America is estimated to have approximately 400 million firearms in civilian circulation.
The number of registered weapons across all U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2024 was approximately 9.6 million (about 2.4% of the total).
This insight was accessed via Statista.
The registered weapons do not count America’s guns. It counts the ones that official records can see.
- Texas leads all U.S. states with 1,136,732 registered weapons in 2024, nearly double Florida’s second-place total of 631,809.
- The entire record covers approximately 9.6 million registered weapons across 51 jurisdictions.
- Rhode Island has the fewest registered weapons at 4,895.
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Ranked: Registered Guns By State (2024)
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Rank | State / Territory | Registered weapon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 1 | Texas | 1,136,732 |
| 2 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 2 | Florida | 631,809 |
| 3 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 3 | Virginia | 479,582 |
| 4 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 4 | California | 418,971 |
| 5 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 5 | Georgia | 377,800 |
| 6 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 6 | Arkansas | 308,973 |
| 7 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 7 | Pennsylvania | 295,474 |
| 8 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 8 | North Carolina | 252,362 |
| 9 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 9 | Ohio | 245,758 |
| 10 | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | emmanuel-ashemiriogwa | 01/09/2026 10:49 AM | 10 | Indiana | 226,280 |
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