Numbers of Legal Occupations in South Dakota

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	1,440
2005	920
2006	1,480
2007	1,520
2008	1,540
2009	1,570
2010	1,560
2011	1,550
2012	1,640
2013	1,720
2014	1,550
2015	1,490
2016	1,560
2017	1,660
2018	1,580
2019	1,580

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	700
2005	0
2006	600
2007	590
2008	690
2009	840
2010	730
2011	760
2012	770
2013	830
2014	770
2015	750
2016	760
2017	870
2018	880
2019	880

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	80
2005	90
2006	70
2007	90
2008	90
2009	90
2010	90
2011	90
2012	90
2013	90
2014	90
2015	40
2016	40
2017	40
2018	40
2019	30

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	400
2005	380
2006	340
2007	370
2008	470
2009	490
2010	530
2011	500
2012	440
2013	440
2014	440
2015	320
2016	350
2017	410
2018	440
2019	510

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	180
2005	450
2006	470
2007	470
2008	290
2009	150
2010	210
2011	200
2012	340
2013	360
2014	250
2015	380
2016	410
2017	340
2018	220
2019	160

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	80
2005	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0