The chart is a summary of federal cases. The feds have 90-plus federal district courts. The summary looks like state totals, but it is totals by federal disctrict court, and there is at least one federal district court in every state.
-- Still totally over 40,000 if I understand it all correctly. --
Yes, but that doesn't necessarily add up to major significance. Feds file about 100,000 indictments a year. How many are sealed, if for only part of a day? Do those count?
A lot of folks have made a significant issue of usually only about 1,000 per year now 40,000 per year. Does seem like a huge difference to me.
Don’t understand your minimizing it.