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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Minnesota

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 18,400
2005 17,960
2006 16,370
2007 17,760
2008 17,450
2009 17,340
2010 16,060
2011 16,310
2012 17,410
2013 16,940
2014 17,120
2015 18,080
2016 18,280
2017 19,400
2018 19,020
2019 20,020

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 10,500
2005 10,190
2006 10,310
2007 10,340
2008 10,140
2009 9,710
2010 9,920
2011 9,760
2012 10,330
2013 10,460
2014 10,460
2015 10,690
2016 10,450
2017 11,180
2018 11,270
2019 11,420

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 610
2011 600
2012 370
2013 380
2014 430
2015 430
2016 430
2017 430
2018 400
2019 400

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 110
2005 110
2007 100
2008 130
2009 110
2010 0
2011 0
2012 120
2013 120
2014 130
2015 140
2016 140
2017 140
2018 140
2019 170

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 120
2005 130
2007 160
2008 150
2009 180
2010 130
2011 150
2012 200
2013 230
2014 180
2015 140
2016 110
2017 110
2018 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 390
2005 390
2007 390
2008 390
2009 410
2012 410
2013 0
2015 440
2016 470
2017 500
2018 530
2019 550

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 5,400
2005 4,710
2006 4,150
2007 4,580
2008 4,680
2009 4,840
2010 3,890
2011 4,100
2012 4,490
2013 4,910
2014 5,170
2015 5,070
2016 4,770
2017 5,020
2018 4,890
2019 5,580

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 740
2005 1,290
2006 1,140
2007 1,390
2008 1,320
2009 1,340
2010 950
2011 1,030
2012 970
2013 840
2014 750
2015 750
2016 1,360
2017 1,410
2018 1,790
2019 1,600

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,140
2005 1,140
2006 770
2007 800
2008 640
2009 750
2010 560
2011 670
2012 520
2013 0
2014 0
2015 420
2016 550
2017 610
2018 0
2019 300