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