falls	1		0
2017–present	Abilene, Amarillo or Dallas, Dallas (4), Fort Worth, Fort Worth or Wichita Falls, Lubbock	9		0		0
Eastern District of Texas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1973		0	Beaumont, Marshall, Paris, Sherman, Texarkana	5	Tyler (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1974–1975	Beaumont	1	Marshall, Paris, Sherman, Texarkana	4	Tyler (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1976–1979	Beaumont	1	Sherman, Texarkana	2	Tyler (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1980–1983	Beaumont, Tyler	2	Sherman, Texarkana	2		0
1984	Beaumont (2), Tyler	3	Sherman, Texarkana	2		0
1985–1993	Beaumont (2), Tyler (2)	4	Sherman, Texarkana	2		0
1994	Beaumont (2), Sherman, Tyler (2)	5	Texarkana	1		0
1995–1998	Beaumont (2), Sherman, Tyler (2)	5		0		0
1999–2007	Beaumont (2), Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler (2)	6		0		0
2008–2009	Beaumont (2), Marshall, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler (2)	7		0		0
2010–present	Beaumont (2), Marshall, Plano or Sherman, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler (2)	8		0		0
Southern District of Texas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	Brownsville, Houston	2	Corpus Christi, Laredo	2
1972–1973	Brownsville, Houston (2)	3	Corpus Christi, Laredo	2
1974–1975	Brownsville, Houston (2), Laredo	4	Corpus Christi, Edinburg	2
1976	Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston (2), Laredo	5	Edinburg	1
1977–1981	Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston (3), Laredo	6	Edinburg or McAllen	1
1982–1983	Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston (4), Laredo	7	Brownsville, Edinburg or McAllen	2
1984–1985	Brownsville (2), Corpus Christi, Houston (4), Laredo	8	Edinburg or McAllen	1
1986–1990	Brownsville, Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi, Houston (4), Laredo	8	Brownsville or McAllen, Galveston	2
1991–1992	Brownsville, Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi, Galveston or Houston, Houston (4), Laredo	9	Brownsville or McAllen	1
1993–1995	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi, Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo, Laredo or McAllen	12		0
1996–1999	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi (2), Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo, Laredo or McAllen	13		0
2000–2009	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi (2), Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo (2), Laredo or McAllen	14		0
2010–2018	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi (2), Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo (2), Laredo or McAllen, Unspecified	15		0
2019–2021	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi (2), Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo (2), Laredo or McAllen, McAllen, Unspecified	16		0
2022–present	Brownsville (2), Brownsville or McAllen, Corpus Christi (3), Galveston or Houston, Houston (5), Laredo (2), Laredo or McAllen, McAllen, Unspecified	17		0
Western District of Texas
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971	El Paso, San Antonio	2	Austin, Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Killeen, Kerrville, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, Waco	9
1972–1974	El Paso, San Antonio	2	Austin, Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Killeen, Kerrville, Marfa, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	12
1975	El Paso, San Antonio	2	Austin, Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Kerrville, Marfa, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	11
1976	El Paso, San Antonio (2)	3	Austin, Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Kerrville, Marfa, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, Waco	10
1977–1979	El Paso, San Antonio (2)	3	Austin, Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Kerrville, Marfa, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	11
1980	Austin, El Paso, San Antonio (2)	4	Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Kerrville, Marfa, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	10
1981–1982	Austin, El Paso, San Antonio (2)	4	Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	8
1983	Austin, El Paso (2), San Antonio (2)	5	Big Bend National Park, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	7
1984–1985	Austin, Del Rio or Eagle Pass, El Paso (2), San Antonio (2)	6	Big Bend National Park, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio, Waco	5
1986–1992	Austin, Del Rio or Eagle Pass, El Paso (2), San Antonio (2), Waco	7	Big Bend National Park, Midland or Odessa, Pecos, San Antonio	4
1993–1997	Austin, Austin or Waco, Del Rio or Eagle Pass, El Paso (2), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	10	Big Bend National Park	1
1998	Austin, Austin or Waco, Del Rio or Eagle Pass, El Paso (2), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	10	Big Bend National Park, Del Rio	2
1999–2000	Austin, Austin or Waco, Del Rio or Eagle Pass, El Paso (2), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	10	Alpine or Big Bend National Park, Del Rio	2
2001	Austin, Austin or Waco, Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	12	Alpine or Big Bend National Park	1
2002	Alpine or Pecos, Austin, Austin or Waco, Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	13		0
2003–2009	Alpine or Pecos, Austin (2), Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Waco	13		0
2010–2019	Alpine or Pecos, Austin (2), Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Unspecified, Waco	14		0
2020–2021	Alpine or Pecos, Austin (3), Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Unspecified, Waco	15		0
2022–2025	Alpine or Pecos, Austin (3), Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (3), Unspecified, Waco (2)	16		0
2026-present	Alpine or Pecos, Austin (3), Del Rio or Eagle Pass (2), El Paso (3), Midland-Odessa or Pecos, San Antonio (4), Unspecified, Waco (2)	17

 

Utah: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Utah
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1974		0	Cedar City, Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City	4		0
1975		0	Ogden, Salt Lake City	2		0
1976–1979		0	Ogden or Salt Lake City	1		0
1980–1983	Salt Lake City	1	Cedar City, Moab or Monticello, Roosevelt or Vernal	3	Salt Lake City (clerk-magistrate)	1
1984–1992	Salt Lake City	1	Cedar City, Moab or Monticello, Roosevelt or Vernal, Salt Lake City	4		0
1993–1996	Salt Lake City (2)	2	Cedar City, Moab or Monticello, Roosevelt or Vernal	3		0
1997–2002	Salt Lake City (2)	2	Moab or Monticello, Roosevelt or Vernal, St. George	3		0
2003–2005	Salt Lake City (3)	3	Moab or Monticello, Roosevelt or Vernal, St. George	3		0
2006–2021	Salt Lake City (4)	4	St. George	1		0
2022–present	Salt Lake City (4), St. George	5		0		0

 

Vermont: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Vermont
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Brattleboro, Burlington, Rutland	3
1972–1973		0	Brattleboro, Burlington, Rutland, St. Albans	4
1974–1981		0	Burlington, Newport, Rutland, St. Albans	4
1982–present	Burlington	1		0

 

Virginia: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Virginia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1972	Alexandria, Norfolk	2	Alexandria, Petersburg, Richmond	3
1973	Alexandria, Norfolk	2	Alexandria, Petersburg, Richmond, Williamsburg	4
1974	Alexandria, Norfolk	2	Alexandria, Chesterfield Courthouse, Richmond, Williamsburg	4
1975–1978	Alexandria (2), Norfolk, Richmond	4	Richmond, Williamsburg	2
1979–1981	Alexandria (3), Norfolk (2), Richmond	6	Richmond, Williamsburg	2
1982–1987	Alexandria (3), Norfolk (2), Richmond, Williamsburg	7	Richmond	1
1988–1995	Alexandria (3), Newport News, Norfolk (2), Richmond	7	Richmond	1
1996–1999	Alexandria (4), Newport News, Norfolk (2), Richmond	8	Richmond	1
2000–2002	Alexandria (4), Newport News, Norfolk (2), Richmond (2)	9		0
2003–present	Alexandria (4), Newport News or Norfolk (3), Richmond (2)	9		0
Western District of Virginia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Bristol, Charlottesville, Cumberland Gap National Park, Danville, Galax, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Shenandoah National Park, Winchester	9	Harrisonburg (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1972–1975		0	Bristol, Charlottesville, Christiansburg, Cumberland Gap National Park, Danville, Galax, Lexington, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Roanoke, Rocky Mount, Shenandoah National Park, Staunton, Winchester, Wise	15		0
1976	Roanoke	1	Bristol, Charlottesville, Danville, Galax, Lynchburg, Shenandoah National Park, Staunton, Winchester, Wise	9		0
1977–1978	Abingdon, Roanoke	2	Charlottesville, Danville, Lynchburg, Shenandoah National Park, Staunton, Winchester	6		0
1979	Charlottesville, Roanoke	2	Abingdon, Danville, Lynchburg, Shenandoah National Park, Staunton, Winchester	6		0
1980–1981	Charlottesville, Roanoke	2	Abingdon, Danville, Lynchburg, Shenandoah National Park, Winchester	5		0
1982–1984	Abingdon, Charlottesville, Roanoke	3	Winchester	1		0
1985–2004	Abingdon, Charlottesville, Roanoke	3		0		0
2005–2014	Abingdon, Charlottesville, Roanoke	3	Harrisonburg	1		0
2015–2019	Abingdon, Harrisonburg, Roanoke	3	Charlottesville	1		0
2020–present	Abingdon, Charlottesville or Harrisonburg, Roanoke	3	Charlottesville or Harrisonburg	1		0

 

Virgin Islands: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of the Virgin Islands
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1978		0	Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas)	1	Christiansted (St. Croix) (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1979–1982		0		0	Charlotte Amalie (clerk-magistrate), Christiansted (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	2
1983–1985		0	Christiansted	1	Charlotte Amalie (clerk-magistrate)	1
1986–1990	Charlotte Amalie	1	Christiansted	1		0
1991–present	Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted	2		0		0

 

Washington: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Washington
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971–1975		0	East Wenatchee, Ephrata, Kennewick, Spokane, Walla Walla, Yakima	6
1976–1979		0	Spokane, Yakima	2
1980–1991	Spokane	1	Yakima	1
1992–present	Spokane, Yakima	2		0
Western District of Washington
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971	Tacoma	1	Bellingham, Mt. Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, Seattle, Vancouver	5		0
1972–1973	Tacoma	1	Bellingham, Mt. Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, Seattle, Vancouver	5	Seattle (clerk-magistrate)	1
1974–1977	Seattle, Tacoma	2	Bellingham, Mt. Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, Vancouver	4		0
1978–1986	Seattle (2), Tacoma	3	Bellingham, Mt. Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, Vancouver	4		0
1987–1991	Seattle (2), Tacoma	3	Bellingham, Mt. Rainier National Park or Tacoma, Olympic National Park, Vancouver	4		0
1992–1998	Seattle (2), Seattle or Tacoma, Tacoma	4	Bellingham, Olympic National Park, Vancouver	3		0
1999–2002	Seattle (2), Seattle or Tacoma, Tacoma	4	Bellingham, Vancouver	2		0
2003–2015	Seattle (2), Seattle or Tacoma (2), Tacoma	5	Bellingham, Vancouver	2		0
2016–present	Seattle (2), Seattle or Tacoma (3), Tacoma	6	Bellingham	1		0

 

West Virginia: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Northern District of West Virginia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Elkins, Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Wheeling	5
1972–1975	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Wheeling	4
1976	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Wheeling	2
1977–1979	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling	3
1980–1983	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Martinsburg, Parkersburg*, Wheeling	4
1984	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Martinsburg, Wheeling	3
1985–1998	Elkins	1	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown, Wheeling	2
1999–2001	Elkins, Wheeling	2	Clarksburg or Fairmont or Morgantown	1
2002–2008	Clarksburg or Elkins, Wheeling	2	Martinsburg	1
2009–present	Clarksburg or Elkins, Martinsburg, Wheeling	3		0
*The magistrate judgeship at Parkersburg was transferred from the Northern District of West Virginia to the Southern District of West Virginia when the district borders were altered in 1983.
Southern District of West Virginia
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total
1971		0	Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington, Lewisburg, Logan, Welch	7
1972–1975	Charleston	1	Beckley, Bluefield, Huntington, Lewisburg, Logan, Welch	6
1976	Charleston	1	Bluefield, Huntington, Lewisburg, Logan	4
1977–1983	Charleston, Huntington	2	Bluefield, Lewisburg, Logan	3
1984	Charleston, Huntington	2	Bluefield, Lewisburg, Parkersburg*	3
1985–1991	Charleston, Huntington	2	Beckley or Bluefield	1
1992–present	Beckley or Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington	3		0
*The magistrate judgeship at Parkersburg was transferred from the Northern District of West Virginia to the Southern District of West Virginia when the district borders were altered in 1983.

 

Wisconsin: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1972		0	Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine	5		0
1973–1974		0	Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine	5	Milwaukee (clerk-magistrate)	1
1975–1981	Milwaukee	1	Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay	3	Milwaukee (clerk-magistrate)	1
1982–1983	Milwaukee	1	Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Milwaukee	4		0
1984	Milwaukee (2)	2	Appleton, Green Bay	2		0
1985–1994	Milwaukee (2)	2	Green Bay	1		0
1995–present	Milwaukee (3)	3	Green Bay	1		0
Western District of Wisconsin
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971		0	Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Superior, Wausau	5		0
1972–1973		0	La Crosse, Madison, Superior, Wausau	4	Eau Claire (bankruptcy judge-magistrate)	1
1974		0	Madison, Superior, Tomah, Wausau	4	Eau Claire (bankruptcy judge-magistrate), Madison (clerk-magistrate)	2
1975–1976	Madison	1	Superior, Tomah, Wausau	3	Eau Claire (bankruptcy judge-magistrate), Madison (clerk-magistrate)	2
1977–1984	Madison	1	Ashland, Tomah, Wausau	3	Eau Claire (bankruptcy judge-magistrate), Madison (clerk-magistrate)	2
1985–1991	Madison	1	Ashland, Eau Claire	2	Madison (clerk-magistrate)	1
1992–1996	Madison	1	Eau Claire	1	Madison (clerk-magistrate)	1
1997–present	Madison	1		0	Madison (clerk-magistrate)	1

 

Wyoming: Authorized Magistrate Judgeships
District of Wyoming
Fiscal Year(s)	Full-Time	Total	Part-Time	Total	Combination	Total
1971–1975		0	Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Douglas, Evanston, Gillette, Green River, Jackson, Kemmerer, Lander, Laramie, New Castle, Rawlins, Sheridan, Torrington, Worland, Yellowstone National Park	17		0
1976–1977		0	Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Sheridan, Torrington, Worland, Yellowstone National Park	11		0
1978		0	Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Sheridan, Worland, Yellowstone National Park	10		0
1979		0	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Sheridan, Worland, Yellowstone National Park	9	Cheyenne (clerk-magistrate)	1
1980–1981		0	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Rawlins, Sheridan, Worland, Yellowstone National Park	9	Cheyenne (clerk-magistrate)	1
1982–1986	Yellowstone National Park	1	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Rawlins, Sheridan, Worland	8	Cheyenne (clerk-magistrate)	1
1987–1989	Yellowstone National Park	1	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Sheridan, Worland	7	Cheyenne (clerk-magistrate)	1
1990–1991	Yellowstone National Park	1	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Sheridan	6	Cheyenne (clerk-magistrate)	1
1992	Cheyenne, Yellowstone National Park	2	Casper, Cody, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Sheridan	6		0
1993–2012	Cheyenne, Yellowstone National Park	2	Casper, Green River, Jackson, Lander, Sheridan	5		0
2013–2015	Cheyenne, Yellowstone National Park	2	Casper, Green River, Jackson, Lander	4		0
2016–present	Cheyenne, Yellowstone National Park	2	Casper, Green River, Lander	3		0