NALP Bulletin, August 2004
Related: November 2004 Press Release — Women and Attorneys of Color Continue to Make Only Small Gains at Large Law Firms
Looking at the larger lawyer population as reflected in the NALP Directory of Legal Employers shows that, among partners, African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics are relatively equally represented. Among associates, however, Asian/Pacific Islanders account for half of minorities. As is the case with new graduates, and sometimes paralleling them, these measures vary from city to city, as illustrated in the table on the opposite page.
Thus, most minority partners and associates in Miami are Hispanic. Asian/Pacific Islanders dominate in Los Angeles and San Francisco; African-Americans do so in Atlanta and Detroit. The few other cities with relatively high Hispanic representation include Austin and Tampa.
Attorney Demographics at Private Sector Employers – 2003
PARTNERS | ASSOCIATES | |||||||||
Total # of Partners | % Minority | % African-American | % Asian/P. Islander | %Hispanic | Total # of Associates | %Minority | % African-American | % Asian/P. Islander | % Hispanic | |
Overall | 52,943 | 4.04% | 1.38% | 1.31% | 1.20% | 62,706 | 14.63% | 4.07% | 7.01% | 2.96% |
BY FIRM SIZE (# OF LAWYERS): | ||||||||||
100 or fewer | 7,989 | 3.87 | 0.83 | 1.99 | 0.90 | 6,232 | 10.83 | 2.60 | 4.91 | 2.63 |
101-250 | 14,148 | 3.25 | 1.30 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 12,757 | 11.74 | 3.75 | 4.96 | 2.52 |
251-500 | 12,800 | 3.65 | 1.53 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 13,790 | 13.55 | 4.48 | 5.26 | 2.55 |
501+ | 18,006 | 5.01 | 1.58 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 29,927 | 17.16 | 4.31 | 9.12 | 3.40 |
BY CITY: | ||||||||||
Atlanta | 1,479 | 3.99 | 3.11 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 1,870 | 13.16 | 8.72 | 2.78 | 1.39 |
Austin | 443 | 6.55 | 1.58 | 0.23 | 3.39 | 472 | 12.08 | 2.33 | 4.45 | 4.87 |
Baltimore | 493 | 3.45 | 2.23 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 365 | 5.75 | 3.29 | 1.37 | 0.55 |
Birmingham | 394 | 1.52 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 264 | 4.55 | 3.41 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
Boston | 1,821 | 3.02 | 1.43 | 1.04 | 0.44 | 2,479 | 10.69 | 2.34 | 6.25 | 1.82 |
Charlotte | 474 | 2.53 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 0.42 | 451 | 7.32 | 5.54 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
Chicago | 3,992 | 3.41 | 1.35 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 3,713 | 11.77 | 3.77 | 5.87 | 1.83 |
Cincinnati | 455 | 1.98 | 1.76 | 0.22 | — | 404 | 4.95 | 3.22 | 0.99 | 0.74 |
Cleveland | 694 | 3.31 | 2.45 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 723 | 5.95 | 3.04 | 2.07 | 0.55 |
Columbus | 595 | 3.87 | 2.69 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 512 | 8.98 | 4.49 | 3.13 | 0.78 |
Dallas | 1,549 | 3.94 | 1.03 | 0.58 | 1.87 | 1,796 | 11.47 | 2.84 | 3.01 | 5.18 |
Denver | 537 | 3.91 | 1.68 | 0.93 | 1.30 | 474 | 12.45 | 2.53 | 2.95 | 5.91 |
Detroit area | 913 | 4.05 | 3.29 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 567 | 10.93 | 7.23 | 2.12 | 1.23 |
Hartford | 459 | 0.87 | 0.65 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 521 | 6.53 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 1.92 |
Houston | 1,213 | 4.78 | 1.24 | 0.66 | 2.64 | 1,445 | 21.45 | 5.19 | 4.78 | 4.91 |
Indianapolis | 442 | 2.49 | 1.58 | 0.68 | 0.23 | 390 | 5.64 | 3.08 | 1.54 | 1.03 |
Kansas City area | 647 | 1.70 | 0.77 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 588 | 6.97 | 3.40 | 1.70 | 1.87 |
Los Angeles | 2,363 | 7.02 | 1.74 | 3.00 | 2.12 | 3,334 | 20.97 | 3.15 | 12.54 | 4.47 |
Miami | 639 | 19.41 | 1.56 | 0.63 | 16.90 | 530 | 38.11 | 6.04 | 1.51 | 30.00 |
Milwaukee | 675 | 1.04 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 498 | 8.23 | 3.21 | 3.01 | 1.61 |
Minneapolis/St. Paul | 1,232 | 1.95 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.32 | 937 | 9.93 | 3.31 | 4.59 | 1.28 |
Nashville | 364 | 2.20 | 2.20 | — | — | 265 | 5.28 | 3.40 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
New York City | 6,257 | 4.03 | 0.99 | 1.79 | 1.20 | 13,890 | 18.65 | 4.46 | 10.42 | 3.33 |
Newark area | 420 | 1.67 | 0.71 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 626 | 10.86 | 4.15 | 3.35 | 3.04 |
Northern Virginia | 311 | 3.86 | 1.29 | 2.25 | 0.32 | 358 | 12.85 | 4.19 | 5.59 | 3.07 |
Orange Co., CA | 453 | 3.31 | 0.22 | 2.21 | 0.88 | 623 | 16.69 | 1.12 | 11.88 | 3.53 |
Philadelphia | 1,627 | 2.21 | 1.78 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 1,775 | 8.11 | 3.94 | 2.76 | 1.24 |
Phoenix | 613 | 3.43 | 0.98 | 0.33 | 1.63 | 529 | 12.29 | 2.08 | 4.91 | 3.78 |
Pittsburgh | 670 | 1.34 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.15 | 660 | 5.30 | 1.97 | 2.58 | 0.61 |
Portland, OR | 506 | 2.17 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 360 | 8.06 | 1.67 | 5.00 | 1.11 |
Raleigh/Durham | 188 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 168 | 5.95 | 3.57 | 1.19 | 0.60 |
Richmond | 520 | 2.50 | 1.92 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 426 | 7.51 | 5.63 | 1.17 | 0.70 |
San Diego | 444 | 4.50 | 0.23 | 1.58 | 2.25 | 588 | 16.50 | 1.70 | 7.99 | 4.93 |
San Francisco | 1,535 | 6.19 | 1.24 | 3.19 | 1.37 | 2,146 | 20.83 | 3.08 | 13.47 | 3.73 |
San Jose area | 700 | 8.14 | 0.86 | 5.29 | 1.71 | 1,560 | 25.58 | 2.05 | 20.51 | 2.18 |
Seattle area | 1,008 | 5.26 | 1.29 | 3.37 | 0.40 | 785 | 14.52 | 2.80 | 8.66 | 1.66 |
St. Louis | 593 | 2.02 | 1.35 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 477 | 9.22 | 5.45 | 2.31 | 1.05 |
Tampa/St. Petersburg | 364 | 4.12 | 0.55 | 0.27 | 3.02 | 293 | 9.56 | 3.07 | 1.71 | 4.78 |
Washington, DC | 4,935 | 4.40 | 2.07 | 1.30 | 0.99 | 6,409 | 15.54 | 6.13 | 6.51 | 2.42 |
Wilmington | 283 | 0.71 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 295 | 8.47 | 4.07 | 2.71 | 1.69 |