# The 2026 Pioneerly U.S. Legal Market Health Index
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# Attribution: The 2026 Pioneerly U.S. Legal Market Health Index. Source: Pioneerly, pioneerly.com. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
# Last updated: 2026-06-07 | Coverage: 50 U.S. states plus DC (51 jurisdictions)
# Notes: Pillar and Health Index values are 0-100 percentile-normalized across 51 jurisdictions (50 states plus DC). Velocity is reported as median days from filing to disposition in federal civil matters and is shown separately, not included in the composite Health Index.
state,state_code,fips,health_index_score,demand_score,opportunity_score,growth_score,velocity_score,health_index_rank,demand_rank,opportunity_rank,growth_rank,velocity_rank,active_attorneys_2024,active_attorneys_2019,attorney_5yr_growth_pct,attorneys_per_1k_residents,law_firms_2022,law_firms_2017,firm_5yr_growth_pct,firms_per_100k_residents,legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands,receipts_per_capita_usd,federal_civil_filings,federal_filings_per_100k_residents,bankruptcy_filings,bankruptcy_per_100k_residents,median_disposition_days,population,reporting_note
Alabama,AL,01,55,71,81,13,5,16,9,10,51,49,12414,14821,-16.24,2.39,2172,2325,-6.58,41.82,2059180,396.52,7197,138.59,20636,397.37,286,5193088,
Alaska,AK,02,38,25,66,25,54,41,43,17,45,24,2294,2324,-1.29,3.11,297,350,-15.14,40.28,306344,415.51,464,62.93,238,32.28,198,737270,
Arizona,AZ,04,76,51,94,84,29,2,27,1,6,36,15885,15081,5.33,2.08,2995,2964,1.05,39.28,3145252,412.56,7203,94.48,12891,169.09,213,7623818,
Arkansas,AR,05,65,60,89,47,61,9,21,4,25,20,6808,6693,1.72,2.19,1294,1358,-4.71,41.54,1126867,361.78,3185,102.25,6997,224.64,192,3114791,
California,CA,06,61,73,27,81,95,14,8,37,11,3,175883,170117,3.39,4.47,21612,21066,2.59,54.92,55695078,1415.19,38789,98.56,54492,138.46,161,39355309,
Colorado,CO,08,53,58,19,82,80,19,22,42,10,10,23249,22802,1.96,3.87,4109,3873,6.09,68.34,5044413,838.98,3537,58.83,8641,143.72,174,6012561,
Connecticut,CT,09,29,53,7,27,37,48,26,50,41,32,18028,21036,-14.3,4.89,2851,2944,-3.16,77.29,4290103,1163.1,2245,60.86,3671,99.53,207,3688496,"2024 single-year change of -16.7% reflects a reporting reclassification, not an actual decline."
Delaware,DE,10,64,88,40,64,17,11,1,34,16,43,3058,3058,0.0,2.89,656,657,-0.15,61.89,1224358,1155.11,2156,203.41,2331,219.92,232,1059952,
District of Columbia,DC,11,35,74,1,29,19,44,7,51,39,42,33129,56135,-40.98,47.76,1197,1223,-2.13,172.57,21405348,30859.23,4291,618.62,618,89.09,223,693645,"DC reporting changed in 2020 to exclude metro-area attorneys, then partially reverted in 2025. Use directional signal only. Also note DC's outlier per-capita receipts due to federal government concentration."
Florida,FL,12,64,64,44,84,90,10,13,30,7,5,80080,78448,2.08,3.41,11814,10961,7.78,50.35,11816260,503.62,23920,101.95,44661,190.35,165,23462518,
Georgia,GA,13,75,81,53,89,34,3,2,24,3,34,34307,32409,5.86,3.04,5475,5295,3.4,48.44,6731014,595.52,14076,124.54,31593,279.52,210,11302748,
Hawaii,HI,15,29,32,38,16,3,50,39,35,49,50,4139,4270,-3.07,2.89,911,1041,-12.49,63.58,894655,624.4,633,44.18,1194,83.33,313,1432820,
Idaho,ID,16,62,17,84,86,48,13,49,7,5,25,4076,3911,4.22,2.01,945,909,3.96,46.56,700830,345.28,707,34.83,2474,121.89,199,2029733,
Illinois,IL,17,46,79,13,46,73,28,4,47,27,14,62093,62720,-1.0,4.88,8580,8889,-3.48,67.46,17260311,1357.03,11843,93.11,26409,207.63,184,12719141,
Indiana,IN,18,64,43,91,58,93,12,33,3,17,4,15485,15845,-2.27,2.22,2683,2658,0.94,38.48,2520384,361.43,4015,57.58,18210,261.14,162,6973333,
Iowa,IA,19,41,21,75,25,76,39,48,11,42,12,7190,7306,-1.59,2.22,1564,1707,-8.38,48.3,1276826,394.28,1235,38.14,3738,115.43,175,3238387,
Kansas,KS,20,43,42,56,30,23,36,34,21,38,40,7845,8045,-2.49,2.64,1547,1626,-4.86,51.96,1495862,502.44,1727,58.01,4213,141.51,219,2977220,
Kentucky,KY,21,50,57,51,42,61,23,23,26,29,21,13632,13570,0.46,2.96,2347,2466,-4.83,50.95,2030428,440.74,3001,65.14,12129,263.28,192,4606864,
Louisiana,LA,22,35,78,13,15,41,43,5,48,50,30,19524,20568,-5.08,4.23,3173,3445,-7.9,68.71,2952671,639.36,5083,110.06,10231,221.54,200,4618189,
Maine,ME,23,30,23,43,24,87,47,45,31,46,7,3693,3995,-7.56,2.61,919,957,-3.97,64.95,716167,506.17,663,46.86,595,42.05,168,1414874,
Maryland,MD,24,45,81,18,37,84,29,3,43,31,8,26020,40800,-36.23,4.15,4180,4191,-0.26,66.72,5236801,835.84,7345,117.23,12405,197.99,173,6265347,"MD changed source from voluntary bar to Supreme Court in 2017, inflating counts. Reverted in 2023. Use 2023+ for trend analysis."
Massachusetts,MA,25,29,49,7,31,25,49,29,49,36,38,40075,42788,-6.34,5.6,4923,5078,-3.05,68.81,9847094,1376.43,4465,62.41,5085,71.08,215,7154084,
Michigan,MI,26,45,62,42,31,15,33,18,32,37,44,34366,35453,-3.07,3.39,5167,5407,-4.44,51.02,5286020,521.93,8210,81.06,22269,219.88,235,10127884,
Minnesota,MN,27,45,64,24,48,76,31,14,40,23,13,26065,25823,0.94,4.47,3303,3450,-4.26,56.65,4593068,787.78,4115,70.58,10260,175.97,175,5830405,
Mississippi,MS,28,50,60,67,24,21,22,20,16,47,41,6699,6886,-2.72,2.27,1521,1639,-7.2,51.49,1064252,360.26,2810,95.12,9774,330.86,220,2954160,
Missouri,MO,29,45,64,25,47,73,30,17,38,26,15,24679,24369,1.27,3.94,3650,3823,-4.53,58.21,4015935,640.44,5419,86.42,10613,169.25,184,6270541,
Montana,MT,30,44,26,25,81,97,34,42,39,12,2,3603,3184,13.16,3.15,783,798,-1.88,68.4,568731,496.84,595,51.98,830,72.51,159,1144694,
Nebraska,NE,31,46,41,49,48,37,27,35,27,24,33,5839,5555,5.11,2.89,1085,1180,-8.05,53.77,1110881,550.48,933,46.23,2796,138.55,207,2018006,
Nevada,NV,32,81,67,82,92,11,1,10,9,2,46,7563,7030,7.58,2.3,1416,1359,4.19,43.14,1633497,497.69,2840,86.53,9408,286.64,247,3282188,
New Hampshire,NH,33,42,22,51,52,1,37,46,25,21,51,3461,3523,-1.76,2.45,858,875,-1.94,60.62,770088,544.1,528,37.31,935,66.06,780,1415342,"NH's 780-day median disposition reflects a small federal caseload (528 civil cases). Small samples can be skewed by a handful of stale cases; treat as directional, not representative of typical case duration."
New Jersey,NJ,34,40,64,23,34,13,40,15,41,33,45,39311,41152,-4.47,4.12,5878,6068,-3.13,61.56,7551183,790.85,7826,81.96,14171,148.42,238,9548215,
New Mexico,NM,35,38,25,68,23,65,42,44,15,48,18,5404,5612,-3.71,2.54,1018,1077,-5.48,47.89,743660,349.88,1416,66.62,1660,78.1,191,2125498,
New York,NY,36,45,75,18,43,48,32,6,44,28,26,187656,182296,2.94,9.38,11590,12599,-8.01,57.94,58151775,2907.24,22949,114.73,23186,115.92,199,20002427,
North Carolina,NC,37,69,21,89,95,70,6,47,5,1,16,26515,24253,9.33,2.37,4262,4054,5.13,38.06,4523681,403.97,5310,47.42,9847,87.94,187,11197968,
North Dakota,ND,38,41,10,88,25,80,38,50,6,43,11,1663,1687,-1.42,2.08,348,393,-11.45,43.53,311081,389.16,270,33.78,620,77.56,174,799358,
Ohio,OH,39,53,66,55,39,48,18,12,22,30,27,36488,38189,-4.45,3.07,5680,5824,-2.47,47.73,6649275,558.74,10141,85.21,26110,219.4,199,11900510,
Oklahoma,OK,40,52,45,60,52,48,21,31,19,22,28,12245,11768,4.05,2.97,1900,2010,-5.47,46.08,1843796,447.17,2419,58.67,7453,180.75,199,4123288,
Oregon,OR,41,52,43,49,65,32,20,32,28,14,35,12233,12274,-0.33,2.86,2374,2363,0.47,55.55,2226148,520.91,1830,42.82,8202,191.92,211,4273586,
Pennsylvania,PA,42,43,64,34,31,68,35,16,36,35,17,47519,50039,-5.04,3.64,7058,7300,-3.32,54.05,9492376,726.86,14004,107.23,13965,106.93,188,13059432,
Rhode Island,RI,44,34,50,16,37,7,45,28,46,32,48,3815,4071,-6.29,3.42,925,945,-2.12,83.0,854220,766.45,719,64.51,1077,96.63,260,1114521,
South Carolina,SC,45,71,36,93,83,48,5,38,2,8,29,11090,10568,4.94,1.99,2316,2273,1.89,41.58,2068793,371.4,5022,90.16,5210,93.53,199,5570274,
South Dakota,SD,46,50,8,84,57,90,24,51,8,18,6,2042,1995,2.36,2.18,425,442,-3.85,45.45,318099,340.18,374,40.0,669,71.54,165,935094,
Tennessee,TN,47,67,55,71,76,65,8,24,14,13,19,19458,18702,4.04,2.66,3208,3194,0.44,43.85,3215557,439.58,4541,62.08,21638,295.8,191,7315076,
Texas,TX,48,72,61,66,89,25,4,19,18,4,39,98345,91244,7.78,3.1,13172,12885,2.23,41.54,29421960,927.85,25044,78.98,38066,120.04,215,31709821,
Utah,UT,49,68,47,73,83,58,7,30,13,9,22,8537,8362,2.09,2.41,1656,1565,5.81,46.79,1632603,461.33,1690,47.75,7912,223.57,196,3538904,
Vermont,VT,50,25,30,17,28,29,51,41,45,40,37,2198,3612,-39.15,3.41,561,577,-2.77,87.02,422040,654.67,287,44.52,283,43.9,213,644663,"VT temporarily included non-resident attorneys in 2019-2020 reports, inflating those counts."
Virginia,VA,51,58,66,58,52,99,15,11,20,20,1,24120,24230,-0.45,2.72,4493,4623,-2.81,50.6,5891108,663.41,7290,82.09,15959,179.72,138,8880107,
Washington,WA,53,49,36,46,64,41,25,37,29,15,31,26318,26182,0.52,3.29,4045,4063,-0.44,50.56,4811920,601.41,3025,37.81,9346,116.81,200,8001020,
West Virginia,WV,54,47,55,53,32,84,26,25,23,34,9,4600,4770,-3.56,2.6,989,1029,-3.89,56.0,933700,528.66,1797,101.75,1785,101.07,173,1766147,
Wisconsin,WI,55,54,37,74,53,56,17,36,12,19,23,15172,15512,-2.19,2.54,2718,2748,-1.09,45.51,2475533,414.47,3046,51.0,10171,170.29,197,5972787,
Wyoming,WY,56,33,32,42,25,9,46,40,33,44,47,1726,1773,-2.65,2.93,339,364,-6.87,57.58,290796,493.92,309,52.48,572,97.15,249,588753,