How does N.H. compare to other states in regard to lawyers per capita?

I was curious about this question, so I got date on lawyers per state (for the years '04 and '05), state population (as of July '04), and gross state product (as of '04) . I put this data into a spreadsheet to get the following pieces of information:

1. How many lawyer are there in that particular state?
2. How many dollars are there per lawyer? (Gross state product vs. number of lawyers)

Just to give you a sample of how it came out, here are the top and bottom states for each figure (note: this only includes the 50 states, not D.C., Virgin Islands, etc. D.C. would obviously have far and away the most lawyers per capita,.)

Lawyers per state:

1. Massachusetts - 7.76 atty per 10,000 people
2. New York - 7.39
3. Connecticut - 5.13
4. Illinois - 5.02
5. Rhode Island
46. Indiana - 2.11
47. North Dakota - 2.05
48. North Carolina - 2.03
49. South Carolina - 1.99
50. Arkansas - 1.92

Millions of dollars in the economy per lawyer
1. Delaware - 23.40
2. North Carolina - 19.38
3. North Dakota - 18.11
4. Nevada - 18.01
5. South Dakota - 17.71
46. Louisiana - 9.00
47. Rhode Island - 8.75
48. Illinois - 8.28
49. Massachusetts - 6.38
50. New York - 6.31

Clearly this doesn't mean that lawyers in states like N.Y. and Mass. are making less money than in places like North Carolina and South Dakota. Just the opposite is probably true. My conclusion from this data is that law firms in states do national work that includes services for businesses conducted all over the country.

To answer the question posed above, New Hampshire ranks # 36 in terms of lawyers in the state, with 16.35 lawyers per 1,000 persons. In terms of money per lawyer, NH ranks #9 at 16.35 millions of dollars per lawyer. It must follow that Massachusetts and N.Y. lawyers are taking our economy's dollars!

Here is a link to my spreadsheet. Sheet 1 and Sheet 2 contain the exact same data, but Sheet 1 has the states ranked by dollars per lawyer, while Sheet 2 has them ranked by lawyers per State.