{"meta":{"dataset":"legal-need","title":"Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23741886","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741886","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23741885","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741886, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741886","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are survey estimates of people with a characteristic, not counts of legal problems or cases: a renter, a veteran or a noncitizen does not necessarily need a lawyer. Each estimate has a margin of error, and small counties' estimates are rough.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-need/changes.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/legal-need/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"changes":[{"id":"legal-need-2026-10-28","date":"2026-10-28","jurisdiction":"US","records":["legal-need-us"],"title":"First release","summary":"3,144 counties, 51 states and DC, and the US from the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates: 334,922,499 residents, 22,674,672 not U.S. citizens, 27,139,643 who speak English less than very well, 16,185,883 veterans and 45,017,354 renter households.","status":"P","source":{"label":"Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/"},"dataset":"legal-need"}]}