The quorum is the minimum number of jurors that need to be present for a state grand jury to be able to conduct business, such as considering whether charges should be brought against someone or investigating criminal activity or the conduct of public business in the community. The list below gives the minimum number of grand jurors needed for a grand jury to convene in each state. Since a few states use different-sized grand juries for different purposes, some of the entries list quorums of different sizes (such as "14 or 8 or 12"). These numbers give the quorum needed for the various kinds of grand juries used in that state. The entry NA indicates that because of the small size of the state's grand juries, no quorum is specified. The last entry for each state is a citation to the statute or court rule that sets the quorum for the grand jury.

	13 jurors Ala. R. Crim. P. 12.2(c) & Ala. Code §12-16-207(b)
	12 jurors Alaska R. Crim. P. 6(n)(1)
	9 jurors Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §21-322(b)
	12 jurors Ark. Code. Ann. §16-84-402(a)
	4 or 8 or 12 jurors Cal. Penal Code §§916 & 940
	9 jurors Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. §13-72-102
	NA Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. §54-47(b)(3)
	9 or 7 jurors Del. Code. Ann. Tit. 10 §4505
	16 jurors D.C. Sup. Ct. R. Crim. P. 6(a)(1)
	12 or 15 jurors Fla. Stat. Ann. §§905.01(1) & 905.37
	16 jurors Ga. Code Ann. §15-12-61(a) & §15-12-100(b)
	8 jurors Haw. R. Penal P. 6(f)
	12 jurors Id. Code §2-502 & Id. R. Crim. P. 6(a)
	12 jurors Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 705 ¶305/16 & Ch. 725 ¶5/112-2(a)
	5 jurors Ind. Code. Ann. §35-34-2-4(a)
	5 jurors Iowa R. Crim. P. 4(4)
	12 jurors Kan. Stat. Ann. §22-3001(3)
	9 jurors Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. Admin. Proc. §20
	9 jurors La. Code Crim. P. Ann. 435
	13 jurors Maine R. Crim. P. 6(a)
	12 jurors In re Criminal Investigation No. 437, 316 Md. 66, 71-72, 57 A.2d 235, 237 (Md. 1989)
	12 jurors Mass. R. Crim. P. 5(e)
	13 jurors Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §767.11
	16 jurors Minn. Stat. §628.41(1) & Minn. R. Crim. P. 18.03(1)
	15 jurors Miss. Code Ann. §13-7-5
	12 jurors Mo. Const. Art. I §16
	11 jurors Mont. Code Ann. 3-15-602(1)
	12 jurors Neb. Rev. Stat. §29-1416(1)
	12 jurors Nev. Rev. Stat. §§172.255(1)
	12 jurors Powell v. Pappagianis, 108 N.H. 523, 524, 238 A.2d 733, 734 (N.H. 1968)
	12 jurors N.J. R. Crim. P. §3:6-8(a)
	12 jurors N.M. Stat. Ann. §31-6-1 & N.M. Const. Art. II §14
	16 jurors N.Y. Crim. Pro. Law §190.25(1) (McKinney 1995)
	12 jurors N.C. Gen. Stat. §15a-621 & §15a-623(a)
	8 jurors N.D. Cent. Code §§29-10.1-01 & 29-10.2-03
	9 jurors Ohio R. Crim. P. 6(a)
	12 jurors Okla. Stat. Ann. Tit. 22 §311
	5 jurors Or. Rev. Stat. §132110(3)
	15 jurors 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. §4545(b)
	13-23 jurors R.I. Gen. Laws §§12-11-1 & 12-11.1-1 & R.I. Super. R. Crim. P. 6(a)
	12 jurors S.C. Code Ann. §14-7-1620
	6 jurors S.D. Codified Laws §23a-5-18
	12 jurors Tenn. R. Crim. P. 6(a)(1)
	9 jurors Tex. Crim. Proc. Code 19.40
	9 jurors Utah Code Ann. §77-10a-4(1)
	18 jurors Vermont R. Crim. P. 6(a)
	5 or 7 jurors Va. Code. Ann. §19.2-195
	12 jurors Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §10.27.020(6)
	15 jurors W. Va. Code §52-2-4
	14 jurors Wis. Stat. Ann. §756.16
	9 jurors Wyo. R. Crim. P. 6(a)(4)(B)

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