In 2022, the state with the highest number of lawyers in the Unites States was California with about 1,500 more lawyers than New York. The state with the second most numerous amount of lawyers was New York, totaling roughly 86,000.
States with the highest employment level of lawyers in the United States 2022
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 1, 2023). States with the highest employment level of lawyers in the United States 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333590/states-most-lawyers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with the highest employment level of lawyers in the United States 2022." Chart. June 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333590/states-most-lawyers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). States with the highest employment level of lawyers in the United States 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333590/states-most-lawyers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with The Highest Employment Level of Lawyers in The United States 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333590/states-most-lawyers/
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States with the highest employment level of lawyers in the United States 2022 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333590/states-most-lawyers/