Numbers of Legal Occupations in North Dakota

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2004 1,340
2005 1,160
2006 1,340
2007 1,320
2008 1,350
2009 1,360
2010 1,290
2011 1,320
2012 1,470
2013 1,640
2014 960
2015 1,820
2016 2,000
2017 2,160
2018 1,880
2019 2,370

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2004 740
2005 670
2006 670
2007 590
2008 640
2009 620
2010 630
2011 690
2012 690
2013 760
2015 990
2016 1,000
2017 960
2018 1,070
2019 1,040

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 60
2011 50
2012 40
2013 30
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40
2018 30
2019 40

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 50
2008 50
2009 40
2010 70
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2007 70
2008 80
2009 80
2010 90
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 80
2015 80
2016 90
2017 100
2018 90
2019 120

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2004 450
2005 310
2006 400
2007 450
2008 410
2009 390
2010 270
2011 290
2012 360
2013 450
2014 510
2015 420
2016 410
2017 590
2018 650
2019 630

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2004 90
2005 0
2006 150
2007 160
2008 170
2009 180
2010 170
2011 180
2012 270
2013 290
2014 280
2015 230
2016 410
2017 420
2018 0
2019 490

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2004 60
2005 60
2009 50
2014 50
2015 60
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40
2019 50