What states have the most gun owners?

Red states, especially those with mostly rural populations, are much more likely to have high rates of gun ownership, but some blue states are surprisingly trending upward. The reason may shock you.

The Visual Capitalist reports that the United States has more guns than people, with nearly 400 million firearms owned by civilians.

The outlet recently came out with an interesting map in which it ranks states by the highest percentage of gun ownership. It’s based on data from the Pew Research Center compiled by Data Pandas as of 2024.

Montana tops the l…