US Counties With the Highest Rates of Gun Ownership

The folks at City-Data have assembled a list of the 101 US counties with the highest rates of firearms ownership. There are probably some surprises on the list, especially for Texans as no Texas county appears until Harris (Houston) at number 73.

Louisiana is the state with the largest number of counties on the list.

Laramie County in Wyoming is at number 12.

Here's a link to the City-Data full list.

Here are the top 30.

1  Fairbanks borough, AK – 59.1%

2  Tooele County, UT – 59.1%

3  Nez Perce County, ID – 59.0%

4  Armstrong County, PA – 57.6%

5  Rapides Parish, LA – 52.8%

6  Teller County, CO – 52.3%

7  Darlington County, SC – 52.1%

8  Franklin County, VT – 51.7%

9  Randolph County, NC – 51.1%

10  Canyon County, ID – 50.9%

11  Anchorage Municipality, AK – 50.0%

12  Laramie County, WY – 49.6%

13  Davis County, UT – 48.8%

14  Yellowstone County, MT – 48.7%

15  Franklin County, PA – 48.5%

16  Pennington County, SD – 48.5%

17  Terrebonne Parish, LA – 47.9%

18  Ouachita Parish, LA – 47.6%

19  Florence County, SC – 47.6%

20  Orange County, VT – 47.0%

21  Calcasieu Parish, LA – 46.4%

22  Weber County, UT – 46.3%

23  Kanawha County, WV – 45.2%

24  Ada County, ID – 45.0%

25  Pulaski County, AR – 44.7%

26  Minnehaha County, SD – 44.7%

27  Westmoreland County, PA – 44.0%

28  Pinal County, AZ – 43.6%

29  St. Tammany Parish, LA – 42.5%

30  Caddo Parish, LA – 42.2%