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FBI NICS Data

NICS Firearm Background Checks

Monthly firearm background check volume by state and territory, imported from the public FBI NICS report.

State / Territory

Checks in range

14M

Top state

Illinois

Top state month

Kentucky

Jan 2026 - 291,317

Monthly average

2M

Over time, across active months

Background Check Volume

Last Month Top States

Last Month

Jul 2026

Top 10 states by checks.

  1. 1Kentucky272,85922.8%
  2. 2Illinois249,47520.8%
  3. 3Texas121,65910.2%
  4. 4California113,0249.4%
  5. 5Florida88,2657.4%
  6. 6Colorado87,6287.3%
  7. 7Pennsylvania82,8566.9%
  8. 8Utah72,1096%
  9. 9Minnesota56,1204.7%
  10. 10Indiana54,4644.5%

State and Territory Grid

Illinois1,615,481230,783Jun 2026289,27511.6%
Texas969,439138,491Mar 2026160,8276.9%
California819,487117,070Mar 2026136,7815.9%
Kentucky700,675100,096Jan 2026291,3175%
Florida672,40896,058Mar 2026108,1964.8%
Pennsylvania647,21292,459Mar 2026113,8644.6%
Virginia507,30272,472Jun 2026124,3193.6%
Utah500,88971,556Mar 202675,1763.6%
Minnesota476,09368,013Mar 202687,3983.4%
North Carolina415,53459,362Mar 202670,0873%
Tennessee397,26756,752Mar 202666,6282.8%
Indiana396,54056,649Mar 202664,7922.8%
Michigan371,61153,087Mar 202667,7582.7%
Wisconsin360,28051,469Mar 202658,8082.6%
Ohio359,14851,307Mar 202663,6052.6%
Georgia342,70248,957Mar 202658,9212.5%
Colorado306,18243,740Jul 202687,6282.2%
Arizona269,98738,570Mar 202644,4981.9%
Missouri269,20638,458Mar 202647,0601.9%
Alabama268,02438,289Mar 202644,1481.9%
Washington251,43035,919Mar 202641,2901.8%
Oregon225,18532,169Mar 202638,9141.6%
South Carolina223,87931,983Mar 202635,7171.6%
Maryland213,25830,465Mar 202634,4451.5%
Oklahoma202,57128,939Mar 202632,4301.4%
New York195,66127,952Mar 202632,1671.4%
Massachusetts158,16522,595Mar 202628,6981.1%
Connecticut149,94121,420May 202625,5571.1%
Idaho145,91120,844Mar 202626,5841%
Louisiana140,13220,019Mar 202623,5051%
Mississippi132,25418,893Mar 202622,7190.9%
Arkansas126,36018,051Mar 202621,6820.9%
Iowa116,15816,594Jan 202622,7920.8%
Kansas102,58414,655Mar 202617,7030.7%
West Virginia99,42414,203Mar 202617,5150.7%
Nevada87,90012,557Mar 202614,9140.6%
New Hampshire77,41911,060Mar 202612,4260.6%
New Jersey75,83610,834Mar 202613,2580.5%
New Mexico73,43210,490Feb 202613,5100.5%
Montana73,05510,436Mar 202612,0920.5%
Puerto Rico67,8179,688Mar 202610,5190.5%
North Dakota59,6708,524Apr 202613,6960.4%
Maine49,1747,025Mar 20268,8730.4%
Nebraska46,0616,580Mar 20268,1780.3%
Alaska41,0395,863Apr 20266,7360.3%
South Dakota39,3565,622Mar 20266,7590.3%
Wyoming37,5685,367Mar 20266,1550.3%
Rhode Island28,0124,002Jun 20267,8610.2%
Delaware24,4483,493Mar 20263,9950.2%
Vermont20,0862,869Mar 20263,5440.1%
Hawaii13,6691,953Apr 20262,3870.1%
District of Columbia8,9441,278Jun 20261,4180.1%
Virgin Islands2,334333Jun 20264590%
Guam2,088298Mar 20263590%
Mariana Islands12618Jun 2026290%

Imported range

Nov 1998 to Jul 2026

Data caveat

Checks are not firearm sales.