Lawyers: The Ultimate Growth Industry
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According to the ABA, there were 1,322,649 active lawyers in the United States as of January 1, 2024. These lawyers service the roughly 350 million people in the U.S. By contrast, in 1900, there were 76 million American citizens and approximately how many lawyers?
Hint: While there are obviously more lawyers as a raw number, there are also more lawyers per capita today.
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