GUNLAND USA

A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers

Section Four: Firearm Manufacturers and Production

Number of Firearm Manufacturers and Production, 1998
Ranked by Number of Manufacturers

Rank	State	Number of Manufacturers	Pistol Production	Revolver Production	Rifle Production	Shotgun Production	Total Firearms Production
1	Texas	26	8,347	567	634	65,799	75,347
2	California	22	228,184	232	190	22	228,628
3	Arizona	11	161,710	0	4,172	0	165,882
4	Florida	10	52,755	0	1,781	21	54,557
4	New York	10	33,336	165	235,833	337,853	607,187
6	Connecticut	9	65,101	24,468	451,780	400,183	941,532
6	Montana	9	0	0	1,930	43	1,973
6	Ohio	9	29,840	1	29,299	0	59,140
9	Illinois	8	13,023	0	12,672	6,831	32,526
9	Minnesota	8	30	0	9,456	0	9,486
9	Pennsylvania	8	0	4	6,279	27	6,310
12	Massachusetts	7	109,639	143,573	110,409	207,186	570,807
12	Oregon	7	0	0	9,530	12	9,542
12	South Dakota	7	0	417	611	9	1,037
15	Tennessee	6	3,943	673	1,939	641	7,196
15	Virginia	6	1	0	44	6	51
17	Georgia	5	981	0	28	0	1,009
17	Kansas	5	56	0	62	0	118
17	Maryland	5	110,719	0	377	37	111,133
17	Missouri	5	37	0	34	11	82
17	New Hampshire	5	65,827	120,417	348,327	17,441	552,012
22	Arkansas	4	1,071	22	68	0	1,161
22	Colorado	4	3	0	20	0	23
22	Oklahoma	4	177	0	11	0	188
22	Utah	4	26,619	32,667	153	5	59,444
22	Washington	4	280	0	4,738	184	5,202
27	Idaho	3	0	0	37	0	37
27	Maine	3	31,224	0	25,610	5	56,839
29	Alabama	2	14,076	0	1	0	14,077
29	Indiana	2	1	13	0	0	14
29	Kentucky	2	0	0	78,008	0	78,008
29	Louisiana	2	79	8	83	1	171
29	Michigan	2	0	0	1	3	4
29	Nevada	2	62	0	302	0	364
29	North Carolina	2	0	0	4	0	4
29	Vermont	2	2,450	0	0	0	2,450
29	Wisconsin	2	0	0	321	200	521
29	Wyoming	2	0	1,163	51	0	1,214
39	Iowa	1	0	0	10,965	0	10,965
39	Nebraska	1	36	0	0	0	36
39	New Mexico	1	0	0	4	0	4
39	South Carolina	1	758	0	0	0	758
39	West Virginia	1	0	0	135	0	135
44	Alaska	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Delaware	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Hawaii	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Mississippi	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	New Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	North Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Rhode Island	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	238	960,365	324,390	1,345,899	1,036,520	3,667,174

Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; ranking computed by the Violence Policy Center.

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