Market data
Family law in New Hampshire: market data
What public records say about the market for family law in New Hampshire: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divorced residents | 144,340 ±3,150 people age 15+ | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nh · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents divorced in the last 12 months | 8,188 ±796 people age 15+ | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nh · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents with limited English (any language) | 31,190 ±1,715 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nh · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 260 lawyers a year | 2025 | New Hampshire state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record nh-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 0 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Hampshire state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 0 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Hampshire state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 0 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | New Hampshire state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 521 firms | 2022 | New Hampshire state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nh-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 697,866,000 US dollars | 2022 | New Hampshire state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nh-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 4.64 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | New Hampshire state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 974 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | New Hampshire state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 657 establishments | 2026-Q1 | New Hampshire state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-33 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 2,250 jobs | May 2025 | New Hampshire state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NH:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 120,810 US dollars a year | May 2025 | New Hampshire state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NH:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in New Hampshire with the most divorced residents, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County, NH | 5,281 ±608 record legal-need-33019 | 8 record law-offices-33019 | 660 |
| Coos County, NH | 3,585 ±371 record legal-need-33007 | 6 record law-offices-33007 | 598 |
| Strafford County, NH | 12,033 ±792 record legal-need-33017 | 27 record law-offices-33017 | 446 |
| Carroll County, NH | 7,041 ±716 record legal-need-33003 | 17 record law-offices-33003 | 414 |
| Cheshire County, NH | 8,076 ±669 record legal-need-33005 | 22 record law-offices-33005 | 367 |
| Belknap County, NH | 7,054 ±649 record legal-need-33001 | 21 record law-offices-33001 | 336 |
| Grafton County, NH | 9,965 ±660 record legal-need-33009 | 35 record law-offices-33009 | 285 |
| Rockingham County, NH | 30,582 ±1,466 record legal-need-33015 | 117 record law-offices-33015 | 261 |
| Hillsborough County, NH | 43,763 ±1,684 record legal-need-33011 | 178 record law-offices-33011 | 246 |
| Merrimack County, NH | 16,960 ±881 record legal-need-33013 | 75 record law-offices-33013 | 226 |
Divorced residents (legal-need v1.0.0, 2020-2024) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = legal-need.divorced / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NH:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NH:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 12,345 ±1,218 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NH:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 12,345 ±1,208 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Hampshire state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nh · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in New Hampshire have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or pre-approval. A lawyer may advertise through written, recorded or electronic communication, including public media, subject to Rules 7.1 and 7.3 (7.2(a)). Rules 7.1 to 7.5 have no clause requiring ads to be filed or reviewed. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad must include the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content (7.2(c)). A written, recorded or electronic message soliciting a person known to need legal services in a particular matter must carry the word… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.3(b) bars contact with a prospective client who asked not to be contacted, contact involving coercion, duress or harassment, and contact where the person's physical, mental or emotional state means they cannot exercise… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | A communication is false or misleading if it has a material misrepresentation, is likely to create an unjustified expectation about results, or compares the lawyer's services with others without factual substantiation (7.1(a)-(c)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for recommending the lawyer's services. Exceptions: reasonable advertising costs, a fee charged by an organization the IRS recognizes as exempt under Section 501(c)(3), and buying a practice under Rule 1.17 (7.2(b)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Intercepting a telecommunication or oral communication is a class B felony unless all parties to the communication consent. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | A person injured by a violation of the telemarketing sales call rules in RSA 359-E may sue for actual damages or $1,000, whichever is greater; a willful or knowing violation brings two to three times that amount, plus costs and attorney's fees. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | New Hampshire: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee in reasonable proportion to the work, responsibility or risk each takes on, or under an agreement with the referring lawyer. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: family legal services | 116 index | 2020-12 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411108:2020-12 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Hampshire (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Hampshire (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for New Hampshire (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (New Hampshire): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (New Hampshire): value withheld by the source (status U)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/new-hampshire/family-law/
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