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🔫 US States by Household Gun Ownership

Estimated share of households with a firearm in each state (RAND, 2016).

📅 2016📏 % of households50 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (% of households); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Montana
65%
2
Wyoming
61%
3
West Virginia
60%
4
Idaho
58%
5
Alaska
57%
6
Oklahoma
55%
7
South Dakota
55%
8
Mississippi
54%
9
Alabama
53%
10
Kentucky
53%
11
Missouri
53%
12
North Dakota
53%
13
Arkansas
52%
14
Louisiana
52%
15
Vermont
50%
16
Maine
48%
17
Tennessee
47%
18
Wisconsin
47%
19
New Hampshire
46%
20
South Carolina
45%
21
Indiana
42%
22
Kansas
42%
23
Ohio
42%
24
Oregon
41%
25
Pennsylvania
40%
26
Utah
40%
27
Delaware
39%
28
Iowa
39%
29
Michigan
39%
30
Minnesota
39%
31
Nebraska
39%
32
Colorado
38%
33
Georgia
38%
34
North Carolina
37%
35
Arizona
36%
36
New Mexico
36%
37
Texas
36%
38
Virginia
35%
39
Nevada
33%
40
Washington
32%
41
Florida
29%
42
Illinois
23%
43
Connecticut
19%
44
Maryland
17%
45
California
16%
46
New York
14%
47
Rhode Island
14%
48
Hawaii
9%
49
Massachusetts
9%
50
New Jersey
9%

Highlights

Within United States, Montana ranks first in 2016 with 65%, followed by Wyoming (61%) and West Virginia (60%).

Across 50 entries, values run from 65% (Montana) to 9% (New Jersey), with a median of 40%.

Source: RAND Corporation, State-Level Estimates of Household Firearm Ownership (2016) (via Wikipedia), 2016. Unit: % of households.

Source: RAND Corporation, State-Level Estimates of Household Firearm Ownership (2016) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — RAND's figures are survey-based estimates; 2016 is the newest year available for every state. RAND publishes none for D.C.