The United States has over 1.2 million lawyers, far more than any other nation

Evidence

The American legal profession is the largest in the world, in absolute numbers. It may also be the largest in the world in proportion to population. There were over 1.2 million lawyers in the United States in 2010; the 2015 estimate was nearly 1.3 million. Despite a decline in law school applications, the number of lawyers continued to grow through the Great Recession that began in 2008. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1211

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lawyer density per capita has more than doubled since 1950 — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1216; US lawyers per capita stagnated for seventy years then suddenly doubled — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 476; American lawyer density doubled in fifty years and far exceeds Britain’s and Germany’s. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1003 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• American lawyer density doubled in fifty years and far exceeds Britain’s and Germany’s. #corroborates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1003
• US lawyers per capita stagnated for seventy years then suddenly doubled #expands (0.80) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 476