{ "title": "The 2026 Pioneerly U.S. Legal Market Health Index", "publisher": "Pioneerly", "source_url": "https://pioneerly.com/us-legal-market-health-index/", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "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 the District of Columbia (51 jurisdictions)", "data_sources": [ "ABA National Lawyer Population Survey", "U.S. Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB), NAICS 541110 Offices of Lawyers", "Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (Tables C-1 and C-5)", "Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Bankruptcy Filings Statistics (Table F-2)", "U.S. Census State Population Estimates (2025 vintage)" ], "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.", "jurisdictions": [ { "state": "Alabama", "state_code": "AL", "fips": "01", "scores": { "health_index": 55, "demand": 71, "opportunity": 81, "growth": 13, "velocity": 5 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 16, "demand": 9, "opportunity": 10, "growth": 51, "velocity": 49 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 12414, "active_attorneys_2019": 14821, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -16.24, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.39, "law_firms_2022": 2172, "law_firms_2017": 2325, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -6.58, "firms_per_100k_residents": 41.82, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 2059180, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 396.52, "federal_civil_filings": 7197, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 138.59, "bankruptcy_filings": 20636, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 397.37, "median_disposition_days": 286, "population": 5193088 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Alaska", "state_code": "AK", "fips": "02", "scores": { "health_index": 38, "demand": 25, "opportunity": 66, "growth": 25, "velocity": 54 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 41, "demand": 43, "opportunity": 17, "growth": 45, "velocity": 24 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 2294, "active_attorneys_2019": 2324, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -1.29, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 3.11, "law_firms_2022": 297, "law_firms_2017": 350, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -15.14, "firms_per_100k_residents": 40.28, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 306344, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 415.51, "federal_civil_filings": 464, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 62.93, "bankruptcy_filings": 238, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 32.28, "median_disposition_days": 198, "population": 737270 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Arizona", "state_code": "AZ", "fips": "04", "scores": { "health_index": 76, "demand": 51, "opportunity": 94, "growth": 84, "velocity": 29 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 2, 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"attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.19, "law_firms_2022": 1294, "law_firms_2017": 1358, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -4.71, "firms_per_100k_residents": 41.54, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 1126867, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 361.78, "federal_civil_filings": 3185, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 102.25, "bankruptcy_filings": 6997, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 224.64, "median_disposition_days": 192, "population": 3114791 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "California", "state_code": "CA", "fips": "06", "scores": { "health_index": 61, "demand": 73, "opportunity": 27, "growth": 81, "velocity": 95 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 14, "demand": 8, "opportunity": 37, "growth": 11, "velocity": 3 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 175883, "active_attorneys_2019": 170117, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": 3.39, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 4.47, "law_firms_2022": 21612, "law_firms_2017": 21066, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": 2.59, "firms_per_100k_residents": 54.92, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 55695078, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 1415.19, "federal_civil_filings": 38789, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 98.56, "bankruptcy_filings": 54492, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 138.46, "median_disposition_days": 161, "population": 39355309 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Colorado", "state_code": "CO", "fips": "08", "scores": { "health_index": 53, "demand": 58, "opportunity": 19, "growth": 82, "velocity": 80 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 19, "demand": 22, "opportunity": 42, "growth": 10, "velocity": 10 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 23249, "active_attorneys_2019": 22802, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": 1.96, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 3.87, "law_firms_2022": 4109, "law_firms_2017": 3873, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": 6.09, "firms_per_100k_residents": 68.34, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 5044413, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 838.98, "federal_civil_filings": 3537, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 58.83, "bankruptcy_filings": 8641, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 143.72, "median_disposition_days": 174, "population": 6012561 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Connecticut", "state_code": "CT", "fips": "09", "scores": { "health_index": 29, "demand": 53, "opportunity": 7, "growth": 27, "velocity": 37 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 48, "demand": 26, "opportunity": 50, "growth": 41, "velocity": 32 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 18028, "active_attorneys_2019": 21036, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -14.3, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 4.89, "law_firms_2022": 2851, "law_firms_2017": 2944, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -3.16, "firms_per_100k_residents": 77.29, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 4290103, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 1163.1, "federal_civil_filings": 2245, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 60.86, "bankruptcy_filings": 3671, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 99.53, "median_disposition_days": 207, "population": 3688496 }, "reporting_note": "2024 single-year change of -16.7% reflects a reporting reclassification, not an actual decline." }, { "state": "Delaware", "state_code": "DE", "fips": "10", "scores": { "health_index": 64, "demand": 88, "opportunity": 40, "growth": 64, "velocity": 17 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 11, "demand": 1, "opportunity": 34, "growth": 16, "velocity": 43 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 3058, "active_attorneys_2019": 3058, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": 0.0, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.89, "law_firms_2022": 656, "law_firms_2017": 657, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -0.15, "firms_per_100k_residents": 61.89, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 1224358, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 1155.11, "federal_civil_filings": 2156, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 203.41, "bankruptcy_filings": 2331, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 219.92, "median_disposition_days": 232, "population": 1059952 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "District of Columbia", "state_code": "DC", "fips": "11", "scores": { "health_index": 35, "demand": 74, "opportunity": 1, "growth": 29, "velocity": 19 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 44, "demand": 7, "opportunity": 51, "growth": 39, "velocity": 42 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 33129, "active_attorneys_2019": 56135, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -40.98, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 47.76, "law_firms_2022": 1197, "law_firms_2017": 1223, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -2.13, "firms_per_100k_residents": 172.57, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 21405348, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 30859.23, "federal_civil_filings": 4291, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 618.62, "bankruptcy_filings": 618, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 89.09, "median_disposition_days": 223, "population": 693645 }, "reporting_note": "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." }, { "state": "Florida", "state_code": "FL", "fips": "12", "scores": { "health_index": 64, "demand": 64, "opportunity": 44, "growth": 84, "velocity": 90 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 10, "demand": 13, "opportunity": 30, "growth": 7, "velocity": 5 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 80080, "active_attorneys_2019": 78448, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": 2.08, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 3.41, "law_firms_2022": 11814, "law_firms_2017": 10961, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": 7.78, "firms_per_100k_residents": 50.35, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 11816260, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 503.62, "federal_civil_filings": 23920, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 101.95, "bankruptcy_filings": 44661, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 190.35, "median_disposition_days": 165, "population": 23462518 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Georgia", "state_code": "GA", "fips": "13", "scores": { "health_index": 75, "demand": 81, "opportunity": 53, "growth": 89, "velocity": 34 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 3, "demand": 2, "opportunity": 24, "growth": 3, "velocity": 34 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 34307, "active_attorneys_2019": 32409, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": 5.86, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 3.04, "law_firms_2022": 5475, "law_firms_2017": 5295, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": 3.4, "firms_per_100k_residents": 48.44, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 6731014, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 595.52, "federal_civil_filings": 14076, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 124.54, "bankruptcy_filings": 31593, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 279.52, "median_disposition_days": 210, "population": 11302748 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Hawaii", "state_code": "HI", "fips": "15", "scores": { "health_index": 29, "demand": 32, "opportunity": 38, "growth": 16, "velocity": 3 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 50, "demand": 39, "opportunity": 35, "growth": 49, "velocity": 50 }, "underlying": { 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"federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 93.11, "bankruptcy_filings": 26409, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 207.63, "median_disposition_days": 184, "population": 12719141 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Indiana", "state_code": "IN", "fips": "18", "scores": { "health_index": 64, "demand": 43, "opportunity": 91, "growth": 58, "velocity": 93 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 12, "demand": 33, "opportunity": 3, "growth": 17, "velocity": 4 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 15485, "active_attorneys_2019": 15845, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -2.27, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.22, "law_firms_2022": 2683, "law_firms_2017": 2658, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": 0.94, "firms_per_100k_residents": 38.48, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 2520384, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 361.43, "federal_civil_filings": 4015, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 57.58, "bankruptcy_filings": 18210, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 261.14, "median_disposition_days": 162, "population": 6973333 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Iowa", "state_code": "IA", "fips": "19", "scores": { "health_index": 41, "demand": 21, "opportunity": 75, "growth": 25, "velocity": 76 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 39, "demand": 48, "opportunity": 11, "growth": 42, "velocity": 12 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 7190, "active_attorneys_2019": 7306, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -1.59, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.22, "law_firms_2022": 1564, "law_firms_2017": 1707, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -8.38, "firms_per_100k_residents": 48.3, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 1276826, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 394.28, "federal_civil_filings": 1235, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 38.14, "bankruptcy_filings": 3738, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 115.43, "median_disposition_days": 175, "population": 3238387 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Kansas", "state_code": "KS", "fips": "20", "scores": { "health_index": 43, "demand": 42, "opportunity": 56, "growth": 30, "velocity": 23 }, 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68.71, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 2952671, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 639.36, "federal_civil_filings": 5083, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 110.06, "bankruptcy_filings": 10231, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 221.54, "median_disposition_days": 200, "population": 4618189 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Maine", "state_code": "ME", "fips": "23", "scores": { "health_index": 30, "demand": 23, "opportunity": 43, "growth": 24, "velocity": 87 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 47, "demand": 45, "opportunity": 31, "growth": 46, "velocity": 7 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 3693, "active_attorneys_2019": 3995, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -7.56, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 2.61, "law_firms_2022": 919, "law_firms_2017": 957, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -3.97, "firms_per_100k_residents": 64.95, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 716167, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 506.17, "federal_civil_filings": 663, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 46.86, "bankruptcy_filings": 595, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 42.05, "median_disposition_days": 168, "population": 1414874 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Maryland", "state_code": "MD", "fips": "24", "scores": { "health_index": 45, "demand": 81, "opportunity": 18, "growth": 37, "velocity": 84 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 29, "demand": 3, "opportunity": 43, "growth": 31, "velocity": 8 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 26020, "active_attorneys_2019": 40800, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -36.23, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 4.15, "law_firms_2022": 4180, "law_firms_2017": 4191, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -0.26, "firms_per_100k_residents": 66.72, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 5236801, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 835.84, "federal_civil_filings": 7345, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 117.23, "bankruptcy_filings": 12405, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 197.99, "median_disposition_days": 173, "population": 6265347 }, "reporting_note": "MD changed source from voluntary bar to Supreme Court in 2017, inflating counts. Reverted in 2023. Use 2023+ for trend analysis." }, { "state": "Massachusetts", "state_code": "MA", "fips": "25", "scores": { "health_index": 29, "demand": 49, "opportunity": 7, "growth": 31, "velocity": 25 }, "ranks": { "health_index": 49, "demand": 29, "opportunity": 49, "growth": 36, "velocity": 38 }, "underlying": { "active_attorneys_2024": 40075, "active_attorneys_2019": 42788, "attorney_5yr_growth_pct": -6.34, "attorneys_per_1k_residents": 5.6, "law_firms_2022": 4923, "law_firms_2017": 5078, "firm_5yr_growth_pct": -3.05, "firms_per_100k_residents": 68.81, "legal_receipts_2022_usd_thousands": 9847094, "receipts_per_capita_usd": 1376.43, "federal_civil_filings": 4465, "federal_filings_per_100k_residents": 62.41, "bankruptcy_filings": 5085, "bankruptcy_per_100k_residents": 71.08, "median_disposition_days": 215, "population": 7154084 }, "reporting_note": null }, { "state": "Michigan", "state_code": "MI", "fips": "26", "scores": { "health_index": 45, "demand": 62, "opportunity": 42, "growth": 31, 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