States Where the Government Profits the Most From Gun Sales

50. Delaware
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $2.86 per resident ($2.9 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $73 per person – 2nd lowest ($72.8 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 50.1 per 100,000 people – 2nd fewest (503 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 69 per 1,000 people – 11th fewest (69,068 total)

49. Hawaii
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $3.49 per resident ($5.0 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $51 per person – the lowest ($74.0 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 40.1 per 100,000 people – the fewest (578 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 12 per 1,000 people – the fewest (17,707 total)

48. New Mexico
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $4.11 per resident ($8.7 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $77 per person – 3rd lowest ($162.9 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 68.2 per 100,000 people – 6th fewest (1,442 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 92 per 1,000 people – 23rd fewest (194,989 total)

47. Kansas
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $4.35 per resident ($12.8 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $198 per person – 24th highest ($579.7 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 72.7 per 100,000 people – 8th fewest (2,133 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 78 per 1,000 people – 18th fewest (230,168 total)

46. Oklahoma
> 2021 federal business tax revenue from gun industry: $5.14 per resident ($20.5 million total)
> Gun industry total economic output, 2021: $104 per person – 5th lowest ($414.6 million total)
> Gun industry jobs, 2021: 67.8 per 100,000 people – 5th fewest (2,702 total)
> 2021 FBI firearm background checks: 104 per 1,000 people – 20th most (416,514 total)