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Apologies if you’ve all seen this before (I’m sure the numbers have changed slightly... this is based on 2013 data. Not sure if there’s an updated version).
Some surprises in this list. I expected California to be much lower in gun ownership than it is... (All the celebrity bodyguards?) And I thought states like Missouri and Oklahoma would be higher.
How Armed is Your State?
The 50 United States ranked by percentage of gun ownership
So, CBS News published an article asking, “How heavily armed is your state?” It’s far from conclusive, mainly because there are many unknowns about guns and gun ownership — for instance, in free(ish) states, there’s no such thing as gun registration. But it does attempt to sum up gun ownership by taking data from a “gun ownership rate assessment” titled “Gun ownership and social gun culture,” published in 2015.
Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF’s National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census:
1. Rhode Island: 5.8%
2. New York: 10.3%
3. New Jersey: 11.3%
4. New Hampshire: 14.4%
5. Connecticut: 16.6%
6. Ohio: 19.6%
7. (tie) Nebraska: 19.8%
8. (tie) California: 19.8%
9. Maryland: 20.7%
10.(tie) Massachusetts: 22.6%
11. (tie) Maine: 22.6%
12. Washington, D.C.: 25.9%
13. Illinois: 26.2%
14. Oregon: 26.6%
15. (tie) Pennsylvania: 27.1%
16. (tie) Missouri: 27.1%
17. Washington: 27.7%
18. North Carolina: 28.7%
19. (tie) Vermont: 28.8%
20. (tie) Michigan: 28.8%
21. Virginia: 29.3%
22. Oklahoma: 31.2%
23. Georgia: 31.6%
24. Utah: 31.9%
25. Kansas: 32.2%
26. Arizona: 32.3%
27. Florida: 32.5%
28. (tie) Indiana: 33.8%
29. (tie) Iowa: 33.8%
30. Colorado: 34.3%
31. Wisconsin: 34.7%
32. South Dakota: 35%
33. Texas: 35.7%
34. Minnesota: 36.7%
35. Nevada: 37.5%
36. Tennessee: 39.4%
37. Kentucky: 42.4%
38. Mississippi: 42.8%
39. South Carolina: 44.4%
40. Louisiana: 44.5%
41. Hawaii: 45.1%
42. North Dakota: 47.9%
43. Alabama: 48.9%
44. New Mexico: 49.9%
45. Montana: 52.3%
46. Wyoming: 53.8%
47. West Virginia: 54.2%
48. Idaho: 56.9%
49. Arkansas: 57.9%
50. Alaska: 61.7%
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/10/24/how-armed-is-your-state/
Some surprises in this list. I expected California to be much lower in gun ownership than it is... (All the celebrity bodyguards?) And I thought states like Missouri and Oklahoma would be higher.
How Armed is Your State?
The 50 United States ranked by percentage of gun ownership
So, CBS News published an article asking, “How heavily armed is your state?” It’s far from conclusive, mainly because there are many unknowns about guns and gun ownership — for instance, in free(ish) states, there’s no such thing as gun registration. But it does attempt to sum up gun ownership by taking data from a “gun ownership rate assessment” titled “Gun ownership and social gun culture,” published in 2015.
Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF’s National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census:
1. Rhode Island: 5.8%
2. New York: 10.3%
3. New Jersey: 11.3%
4. New Hampshire: 14.4%
5. Connecticut: 16.6%
6. Ohio: 19.6%
7. (tie) Nebraska: 19.8%
8. (tie) California: 19.8%
9. Maryland: 20.7%
10.(tie) Massachusetts: 22.6%
11. (tie) Maine: 22.6%
12. Washington, D.C.: 25.9%
13. Illinois: 26.2%
14. Oregon: 26.6%
15. (tie) Pennsylvania: 27.1%
16. (tie) Missouri: 27.1%
17. Washington: 27.7%
18. North Carolina: 28.7%
19. (tie) Vermont: 28.8%
20. (tie) Michigan: 28.8%
21. Virginia: 29.3%
22. Oklahoma: 31.2%
23. Georgia: 31.6%
24. Utah: 31.9%
25. Kansas: 32.2%
26. Arizona: 32.3%
27. Florida: 32.5%
28. (tie) Indiana: 33.8%
29. (tie) Iowa: 33.8%
30. Colorado: 34.3%
31. Wisconsin: 34.7%
32. South Dakota: 35%
33. Texas: 35.7%
34. Minnesota: 36.7%
35. Nevada: 37.5%
36. Tennessee: 39.4%
37. Kentucky: 42.4%
38. Mississippi: 42.8%
39. South Carolina: 44.4%
40. Louisiana: 44.5%
41. Hawaii: 45.1%
42. North Dakota: 47.9%
43. Alabama: 48.9%
44. New Mexico: 49.9%
45. Montana: 52.3%
46. Wyoming: 53.8%
47. West Virginia: 54.2%
48. Idaho: 56.9%
49. Arkansas: 57.9%
50. Alaska: 61.7%
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/10/24/how-armed-is-your-state/