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| State | Law offices per 10,000 residents | Counties under 1 office per 10,000 | Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | Filing ads with the bar | Deadline to sue for injury | New lawyers in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5.45 | 1 of 67 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 557 |
| Alaska | 3.69 | 17 of 30 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 154 |
| Arizona | 5.15 | 3 of 15 | 253 ±57 | No filing required | 2 years | 965 |
| Arkansas | 5.25 | 12 of 75 | sample too small | No filing required | not verified | 332 |
| California | 6.30 | 4 of 58 | 342 ±29 | No filing required | 2 years | 7,101 |
| Colorado | 7.20 | 12 of 64 | 271 ±92 | No filing required | 2 years | 1,311 |
| Connecticut | 6.19 | 0 of 9 | 330 ±126 | Ads must be filed, $0 | 2 years | 725 |
| Delaware | 5.71 | 0 of 3 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 171 |
| District of Columbia | 22.04 | 0 of 1 | 16 ±5 | No filing required | 3 years | 3,421 |
| Florida | 8.56 | 7 of 67 | 159 ±16 | Ads must be filed, $250 | 2 years | 2,935 |
| Georgia | 6.22 | 30 of 159 | 310 ±89 | No filing required | not verified | 1,468 |
| Hawaii | 5.80 | 1 of 5 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 188 |
| Idaho | 6.06 | 12 of 44 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 295 |
| Illinois | 5.84 | 13 of 102 | 266 ±62 | No filing required | 2 years | 3,223 |
| Indiana | 3.71 | 8 of 92 | sample too small | Only targeted letters are filed | 2 years | 778 |
| Iowa | 4.00 | 5 of 99 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 339 |
| Kansas | 4.30 | 14 of 105 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 427 |
| Kentucky | 5.23 | 5 of 120 | sample too small | Review on request only | 1 year | 587 |
| Louisiana | 8.13 | 4 of 64 | 218 ±92 | Ads must be filed, $175 | 2 years | 476 |
| Maine | 4.92 | 0 of 16 | sample too small | No filing required | 6 years | 278 |
| Maryland | 5.17 | 1 of 24 | 193 ±55 | No filing required | 3 years | 1,251 |
| Massachusetts | 6.10 | 0 of 14 | 261 ±79 | No filing required | 3 years | 1,860 |
| Michigan | 4.37 | 12 of 83 | 349 ±161 | No filing required | 3 years | 1,095 |
| Minnesota | 4.08 | 11 of 87 | sample too small | No filing required | 6 years | 1,040 |
| Mississippi | 5.52 | 5 of 82 | sample too small | Ads must be filed, $25 | not verified | 167 |
| Missouri | 5.36 | 27 of 115 | 162 ±78 | No filing required | 5 years | 1,150 |
| Montana | 7.43 | 10 of 56 | sample too small | No filing required | 3 years | 233 |
| Nebraska | 4.69 | 25 of 93 | sample too small | No filing required | 4 years | 311 |
| Nevada | 7.00 | 5 of 17 | 355 ±128 | Ads must be filed, $100 | 2 years | 247 |
| New Hampshire | 4.64 | 0 of 10 | sample too small | No filing required | 3 years | 260 |
| New Jersey | 5.55 | 0 of 21 | 345 ±75 | No filing required | 2 years | 1,829 |
| New Mexico | 5.38 | 7 of 33 | sample too small | No filing required | not verified | 486 |
| New York | 6.13 | 3 of 62 | 214 ±31 | No filing required | 3 years | 7,392 |
| North Carolina | 4.87 | 6 of 100 | 657 ±246 | No filing required | 3 years | 1,261 |
| North Dakota | 4.45 | 20 of 53 | sample too small | No filing required | 6 years | 117 |
| Ohio | 3.93 | 5 of 88 | 186 ±73 | No filing required | 2 years | 1,343 |
| Oklahoma | 6.21 | 9 of 77 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 430 |
| Oregon | 6.08 | 4 of 36 | 444 ±205 | No filing required | 2 years | 762 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.32 | 2 of 67 | 240 ±89 | No filing required | 2 years | 2,069 |
| Rhode Island | 7.60 | 0 of 5 | sample too small | Ads must be filed | 3 years | 185 |
| South Carolina | 6.03 | 1 of 46 | sample too small | No filing required | 3 years | 701 |
| South Dakota | 4.56 | 10 of 66 | sample too small | Only targeted letters are filed | 3 years | 128 |
| Tennessee | 4.41 | 5 of 95 | sample too small | No filing required | not verified | 950 |
| Texas | 5.07 | 71 of 254 | 271 ±26 | Ads must be filed, $100 | 2 years | 4,168 |
| Utah | 5.35 | 10 of 29 | 307 ±109 | No filing required | 4 years | 668 |
| Vermont | 6.72 | 1 of 14 | sample too small | not verified | 3 years | 151 |
| Virginia | 4.63 | 23 of 133 | 105 ±19 | not verified | 2 years | 1,049 |
| Washington | 4.27 | 4 of 39 | 526 ±208 | No filing required | 3 years | 1,466 |
| West Virginia | 5.11 | 3 of 55 | sample too small | No filing required | 2 years | 205 |
| Wisconsin | 3.47 | 12 of 72 | sample too small | Only targeted letters are filed | 3 years | 313 |
| Wyoming | 8.41 | 0 of 23 | sample too small | No filing required | 4 years | 166 |
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Alabama
- Law offices
- 2,830 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.45 per 10,000 residents; up 2.7% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 1 of 67 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 80,254 (±3,068) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Supreme Court of Alabama order of May 13, 2025, App. C, Ala. R. Prof. Conduct 7.2(a) (Alabama State Bar PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (Ala. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Ala. Code § 6-2-38(l)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 557 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 44.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Alaska
- Law offices
- 272 private law offices (2026 Q1), 3.69 per 10,000 residents; up 2.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 17 of 30 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 17 have none. 8.7% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 5,926 (±823) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(a) (Alaska Court System PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (AS 09.10.070(a)(2)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 154 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 63.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Arizona
- Law offices
- 3,928 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.15 per 10,000 residents; up 1.0% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 3 of 15 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 8.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 436,583 (±6,392) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 253 (±57) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 42, ER 7.2 (official Arizona Court Rules, govt.westlaw.com/azrules) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 42, ER 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (A.R.S. § 12-542(1)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 965 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 64.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Arkansas
- Law offices
- 1,634 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.25 per 10,000 residents; up 2.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 12 of 75 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 9 have none. 4.3% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 76,692 (±2,625) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. [Current] Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(b) (Arkansas Judiciary court rules site PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- not verified (Ark. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 28, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- Not verified in the official code yet. official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 332 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 65.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
California
- Law offices
- 24,803 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.30 per 10,000 residents; up 4.7% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 4 of 58 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 3 have none. 0.5% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 4,107,223 (±27,003) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 342 (±29) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. State Bar of California, Current Rules of Professional Conduct, Chapter 7, Rule 7.2(a) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Cal. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5.1(a)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 7,101 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 57.8%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Colorado
- Law offices
- 4,331 private law offices (2026 Q1), 7.20 per 10,000 residents; up 5.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 12 of 64 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 12 have none. 0.7% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 218,947 (±4,865) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 271 (±92) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Colorado Supreme Court, Rule Change 2020(29), Colo. RPC 7.3(f)(3) (Colorado Judicial Branch PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- not verified (Colo. RPC 1.5(d)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (C.R.S. § 13-80-102(1)(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,311 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 69.9%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Connecticut
- Law offices
- 2,284 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.19 per 10,000 residents; down 1.0% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 9 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 181,410 (±3,885) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 330 (±126) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $0, at or before first use. Conn. Practice Book (2026 ed.) Sec. 2-28A(a) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Conn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e) (Practice Book)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 725 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 51.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Delaware
- Law offices
- 605 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.71 per 10,000 residents; down 1.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 3 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 33,644 (±1,799) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct with Comments, Rule 7.2(a) (Delaware Courts / ODC PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Del. Lawyers' R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (10 Del. C. § 8119). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 171 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 66.7%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
District of Columbia
- Law offices
- 1,529 private law offices (2026 Q1), 22.04 per 10,000 residents; up 5.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 1 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 21,522 (±1,363) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 16 (±5) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. D.C. Bar, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.1 Comment [4] checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (D.C. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (D.C. Code § 12-301(8)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 3,421 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 71.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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Florida
- Law offices
- 20,095 private law offices (2026 Q1), 8.56 per 10,000 residents; up 3.1% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 7 of 67 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 0.9% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 2,076,728 (±17,397) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 159 (±16) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $250, before first use; late fee $750. Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, Rule 4-7.19(a) (RRTFB June 30, 2026, Florida Bar PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-1.5(g); 4-1.5(f)(4)(D)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Fla. Stat. § 95.11(5)(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 2,935 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 60.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Georgia
- Law offices
- 7,025 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.22 per 10,000 residents; down 0.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 30 of 159 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 16 have none. 3.5% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 379,474 (±6,856) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 310 (±89) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Supreme Court of Georgia order S24U0172 (Nov. 18, 2025), amending Rules 7.1-7.5 checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Ga. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5 (division of a fee between lawyers not in the same firm)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- Not verified in the official code yet. official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,468 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 63.9%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Hawaii
- Law offices
- 831 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.80 per 10,000 residents; up 1.3% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 1 of 5 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 6,335 (±802) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Hawai‘i Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(a) (Hawai‘i State Judiciary) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, and with joint responsibility (Haw. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(f)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 188 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 68.1%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Idaho
- Law offices
- 1,231 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.06 per 10,000 residents; down 3.5% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 12 of 44 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 11 have none. 3.9% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 51,778 (±2,016) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(b) (Idaho State Bar PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Idaho R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Idaho Code § 5-219(4)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 295 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 74.1%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Illinois
- Law offices
- 7,427 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.84 per 10,000 residents; up 3.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 13 of 102 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 6 have none. 1.6% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 659,015 (±6,452) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 266 (±62) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Ill. RPC 7.2(a) (Illinois Courts PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (Ill. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(f)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (735 ILCS 5/13-202). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 3,223 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 65.7%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Indiana
- Law offices
- 2,584 private law offices (2026 Q1), 3.71 per 10,000 residents; down 0.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 8 of 92 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 2.1% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 143,205 (±3,896) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Only targeted letters are filed. Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c) (Indiana Courts rules site) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Ind. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(a)(1)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 778 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 65.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Iowa
- Law offices
- 1,294 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.00 per 10,000 residents; down 0.5% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 99 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 3 have none. 1.8% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 59,207 (±2,073) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Iowa Ct. R. 32:7.2(d) (Iowa Legislature, Court Rules Chapter 32 PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Iowa Ct. R. 32:1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Iowa Code § 614.1(2)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 339 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 69.3%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Kansas
- Law offices
- 1,280 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.30 per 10,000 residents; up 5.3% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 14 of 105 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 13 have none. 2.3% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 91,513 (±3,164) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Kansas Supreme Court Rule 240, KRPC 7.2 comment [5] (kscourts.gov) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 240, KRPC 1.5(g)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (K.S.A. 60-513(a)(4), (b)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 427 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 75.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Kentucky
- Law offices
- 2,409 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.23 per 10,000 residents; up 0.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 120 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 1.2% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 68,047 (±2,545) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Review on request only. KBA Attorneys' Advertising Commission FAQs (revised July 2019) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Ky. SCR 3.130(1.5)(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 1 year (KRS 413.140(1)(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 587 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 70.9%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Louisiana
- Law offices
- 3,755 private law offices (2026 Q1), 8.13 per 10,000 residents; up 1.7% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 4 of 64 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 1.3% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 98,013 (±3,525) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 218 (±92) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $175, at or before first use; late fee $275. Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.7(c) (LSBA PDF, amendments through Jan. 1, 2022) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (La. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 476 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 69.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Maine
- Law offices
- 696 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.92 per 10,000 residents; down 3.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 16 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 3,343 (±511) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(a) (Maine Judicial Branch PDF, amendments effective Sept. 28, 2023) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Me. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 6 years (14 M.R.S. § 752). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 278 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 63.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Maryland
- Law offices
- 3,242 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.17 per 10,000 residents; up 2.8% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 1 of 24 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 259,582 (±4,846) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 193 (±55) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Maryland Rule 19-307.2(b) (official Maryland Code and Court Rules, govt.westlaw.com/mdc) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Md. Rule 19-301.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-101). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,251 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 56.5%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Massachusetts
- Law offices
- 4,365 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.10 per 10,000 residents; up 1.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 14 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 283,213 (±5,095) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 261 (±79) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Mass. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(a) (mass.gov SJC Rules) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.5(e) (SJC Rule 3:07)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2A). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,860 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 68.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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Michigan
- Law offices
- 4,429 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.37 per 10,000 residents; up 1.1% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 12 of 83 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 7 have none. 3.2% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 104,105 (±3,117) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 349 (±161) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct PDF (Michigan Courts), currency header checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Mich. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805(2)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,095 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 57.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Minnesota
- Law offices
- 2,379 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.08 per 10,000 residents; up 0.8% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 11 of 87 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 6 have none. 6.2% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 89,118 (±2,348) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.2(a) (MN Revisor court rules) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 6 years (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(5)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,040 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 77.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Mississippi
- Law offices
- 1,632 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.52 per 10,000 residents; up 3.4% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 82 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 2.5% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 32,025 (±1,631) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $25, before first use; late fee $150. Miss. R. Prof. Conduct 7.5(a) (Supreme Court of Mississippi PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Miss. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- Not verified in the official code yet. official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 167 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 72.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Missouri
- Law offices
- 3,363 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.36 per 10,000 residents; up 3.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 27 of 115 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 18 have none. 4.8% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 60,199 (±2,228) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 162 (±78) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Missouri Supreme Court Rule 4-7.2(b) (courts.mo.gov) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Mo. Sup. Ct. R. 4-1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 5 years (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,150 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 73.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Montana
- Law offices
- 851 private law offices (2026 Q1), 7.43 per 10,000 residents; up 5.8% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 10 of 56 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 10 have none. 1.6% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 4,082 (±694) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Mont. R. Prof. Conduct 7.2(a) (State Bar of Montana MRPC page, linked from Montana courts law library) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Mont. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-204(1)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 233 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 74.4%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Nebraska
- Law offices
- 946 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.69 per 10,000 residents; up 4.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 25 of 93 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 24 have none. 2.8% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 68,754 (±1,939) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Neb. Ct. R. of Prof. Cond. § 3-507.2(a) (Nebraska Judicial Branch) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Neb. Ct. R. of Prof. Cond. § 3-501.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 4 years (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-207(3)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 311 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 71.3%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Nevada
- Law offices
- 2,299 private law offices (2026 Q1), 7.00 per 10,000 residents; up 7.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 17 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 4 have none. 2.3% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 235,380 (±4,803) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 355 (±128) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $100, after first use. Nev. RPC 7.2A(a) (Nevada Legislature court-rules site) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Nev. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Nev. Rev. Stat. § 11.190(4)(e)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 247 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 55.4%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
New Hampshire
- Law offices
- 657 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.64 per 10,000 residents; down 0.3% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 10 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 12,345 (±1,218) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. N.H. R. Prof. Conduct 7.2(a) (NH Judicial Branch online book) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (N.H. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(f)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (N.H. RSA 508:4, I). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 260 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 55.2%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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New Jersey
- Law offices
- 5,296 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.55 per 10,000 residents; up 2.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 21 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 698,739 (±8,114) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 345 (±75) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. N.J. RPC 7.2(b) (NJ Courts Rules of Court database) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (N.J. RPC 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,829 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 55.3%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
New Mexico
- Law offices
- 1,143 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.38 per 10,000 residents; down 0.7% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 7 of 33 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 5 have none. 4.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 144,429 (±4,007) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. NMRA 16-702(A) (NM Compilation Commission, NMOneSource Rule Set 16 PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- not verified (N.M. R.A. 16-105(F)). official rule checked October 28, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- Not verified in the official code yet. official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 486 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 58.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
New York
- Law offices
- 12,265 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.13 per 10,000 residents; down 2.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 3 of 62 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 0.7% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 1,235,249 (±12,400) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 214 (±31) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. N.Y. Rule 7.1(b) as amended (NYSBA compilation, amended through July 1, 2026) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (N.Y. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(g)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (N.Y. C.P.L.R. 214(5)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 7,392 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 61.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
North Carolina
- Law offices
- 5,451 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.87 per 10,000 residents; up 6.8% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 6 of 100 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 1.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 367,905 (±6,530) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 657 (±246) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. NC State Bar, Review of Law Firm Websites page checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (N.C. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(5), (16)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,261 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 69.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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North Dakota
- Law offices
- 356 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.45 per 10,000 residents; up 2.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 20 of 53 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 20 have none. 10.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 4,904 (±717) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 7.2 Advertising (ndcourts.gov) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 6 years (N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-16(5)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 117 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 58.8%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Ohio
- Law offices
- 4,680 private law offices (2026 Q1), 3.93 per 10,000 residents; up 0.7% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 88 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 1.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 115,162 (±3,621) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 186 (±73) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, official Supreme Court of Ohio PDF, title page checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Ohio Prof.Cond.R. 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10(A)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,343 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 64.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Oklahoma
- Law offices
- 2,560 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.21 per 10,000 residents; up 1.3% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 9 of 77 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 5 have none. 2.6% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 116,958 (±2,545) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Okla. RPC 7.2 Advertising (OSCN) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- not verified (Okla. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e) (5 O.S. ch. 1, app. 3-A)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 430 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 69.0%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Oregon
- Law offices
- 2,599 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.08 per 10,000 residents; down 0.1% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 4 of 36 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 3 have none. 0.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 137,684 (±4,151) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 444 (±205) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Oregon RPC 7.2(c) (Oregon State Bar official PDF, as effective Sept. 3, 2026) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Or. RPC 1.5(d)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(1); § 12.115(1)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 762 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 68.1%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Pennsylvania
- Law offices
- 5,642 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.32 per 10,000 residents; up 0.5% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 2 of 67 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 0.5% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 289,487 (±5,956) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 240 (±89) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. 204 Pa. Code Rule 7.2(k) (Pennsylvania Code official site) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (204 Pa. Code 81.4, Pa.R.P.C. 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2), (7)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 2,069 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 68.1%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Rhode Island
- Law offices
- 847 private law offices (2026 Q1), 7.60 per 10,000 residents; up 1.2% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 5 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 62,266 (±2,148) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, after first use. R.I. Sup. Ct. Rules Art. V, RPC 7.2(b) (courts.ri.gov PDF, Revised October 2023) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (R.I. Sup. Ct. Rules Art. V, RPC 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-14(b)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 185 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 67.7%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
South Carolina
- Law offices
- 3,357 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.03 per 10,000 residents; up 0.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 1 of 46 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.4% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 113,786 (±3,746) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. SC RPC 7.2(b), Rule 407 SCACR (sccourts.org) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (S.C. App. Ct. R. 407, RPC 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-530(5); § 15-3-535). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 701 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 70.4%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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South Dakota
- Law offices
- 426 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.56 per 10,000 residents; up 0.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 10 of 66 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 10 have none. 2.8% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 9,997 (±1,002) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Only targeted letters are filed. SDCL ch. 16-18 App., S.D. Rules of Professional Conduct (sdlegislature.gov), Rule 7.3(c) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (S.D. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e) (SDCL ch. 16-18, App. A)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (S.D. Codified Laws § 15-2-14(3)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 128 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 67.3%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Tennessee
- Law offices
- 3,226 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.41 per 10,000 residents; up 8.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 5 of 95 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 1.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 168,866 (±4,435) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Tenn. Sup. Ct. Order No. ADM2020-01505 (filed 09/01/2021), Appendix B (hosted on docs.tbpr.org), RPC 7.1(c) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 8, RPC 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- Not verified in the official code yet. official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 950 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 65.8%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Texas
- Law offices
- 16,079 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.07 per 10,000 residents; up 2.6% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 71 of 254 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 51 have none. 3.1% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 3,034,861 (±21,917) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 271 (±26) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Ads must be filed, $100, after first use; late fee $250. Texas Disciplinary Rules, Rule 7.04(a) (State Bar of Texas PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.04(f) and (g)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 4,168 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 68.1%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Utah
- Law offices
- 1,892 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.35 per 10,000 residents; up 2.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 10 of 29 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 6 have none. 4.9% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 122,660 (±3,287) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 307 (±109) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Utah SCRP Rule 3-7.1 (Utah Courts legacy rules site) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- not verified (Utah R. Prof. Conduct 1.5 (no inter-firm fee-division paragraph in force on 2026-10-27); new Rule 5.8 effective 2026-11-01). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 4 years (Utah Code § 78B-2-307(4)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 668 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 82.3%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Vermont
- Law offices
- 433 private law offices (2026 Q1), 6.72 per 10,000 residents; down 1.1% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 1 of 14 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 1.2% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 1,451 (±331) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- not verified. checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Vt. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (12 V.S.A. § 512(4)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 151 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 48.9%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Virginia
- Law offices
- 4,114 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.63 per 10,000 residents; up 3.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 23 of 133 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 9 have none. 7.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 266,943 (±4,790) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 105 (±19) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- not verified. Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia compilation (vacourts.gov PDF), Part Six placeholder checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (Va. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)-(f)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (Va. Code § 8.01-243(A)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,049 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 73.5%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Washington
- Law offices
- 3,417 private law offices (2026 Q1), 4.27 per 10,000 residents; up 2.0% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 4 of 39 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 1 have none. 2.2% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 257,922 (±5,113) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. That is 526 (±208) for each Spanish-speaking lawyer, judge or court worker. Use with caution: wide margin. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Wash. RPC 7.1 (courts.wa.gov PDF) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Wash. RPC 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (RCW 4.16.080(2)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 1,466 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 63.4%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
West Virginia
- Law offices
- 902 private law offices (2026 Q1), 5.11 per 10,000 residents; down 0.9% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 3 of 55 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 2 have none. 1.7% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 5,609 (±654) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. W. Va. Rules of Professional Conduct (courtswv.gov), page header checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- No work or responsibility test (W. Va. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5, cmt. [5] ('Referral Fee'); Rule 1.5 has no fee-division paragraph). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 2 years (W. Va. Code § 55-2-12(b)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 205 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 70.9%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
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Wisconsin
- Law offices
- 2,073 private law offices (2026 Q1), 3.47 per 10,000 residents; up 5.8% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 12 of 72 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 4 have none. 6.3% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 107,057 (±2,918) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- Only targeted letters are filed. Wis. SCR ch. 20 (Rules of Professional Conduct), wicourts.gov PDF, SCR 20:7.3(c) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- A test of its own (see the rule) (Wis. SCR 20:1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 3 years (Wis. Stat. § 893.54(1m)(a)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 313 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 58.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
Wyoming
- Law offices
- 495 private law offices (2026 Q1), 8.41 per 10,000 residents; up 3.3% from a year earlier. BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1 checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
- Counties short of law offices
- 0 of 23 counties have under 1 law office per 10,000 residents; 0 have none. 0.0% of residents live in those counties. From the law-office counts above · dataset
- Spanish-speaking demand
- About 9,185 (±747) people speak Spanish at home and English less than very well. The survey sample is too small to publish a ratio to Spanish-speaking lawyers. Census ACS 2020-2024 checked October 25, 2026 · Spanish-demand map
- Filing ads with the bar
- No filing required. Wyo. Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law (wyocourts.gov PDF, eff. 9-21-26), Rule 7.2(a) checked October 25, 2026 · filing-fee study
- Splitting a fee with a referring lawyer
- By the work each does, or with joint responsibility (Wyo. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(e)). official rule checked October 27, 2026 · referral-fee rules
- Deadline to sue for a personal injury
- 4 years (Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-105(a)(iv)(C)). official code checked October 28, 2026 · every claim type
- New lawyers
- 166 admitted in 2025; overall bar exam pass rate 60.6%. NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)) checked October 28, 2026 · dataset
How to read a card
- Law offices are private establishments with employees, from the Labor Department’s quarterly census. Many solo lawyers with no staff are not in that count.
- The Spanish figures are Census survey estimates with their margin of error. Where the sample is too small we show no number.
- Rules and statutes were read in the official text. A “not verified” cell has not been confirmed in that text yet.
- A card describes a market; it does not recommend a state or predict how many clients will come.
The datasets behind it
Each is open (CC BY 4.0), versioned and has its own page with methods, files and how to cite it.
- 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
- 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
- What US state bars charge, and require, to file or review lawyer advertising v1.2.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23721409
- Referral-fee and fee-splitting rules for lawyers, by state v1.1.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23747113
- Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage v1.1.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23743673
- The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23721443
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