Hawaii: 2nd Fewest Gun Dealers Per Capita
Latest federal data finds 68,000 dealers nationwide, but just 140 in the islands.
The United States has more than 68,000 licensed gun dealers, but only about 140 are in Hawaii.
This year’s data from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms includes all licensed firearms manufacturers, importers and pawnbrokers.
Civil Beat used the ATF data to calculate the number of gun dealers per capita in each state:
Wyoming had the most, with 153 gun dealers per 100,000 residents. Next were Montana and Alaska, with 151 and 132 per 100,000 residents, respectively.
New Jersey had the fewest, with six dealers per 100,000 residents.
Meanwhile, Hawaii had 21 firearms dealers per 100,000 – the second fewest gun dealers per capita in the country.
Here’s a map of all licensed gun dealers in Hawaii in 2015:
