Market data
Immigration in Oklahoma: market data
What public records say about the market for immigration in Oklahoma: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 206 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Oklahoma state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-OK:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: immigration | 20 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Oklahoma state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:OK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Pending immigration court proceedings (respondents living in the state) | 17,125 proceedings | as of 2026-10-01 | Oklahoma state | immigration-courts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739986 record eoir-state-ok · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents with limited English (any language) | 160,099 ±3,179 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Oklahoma state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ok · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Noncitizen residents | 152,741 ±3,740 people | 2020-2024 | Oklahoma state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ok · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 35 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Oklahoma federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:OKE:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed: immigration | 3 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Eastern District of Oklahoma federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-oke-immigration · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 102 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Oklahoma federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:OKN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed: immigration | 12 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Northern District of Oklahoma federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-okn-immigration · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 69 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Oklahoma federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:OKW:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed: immigration | 36 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Western District of Oklahoma federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-okw-immigration · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal immigration-offense defendants Oklahoma · record criminal-filings:state-OK:2026-06-30 | 226 2025-12-31 | 206 2026-06-30 | falling (-8.8%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: immigration Oklahoma · record federal-filings-county:OK | 18 FY2024 | 20 FY2025 | rising (+11.1%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 430 lawyers a year | 2025 | Oklahoma state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record ok-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 9 counties | 2026-Q1 | Oklahoma state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 5 counties | 2026-Q1 | Oklahoma state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 2.6 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Oklahoma state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 2,206 firms | 2022 | Oklahoma state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ok-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 1,960,906,000 US dollars | 2022 | Oklahoma state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ok-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 6.21 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Oklahoma state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 3,071 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Oklahoma state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 2,560 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Oklahoma state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-40 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 6,980 jobs | May 2025 | Oklahoma state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:OK:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 103,060 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Oklahoma state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:OK:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Oklahoma with the most federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: immigration, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne County, OK | 5 record federal-filings-county:40119 | 34 record law-offices-40119 | 0.15 |
| Kay County, OK | 1 record federal-filings-county:40071 | 18 record law-offices-40071 | 0.06 |
| Comanche County, OK | 1 record federal-filings-county:40031 | 32 record law-offices-40031 | 0.03 |
| Tulsa County, OK | 5 record federal-filings-county:40143 | 615 record law-offices-40143 | 0.01 |
| Cleveland County, OK | 1 record federal-filings-county:40027 | 178 record law-offices-40027 | 0.01 |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 4 record federal-filings-county:40109 | 1,030 record law-offices-40109 | 0 |
| Adair County, OK | 0 record federal-filings-county:40001 | 4 record law-offices-40001 | 0 |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 0 record federal-filings-county:40003 | 2 record law-offices-40003 | 0 |
| Atoka County, OK | 0 record federal-filings-county:40005 | 5 record law-offices-40005 | 0 |
| Beaver County, OK | 0 record federal-filings-county:40007 | 1 record law-offices-40007 | 0 |
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: immigration (federal-filings-county v1.0.0, FY2025) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = federal-filings-county.ffc.immigration / 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 | Oklahoma state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OK:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Oklahoma state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OK:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 116,958 ±2,545 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Oklahoma state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OK:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 116,958 ±2,783 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Oklahoma state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ok · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Oklahoma 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 | D default rule | The Oklahoma rule text could not be read at an official source today. The Oklahoma Bar Association's ethics counsel describes Rule 7.2 as allowing ads "through written, recorded or electronic communication, including public media" and mentions no filing step. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read Oklahoma’s own rule on what each ad must include at an official source, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do: each ad names at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for it, with contact information. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | D default rule | No Oklahoma waiting period could be confirmed. The OBA ethics counsel's summary of Rule 7.3 describes a ban on live contact for pecuniary gain and on solicitation of a person who asked not to be solicited, with no waiting period. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | D default rule | The Oklahoma rule text on results, testimonials and specialist claims could not be read in full. OBA ethics counsel quotes Rule 7.1 as barring a false or misleading communication, and says Rule 7.4 requires that a specialist-certification statement say the… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | D default rule | The Oklahoma rule text on paying for referrals could not be read in full. OBA ethics counsel says Rule 7.2 bars paying a person to recommend a lawyer, with exceptions for reasonable advertising costs, a legal service plan or qualified lawyer referral service,… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Under the Security of Communications Act it is not unlawful for a private person to intercept a communication when that person is a party or one party has given prior consent, unless done to commit a criminal act. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | A called party aggrieved by a violation of the Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 may sue to enjoin it and recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, up to three times that if the violation was willful or knowing. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Oklahoma: 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 | U open or withheld | Not verified: we could not read Oklahoma's official fee-division rule on 2026-10-27, so the fee-division cells are left blank. 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 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Oklahoma (it covers other places)
- findings (supply): the dataset has no records for Oklahoma (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Oklahoma (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (Oklahoma): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (Oklahoma): 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); Federal criminal cases by offense and district (U.S. Courts Tables D-1, D-2 and D-3) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739986); 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/oklahoma/immigration/
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