GUNLAND USA
A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers
Section Two: Licensed Fiream Retailers
Licensed Firearm Retailers, January 2000
Ranked by Total Number of Retailers
Rank |
State |
Firearm Dealers |
Pawnbrokers |
Total Retailers |
Rate of Retailers
per 100,000
population |
1 |
Texas |
5,196 |
1,296 |
6,492 |
32.4 |
2 |
California |
3,780 |
266 |
4,046 |
12.2 |
3 |
Pennsylvania |
3,581 |
16 |
3,597 |
30.0 |
4 |
Michigan |
3,294 |
79 |
3,373 |
34.2 |
5 |
Florida |
2,363 |
789 |
3,152 |
20.9 |
6 |
Ohio |
2,891 |
158 |
3,049 |
27.1 |
7 |
Missouri |
2,360 |
335 |
2,695 |
49.3 |
8 |
New York |
2,625 |
12 |
2,637 |
14.5 |
9 |
Georgia |
1,537 |
785 |
2,322 |
29.8 |
10 |
Illinois |
2,227 |
87 |
2,314 |
19.1 |
11 |
North Carolina |
1,773 |
494 |
2,267 |
29.6 |
12 |
Indiana |
1,970 |
131 |
2,101 |
35.4 |
13 |
Minnesota |
1,935 |
128 |
2,063 |
43.2 |
14 |
Virginia |
1,876 |
175 |
2,051 |
29.8 |
15 |
Wisconsin |
1,900 |
40 |
1,940 |
36.9 |
16 |
Oregon |
1,840 |
52 |
1,892 |
57.1 |
17 |
Tennessee |
1,437 |
418 |
1,855 |
33.8 |
18 |
Kentucky |
1,317 |
376 |
1,693 |
42.7 |
19 |
Oklahoma |
1,187 |
468 |
1,655 |
49.3 |
20 |
Colorado |
1,308 |
240 |
1,548 |
38.2 |
21 |
Washington |
1,344 |
196 |
1,540 |
26.8 |
22 |
Louisiana |
1,225 |
254 |
1,479 |
33.8 |
23 |
Iowa |
1,371 |
102 |
1,473 |
51.3 |
24 |
Arizona |
1,276 |
139 |
1,415 |
29.6 |
25 |
Alabama |
960 |
422 |
1,382 |
31.6 |
26 |
Mississippi |
1,030 |
340 |
1,370 |
49.5 |
27 |
Montana |
1,211 |
153 |
1,364 |
154.5 |
28 |
Arkansas |
840 |
475 |
1,315 |
51.5 |
29 |
West Virginia |
1,063 |
213 |
1,276 |
70.6 |
30 |
Kansas |
1,128 |
123 |
1,251 |
47.1 |
31 |
Alaska |
1,087 |
65 |
1,152 |
186.0 |
32 |
Idaho |
824 |
167 |
991 |
79.2 |
33 |
Massachusetts |
927 |
3 |
930 |
15.1 |
34 |
South Carolina |
683 |
241 |
924 |
23.8 |
35 |
Nebraska |
832 |
47 |
879 |
52.8 |
36 |
New Mexico |
660 |
143 |
803 |
46.2 |
37 |
Maryland |
720 |
51 |
771 |
14.9 |
38 |
Utah |
635 |
120 |
755 |
35.4 |
39 |
Wyoming |
629 |
80 |
709 |
147.8 |
40 |
Connecticut |
661 |
13 |
674 |
20.5 |
41 |
Maine |
591 |
43 |
634 |
50.6 |
42 |
Nevada |
514 |
90 |
604 |
33.4 |
43 |
North Dakota |
551 |
39 |
590 |
93.1 |
44 |
South Dakota |
516 |
58 |
574 |
78.3 |
45 |
New Hampshire |
528 |
7 |
535 |
44.5 |
46 |
New Jersey |
498 |
1 |
499 |
6.1 |
47 |
Vermont |
484 |
1 |
485 |
81.7 |
48 |
Hawaii |
148 |
1 |
149 |
12.6 |
49 |
Delaware |
130 |
6 |
136 |
18.0 |
50 |
Rhode Island |
128 |
2 |
130 |
13.1 |
|
Total |
69,591 |
9,940 |
79,531 |
29.2 |
Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; rates and rankings computed by the Violence Policy Center.
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