According to the American Bar Association, there were 1,128,729 resident and active attorneys in the United States in 2006 and 1,143,358 in 2007. A small percentage of the increase (actual number 352) is due to American Somoa and Guam being added to the survey in 2007.
The number of resident and active attorneys in each state is available at the link provided below.
Yes, 36% of congressman are lawyers.
there are 1,143,358 lawyers employed in the US in 2007
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In 1197 there were approx 52"00 lawyers in the DOJ -
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