According to the American Bar Association, there are 1,327,910 licensed attorneys in the United States as of the latest survey in 2021. The map below shows the total of number of licensed attorneys in every state in the U.S.
| State | Count |
| Alabama | 14897 |
| Alaska | 2340 |
| Arizona | 15688 |
| Arkansas | 6808 |
| California | 167709 |
| Colorado | 22802 |
| Connecticut | 21036 |
| Delaware | 3058 |
| District of Columbia | 28011 |
| Florida | 77223 |
| Georgia | 33158 |
| Hawaii | 4184 |
| Idaho | 4029 |
| Illinois | 62720 |
| Indiana | 15802 |
| Iowa | 7452 |
| Kansas | 7932 |
| Kentucky | 13570 |
| Louisiana | 21414 |
| Maine | 3985 |
| Maryland | 40800 |
| Massachusetts | 42720 |
| Michigan | 35453 |
| Minnesota | 26065 |
| Mississippi | 6845 |
| Missouri | 24369 |
| Montana | 3183 |
| Nebraska | 5546 |
| Nevada | 7482 |
| New Hampshire | 3495 |
| New Jersey | 40137 |
| New Mexico | 5612 |
| New York | 185076 |
| North Carolina | 24253 |
| North Dakota | 1696 |
| Ohio | 38189 |
| Oklahoma | 13713 |
| Oregon | 12158 |
| Pennsylvania | 49087 |
| Rhode Island | 4071 |
| South Carolina | 10853 |
| South Dakota | 1985 |
| Tennessee | 18818 |
| Texas | 93821 |
| Utah | 8581 |
| Vermont | 2198 |
| Virginia | 24020 |
| Washington | 26701 |
| West Virginia | 4770 |
| Wisconsin | 15488 |
| Wyoming | 1692 |
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