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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