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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

17.7M

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

Sep 2026

Top 10 states by checks.

  1. 1Illinois231,92023.8%
  2. 2Texas133,85213.8%
  3. 3California113,00811.6%
  4. 4Florida101,96710.5%
  5. 5Pennsylvania84,8118.7%
  6. 6Utah72,4847.5%
  7. 7Minnesota64,5296.6%
  8. 8Indiana58,1456%
  9. 9Tennessee56,0775.8%
  10. 10Wisconsin56,0385.8%

State and Territory Grid

Illinois2,088,272232,030Jun 2026289,27511.8%
Texas1,241,000137,889Mar 2026160,8277%
California1,048,868116,541Mar 2026136,7815.9%
Florida864,93296,104Mar 2026108,1964.9%
Kentucky827,82291,980Jan 2026291,3174.7%
Pennsylvania820,77791,197Mar 2026113,8644.6%
Utah646,25771,806Mar 202675,1763.6%
Minnesota600,90766,767Mar 202687,3983.4%
Virginia593,34665,927Jun 2026124,3193.3%
North Carolina523,24258,138Mar 202670,0872.9%
Indiana514,92657,214Mar 202664,7922.9%
Tennessee510,12556,681Mar 202666,6282.9%
Wisconsin470,41852,269Mar 202658,8082.7%
Michigan466,91451,879Mar 202667,7582.6%
Ohio451,68950,188Mar 202663,6052.5%
Georgia432,05148,006Mar 202658,9212.4%
Colorado352,73539,193Jul 202687,6282%
Alabama343,06638,118Mar 202644,1481.9%
Missouri342,83338,093Mar 202647,0601.9%
Arizona342,34438,038Mar 202644,4981.9%
Washington322,65635,851Mar 202641,2901.8%
South Carolina291,26332,363Mar 202635,7171.6%
Oregon282,27531,364Mar 202638,9141.6%
Maryland272,16030,240Mar 202634,4451.5%
Oklahoma264,67529,408Mar 202632,4301.5%
New York255,42628,381Mar 202632,1671.4%
Massachusetts203,33922,593Mar 202628,6981.1%
Connecticut194,13621,571May 202625,5571.1%
Idaho187,64620,850Mar 202626,5841.1%
Louisiana187,42920,825Sep 202626,2291.1%
Mississippi173,48819,276Mar 202622,7191%
Arkansas165,32118,369Mar 202621,6820.9%
Iowa143,64815,961Jan 202622,7920.8%
Kansas131,07814,564Mar 202617,7030.7%
West Virginia126,26214,029Mar 202617,5150.7%
Nevada110,78812,310Mar 202614,9140.6%
New Hampshire101,72511,303Sep 202612,4740.6%
Montana95,39910,600Mar 202612,0920.5%
New Jersey95,11610,568Mar 202613,2580.5%
New Mexico93,59710,400Feb 202613,5100.5%
Puerto Rico89,0939,899Aug 202610,7620.5%
North Dakota70,1577,795Apr 202613,6960.4%
Maine64,0117,112Mar 20268,8730.4%
Nebraska57,9346,437Mar 20268,1780.3%
Alaska54,3006,033Apr 20266,7360.3%
South Dakota51,5825,731Mar 20266,7590.3%
Wyoming48,4865,387Mar 20266,1550.3%
Rhode Island31,3753,486Jun 20267,8610.2%
Delaware30,0133,335Mar 20263,9950.2%
Vermont25,9322,881Mar 20263,5440.1%
Hawaii17,2081,912Apr 20262,3870.1%
District of Columbia11,0871,232Jun 20261,4180.1%
Virgin Islands3,487387Sep 20266170%
Guam2,693299Mar 20263590%
Mariana Islands18420Aug 2026300%

Imported range

Nov 1998 to Sep 2026

Data caveat

Checks are not firearm sales.