VPC - GUNLAND USA - Section Four: Firearm Manufacturers and Production (2024)

GUNLAND USA

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

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

Rank	State	Number ofManufacturers	PistolProduction	RevolverProduction	RifleProduction	ShotgunProduction	Total FirearmsProduction
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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