States Where the Government Profits the Most From Gun Sales

5. Minnesota
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $36.97 per resident ($211.0 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $488 per person – 5th highest ($2.8 billion total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 204.6 per 100,000 people – 10th most (11,680 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 166 per 1,000 people – 6th most (945,299 total)

4. Arkansas
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $42.00 per resident ($127.1 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $835 per person – 4th highest ($2.5 billion total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 344.6 per 100,000 people – 4th most (10,426 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 95 per 1,000 people – 24th most (288,706 total)

3. Idaho
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $52.83 per resident ($100.4 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $887 per person – 3rd highest ($1.7 billion total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 368.2 per 100,000 people – 3rd most (6,999 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 144 per 1,000 people – 9th most (273,762 total)

2. Wyoming
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $67.36 per resident ($39.0 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $1190 per person – 2nd highest ($688.7 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 634.4 per 100,000 people – 2nd most (3,672 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 146 per 1,000 people – 7th most (84,624 total)

1. New Hampshire
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $146.37 per resident ($203.3 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $1960 per person – the highest ($2.7 billion total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 716.3 per 100,000 people – the most (9,950 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 109 per 1,000 people – 16th most (151,853 total)