NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables
Table A5, part 1
Paid full-time equivalent (FTE) staff per 25,000 population

State 2002
Rank
Total paid FTE
staff per 25,000
population*
50 States and DC . 12.28
     
Ohio 1 22.22
Indiana 2 19.87
Wyoming 3 18.71
Connecticut 4 18.61
District of Columbia** 5 18.44
Kansas 6 18.28
Illinois 7 16.64
New York 8 16.42
Massachusetts 9 15.53
Rhode Island 10 15.50
New Jersey 11 15.43
Maryland 12 14.91
Maine 13 14.48
Colorado 14 14.47
New Hampshire 15 14.35
Missouri 16 14.14
Oregon 17 13.89
Nebraska 18 13.87
Washington 19 13.83
Wisconsin 20 13.64
Iowa 21 13.55
South Dakota 22 13.32
Vermont 23 13.19
Idaho 24 12.70
Minnesota 25 12.58
Alaska 26 12.44
Virginia 27 12.08
Michigan 28 12.01
Louisiana 29 11.96
Utah 30 11.60
Mississippi 31 11.03
Pennsylvania 32 10.99
Hawaii 33 10.74
Kentucky 34 10.14
Oklahoma 35 10.11
Florida 36 9.75
Nevada 37 9.65
South Carolina 38 9.60
North Dakota 39 9.42
New Mexico 40 9.28
Arizona 41 9.14
Montana 42 9.01
Alabama 43 8.97
Georgia 44 8.87
West Virginia 44 8.87
California 46 8.76
North Carolina 47 8.65
Texas 48 8.33
Tennessee 49 8.05
Delaware 50 7.96
Arkansas 51 7.89
* Per capita is based on the unduplicated population of legal service areas.
** The District of Columbia, while not a state, is included in the state
rankings. Special care should be using in comparing its data to state data.