Colorado's legal deserts

Rural and remote parts of Colorado are seeing severe shortages of attorneys, creating what the American Bar Association calls "legal deserts" — areas with fewer than one attorney for every 1,000 people. Twenty-three Colorado counties, with 261,000 total residents, are legal deserts. There are four counties — Bent, Costilla, Crowley and Hinsdale — with no active attorneys living there.

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Number of attorneys per 1,000 people