Lawyer density per capita has more than doubled since 1950

Evidence

In the twentieth century, and especially in recent years, growth has been even more explosive. The total number of lawyers doubled in the last thirty years or so, rising from 647,575 in 1984 to 1,300,705 in 2015.4 In 1950, there was about one lawyer for every 700 people in the country; in 1980, one for every 400 or so; in 2012, about one for every 260 people. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1216

Categorization

• XREF: Pairs directly with prior chapter claim that the US has over 1.2 million lawyers, giving trend and per-capita data. — connects to: The United States has over 1.2 million lawyers, far more than any other nation — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1211; American lawyer density doubled in fifty years and far exceeds Britain’s and Germany’s. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1003; US lawyers per capita stagnated for seventy years then suddenly doubled — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 476

Broader Connections

• American lawyer density doubled in fifty years and far exceeds Britain’s and Germany’s. #corroborates (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1003
• US lawyers per capita stagnated for seventy years then suddenly doubled #complicates (0.70) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 476