count how many fields in the attribute column are the same

[alexSmith1]

For a project i have to count how many fields in one column are the same for example in that column i have active and inactive and i need to calculate how many active there are and how many inactive fields are there. I tried looking online and i couldn't find anything is there any way of doing it or do i have to just count by hand and i don't want to do that because its like 100000 rows. I was thinking about possibly using a python script to calculate it but i dont know where to start.

Thank you!!!!

[m_neer]

I believe what you are looking for is to load either your table or feature class into ArcMap, Open the table from your table of contents and right click on the FIELD and use the summarize feature.

[alexSmith1]

Wow thank you I have no idea what i was thinking!!