Which state is no. 1?
Number of Firearm Manufacturers and Production, 1998
Ranked by Number of Manufacturers
| Rank | State | Number of Manufacturers | Pistol Production | Revolver Production | Rifle Production | Shotgun Production | Total Firearms Production |
| 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.