See which states came out on top in this year’s NLJ 500, measured by total headcounts of NLJ 500 firms. And take a peek at state-specific stats as well as the largest firm in each state.

The data is presented below in a sortable graphic and table. The full 2024 NLJ 500 report can be found here. For more ways to analyze the data, go to Law.com Compass.

2024 NLJ 500 Ranking The States
2024 Rank 2023 Rank State NLJ 500 Lawyers in 2024 Average No. of Lawyers No. Of Offices in the state NLJ 500 Firm With Most Attorneys (Number)
1 1 New York 31,074 79 393 Kirkland & Ellis (842)
2 2 California 21,163 32 652 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (267)
3 3 District of Columbia 14,588 65 226 Covington & Burling (624)
4 4 Texas 10,526 29 359 Vinson & Elkins (231)
5 5 Illinois 9,997 50 200 Kirkland & Ellis (750)
6 6 Florida 9,237 19 488 Morgan & Morgan (180)
7 7 Pennsylvania 6,692 28 236 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (275)
8 8 Massachusetts 5,842 50 118 Ropes & Gray (535)
9 9 Georgia 4,464 41 108 King & Spalding (350)
10 11 New Jersey 3,907 23 172 Lowenstein Sandler (160)
11 10 Ohio 3,685 32 116 Jones Day (176)
12 12 North Carolina 3,176 25 128 Moore & Van Allen (327)
13 13 Missouri 2,685 36 74 Shook, Hardy & Bacon (242)
14 14 Michigan 2,631 25 106 Honigman (151)
15 15 Colorado 2,523 26 96 Holland & Hart (168)
16 16 Minnesota 2,207 40 55 Fredrikson & Byron (306)
17 17 Washington 1,803 31 58 Perkins Coie (295)
18 18 Tennessee 1,782 24 75 Bass, Berry & Sims (268)
19 19 Virginia 1,668 21 79 McGuireWoods (188)
20 20 Wisconsin 1,464 28 52 Foley & Lardner (172)
21 21 Indiana 1,393 26 54 Barnes & Thornburg (197)
22 22 Arizona 1,302 22 58 Snell & Wilmer (186)
23 23 Alabama 1,248 24 52 Maynard, Cooper & Gale (208)
24 25 Louisiana 1,211 22 56 Jones Walker (160)
25 24 Connecticut 1,144 15 77 Robinson & Cole (103)
26 27 Maryland 998 21 48 Venable (151)
27 26 Delaware 995 15 66 Richards, Layton & Finger (178)
28 28 South Carolina 974 15 64 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (98)
29 29 Utah 953 23 42 Parsons Behle & Latimer (119)
30 31 Kentucky 791 19 41 Frost Brown Todd (143)
31 30 Oregon 787 24 33 Stoel Rives (125)
32 33 Nevada 600 11 55 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith (62)
33 32 Oklahoma 577 29 20 McAfee & Taft (136)
34 34 West Virginia 539 13 40 Jackson Kelly (58)
35 35 Nebraska 441 49 9 Kutak Rock (180)
36 36 Maine 413 32 13 Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson (92)
37 37 Mississippi 391 15 26 Butler Snow (117)
38 38 Arkansas 259 18 14 Friday, Eldredge & Clark (72)
39 43 New Hampshire 196 11 18 McLane Middleton (56)
40 39 Rhode Island 192 11 18 Hinckley, Allen & Snyder (37)
41 40 Iowa 180 20 9 Nyemaster Goode (76)
42 41 Kansas 162 11 15 Foulston Siefkin (57)
43 42 Montana 154 11 14 Crowley Fleck (55)
44 44 Idaho 120 12 10 Holland & Hart (36)
45 45 Hawaii 86 12 7 Cades Schutte (73)
46 47 Alaska 55 6 9 Stoel Rives (11)
47 46 North Dakota 52 6 9 Crowley Fleck (18)
48 49 New Mexico 50 3 16 Holland & Hart (12)
49 48 Wyoming 48 5 9 Holland & Hart (11)
50 50 South Dakota 16 3 5 Ballard Spahr (9)
51 51 Vermont 6 2 3 Fenwick & West (2)