Below are background check and sales-adjusted* figures by state for February 2026, along with year-to-date totals for 2026. Also shown are figures per 100,000 population, providing comparisons across areas with differing population sizes.
* Sales-adjusted figures serve as a proxy for firearms sales but do not represent actual numbers of guns sold. Figures are calculated by excluding background checks for permits and other administrative purposes. In some cases, sales-adjusted figures may be greater than total background checks due to sales of multiple items. Figures may include sales of non-firearms items.
Sources: FBI, Firearms Checks (NICS), Reports & Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau, State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024; and Gun Check Hub calculations