Some of the states that do have intermediate appellate courts have more than one, such as Alabama, which has one intermediate appellate court for civil matters and another for criminal, and Pennsylvania, with a Superior Court and a Commonwealth Court which are both appellate courts but with different subject-matter jurisdictions.
Of the states with intermediate appellate courts, some have many divisions with varying degrees of independence from each other.
| Court | Number of judges | Established |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Court of Civil Appeals | 5 | 1969 [1] |
| Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals | 5 | 1969 [1] |
| Alaska Court of Appeals | 4 | 1980 |
| Arizona Court of Appeals | 22 | 1965 [2] |
| Arkansas Court of Appeals | 12 | 1978 |
| California Courts of Appeal | 105 | 1905 |
| Colorado Court of Appeals | 22 | 1891 [3] |
| Connecticut Appellate Court | 10 | 1982 |
| Florida District Courts of Appeal | 71 | 1957 |
| Georgia Court of Appeals | 12 | 1906 |
| Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals | 6 | 1979 |
| Idaho Court of Appeals | 4 | 1982 |
| Illinois Appellate Court | 54 | 1877 |
| Indiana Court of Appeals | 15 | 1891 |
| Iowa Court of Appeals | 9 | 1976 [4] |
| Kansas Court of Appeals | 12 | 1977 |
| Kentucky Court of Appeals | 14 | 1975 [5] |
| Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal | 54 | 1879 [6] |
| Appellate Court of Maryland | 13 | 1966 |
| Massachusetts Appeals Court | 25 | 1972 |
| Michigan Court of Appeals | 28 | 1963 |
| Minnesota Court of Appeals | 19 | 1983 |
| Mississippi Court of Appeals | 9 | 1995 |
| Missouri Court of Appeals | 32 | 1972 [7] |
| Nebraska Court of Appeals | 6 | 1991 |
| Nevada Court of Appeals | 3 | 2014 |
| New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division | 32 | 1947 |
| New Mexico Court of Appeals | 10 | 1965 |
| New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division | 60 | 1896 |
| North Carolina Court of Appeals | 15 | 1967 |
| North Dakota Court of Appeals | 3 | 1987 |
| Ohio District Courts of Appeal | 68 | 1912 [8] |
| Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | 12 | 1970 |
| Oregon Court of Appeals | 13 | 1969 [9] |
| Pennsylvania Superior Court | 15 | 1895 |
| Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court | 9 | 1968 |
| South Carolina Court of Appeals | 9 | 1983 |
| Tennessee Court of Appeals | 12 | 1925 |
| Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals | 12 | 1925 |
| Texas Court of Appeals | 80 | 1891 |
| Utah Court of Appeals | 7 | 1987 |
| Virginia Court of Appeals | 17 | 1985 |
| Washington Court of Appeals | 22 | 1969 [10] |
| West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals | 3 | 2021 |
| Wisconsin Courts of Appeal | 16 | 1978 |
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