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That would be hard to estimate. The reality is that every licensed attorney can handle a family law issue. There are approximately 1.2 million lawyers in the US.
Yes, there are more prisoners in the US than lawyers. According to statistics, the US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. While the exact number of lawyers in the US is not readily available, it is estimated to be over a million.
As of 2006 the current US population was 299,398,484 As of 2007 the number of Active lawyers in the US is 1,143,358 1 percent of 299,398.484 is 2,993,984 therefore less than 1 percent of Americans are Lawyers. On a side note I heard that if you were to interview 100 people, 1 out of 100 would be a lawyer.
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There are about 1.3 million lawyers in the US, and the number is growing faster than the total population. It is possible to extend the growth statistic into the future and estimate lawyer population and its percentage of the US population. Thus we could estimate the date at which half the population are lawyers, or even we will all be lawyers. Our law schools are presently experiencing a huge increase in enrollments. If the lawyer population grows at its current 9 percent growth rate, compounded annually, then we will double the current lawyer population in eight years (2019) to 2.6 million lawyers. At that same rate, it will double again in 2027 and again in 2035. That is, we will have 10.4 million lawyers in 2035. A few more cycles like that and by the year 2091, we there will be 681.2 million lawyers in the US--which means that every American over the age of 25 will then be a lawyer. Aren't statistics amazing?
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As of 2014, there are 10,000 lawyers who are employed by the US Department of Justice. The department was established on July 1, 1870.
Apparently, the statistics are not entirely forthcoming on the internet. But according to The Economist, a study of 29 countries was conducted in 2006 that showed the USA only behind Greece in terms of per capita lawyers. More recently, the American Lawyer reported that Israel has the most lawyers per capita, and India has the most lawyers total. Of course, the US isn't too far behind on either count. I'm not sure where the information below came from, or if it is reliable, so take it with a grain of salt. (I think someone just looked up the population and lawyer count for a these 8 countries) U.S.A.: There is one lawyer for every 265 Americans. Brazil follows closely with one lawyer for every 326 Brazilians. Country Lawyers Population People/Lawyer 1) US: Lawyers: 1,143,358 Pop: 303MM P/L:265 2) Brazil: Lawyers: 571,360 Pop: 186MM P/L: 326 3) New Zealand: Lawyers: 10,523 Pop: 4MM P/L 391 4) Spain Lawyers:114,143 Pop: 45MM P/L:395 5) Italy Lawyers:121,380 Pop: 59MM P/L:488 6) UK Lawyers:151,043 Pop: 61MM P/L401 7) Germany Lawyers:138,679 Pop: 82MM P/L: 593 8) France Lawyers:45,686 Pop: 64MM P/L: 1,403 Among the 8 countries listed above, the US only has about 50% of the lawyers (37 percent of the total population). India alone has over 1 million lawyers (more than the USA). Therefore, the US does not even come close to having 70% of the world's population of lawyers. Myth busted. But, with 2.2 million people in prisons, the US has a lawyer for every two inmates. Considering the ridiculous rate at which the United States incarcerates, that is saying something. The lawyer number for the US comes from the ABA (active) for 2007. The lawyer number for Brazil comes from Brazilian's ABA equivalent OAB (active) for 2007. The population numbers were pulled on Jan 2nd 2008 from Wikipedia.