Name: NFA registered weapons by state
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By Cole Harlan, EditorUpdated Oct 30, 2026How we verifyEditorial standardsCorrections

Short answer: ATF counted 12,168,715 registered NFA weapons in the 50 states and D.C. as of June 2026, including 6,342,117 silencers. The top three states by total are Texas (1,660,764), Florida (810,230) and Virginia (640,318). That's 3,512,972 more than ATF's May 2024 count of 8,655,743, a rise of 40.6%.

Read this first: the registry changed on October 9, 2026. In an Open Letter dated October 9, 2026, ATF said that “effective October 9, 2026, ATF will no longer require individuals to seek ATF approval under the NFA before making or transferring short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers, and ‘any other weapon[s]’” and that it “will also no longer require such items to be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.” ATF said it “will continue to administer the NFA on a voluntary basis.” The same letter says “all NFA provisions still apply to machineguns and destructive devices.”

The counts on this page are from June 2026, before that change. In any later ATF count, registry figures for silencers, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns and AOWs may leave out items made or transferred without voluntary registration, so they could understate how many exist. Machine gun and destructive device counts are not affected. See NFA updates 2026 for the guidance and the court case behind it.

National totals by type

ATF publishes these counts once a year in its report Firearms Commerce in the United States: Annual Statistical Update. The newest is the 2025 edition, Exhibit 8, with data as of June 2026. The previous edition (2024, Exhibit 10) used data as of May 2024, so the change below covers about two years.

National totals as printed by ATF (50 states and D.C.)
Type	May 2024 (2024 report)	June 2026 (2025 report)	Change	Percent change
Silencers	3,536,623	6,342,117	+2,805,494	+79.3%
Short barreled rifles	870,286	1,162,627	+292,341	+33.6%
Short barreled shotguns	165,180	204,570	+39,390	+23.8%
Machine guns	782,958	882,708	+99,750	+12.7%
Destructive devices	3,212,547	3,480,970	+268,423	+8.4%
Any other weapons (AOW)	88,149	95,723	+7,574	+8.6%
Total	8,655,743	12,168,715	+3,512,972	+40.6%

Registered NFA weapons in every state

All figures are ATF's, copied as printed. Select a column heading to sort. On a phone, scroll the table sideways. Download the CSV.

Registered NFA weapons by state, ATF data as of June 2026. Per 1,000 residents uses Census Vintage 2025 population and is a GunReleases calculation. Select a column heading to sort.

Alabama	147,918	20,314	2,672	49,411	86,863	1,570	308,748	59.5	28.5
Alaska	34,047	6,403	1,538	1,794	7,684	343	51,809	70.3	46.2
Arizona	201,952	55,854	4,175	19,354	127,103	13,260	421,698	55.3	26.5
Arkansas	90,268	10,363	1,325	5,647	43,928	705	152,236	48.9	29.0
California	25,602	23,122	14,779	26,166	368,722	4,522	462,913	11.8	0.7
Colorado	173,309	33,403	2,636	7,670	62,258	1,524	280,800	46.7	28.8
Connecticut	43,224	13,541	1,283	53,600	14,468	1,154	127,270	34.5	11.7
Delaware	1,295	1,142	644	632	5,265	95	9,073	8.6	1.2
District of Columbia	1,771	2,357	1,200	26,722	53,039	135	85,224	122.9	2.6
Florida	433,743	110,011	12,237	43,883	204,906	5,450	810,230	34.5	18.5
Georgia	284,624	53,829	12,177	54,720	115,889	2,719	523,958	46.4	25.2
Hawaii	577	345	73	494	8,846	34	10,369	7.2	0.4
Idaho	110,281	12,117	1,678	4,755	26,043	690	155,564	76.6	54.3
Illinois	6,158	6,586	1,656	25,496	103,127	1,177	144,200	11.3	0.5
Indiana	153,410	26,153	12,586	28,509	112,868	2,162	335,688	48.1	22.0
Iowa	74,477	9,630	1,451	5,472	22,273	911	114,214	35.3	23.0
Kansas	81,283	11,844	1,416	4,050	26,159	807	125,559	42.2	27.3
Kentucky	109,082	14,593	2,466	20,760	51,933	1,775	200,609	43.5	23.7
Louisiana	137,915	17,018	2,355	6,934	62,465	873	227,560	49.3	29.9
Maine	24,274	6,494	701	3,320	4,161	670	39,620	28.0	17.2
Maryland	71,394	15,522	4,030	26,962	70,731	1,158	189,797	30.3	11.4
Massachusetts	36,220	10,465	1,099	8,574	20,445	1,253	78,056	10.9	5.1
Michigan	142,732	26,095	2,374	18,969	39,180	1,511	230,861	22.8	14.1
Minnesota	104,905	16,865	1,061	7,537	66,036	2,935	199,339	34.2	18.0
Mississippi	81,258	9,636	1,199	4,802	39,692	583	137,170	46.4	27.5
Missouri	145,130	21,389	3,168	10,731	43,527	1,602	225,547	36.0	23.1
Montana	82,512	7,039	855	2,602	6,972	501	100,481	87.8	72.1
Nebraska	61,275	7,033	769	2,394	10,998	875	83,344	41.3	30.4
Nevada	82,838	24,955	2,755	20,019	48,113	1,165	179,845	54.8	25.2
New Hampshire	81,607	15,213	902	16,443	6,830	554	121,549	85.9	57.7
New Jersey	14,047	7,252	28,025	99,077	49,425	1,944	199,770	20.9	1.5
New Mexico	46,136	9,278	904	3,843	85,218	453	145,832	68.6	21.7
New York	12,318	12,903	6,213	8,043	61,096	1,480	102,053	5.1	0.6
North Carolina	215,998	42,834	4,225	16,252	91,902	1,511	372,722	33.3	19.3
North Dakota	49,242	3,670	354	1,709	4,144	251	59,370	74.3	61.6
Ohio	174,664	35,053	7,022	20,814	97,284	2,487	337,324	28.3	14.7
Oklahoma	128,706	19,650	2,333	7,907	45,645	1,287	205,528	49.8	31.2
Oregon	127,513	22,276	1,963	5,881	29,581	1,697	188,911	44.2	29.8
Pennsylvania	205,544	51,701	14,959	22,413	106,930	2,574	404,121	30.9	15.7
Rhode Island	233	641	102	608	3,847	48	5,479	4.9	0.2
South Carolina	133,616	20,369	4,715	17,857	51,630	987	229,174	41.1	24.0
South Dakota	134,224	3,261	331	2,444	5,083	379	145,722	155.8	143.5
Tennessee	179,235	32,958	6,431	11,871	57,411	2,085	289,991	39.6	24.5
Texas	1,023,058	162,918	12,566	58,857	396,460	6,905	1,660,764	52.4	32.3
Utah	250,498	20,398	2,100	16,941	46,796	726	337,459	95.4	70.8
Vermont	10,090	2,072	234	1,269	3,286	273	17,224	26.7	15.7
Virginia	211,068	56,473	9,854	54,264	295,087	13,572	640,318	72.1	23.8
Washington	179,064	38,785	1,019	4,663	67,438	2,509	293,478	36.7	22.4
West Virginia	42,558	7,795	1,763	9,822	33,317	493	95,748	54.2	24.1
Wisconsin	134,002	18,708	1,703	7,629	35,662	955	198,659	33.3	22.4
Wyoming	45,222	4,301	494	2,122	53,204	394	105,737	179.6	76.8

Per 1,000 residents

This is a GunReleases calculation, not an ATF figure: ATF's count divided by the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 population estimate (Vintage 2025), times 1,000. For the 50 states and D.C. combined it works out to 35.6 registered NFA weapons and 18.6 silencers per 1,000 residents. The highest totals per 1,000 residents are in Wyoming (179.6), South Dakota (155.8), District of Columbia (122.9), Utah (95.4) and Montana (87.8). ATF's exhibit doesn't say who holds each item (individuals, trusts, licensed dealers and manufacturers, or government agencies), so a high rate is not the same as high private ownership. That matters most for destructive devices and machine guns, and for D.C.

Change since ATF's prior report

Comparing the 2025 report (June 2026) with the 2024 report (May 2024). Among the states we could compare, the fastest growth in total registrations was in Utah (+93.1%), Montana (+79.0%) and New Jersey (+73.1%). Nationally, registered silencers went from 3,536,623 to 6,342,117.

Five states are marked Not yet verified: Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts. In the 2024 exhibit, the rows printed under those labels look shifted onto a neighbouring state. For example, the 2024 row printed as Arkansas (308,973) is close to the 2025 Arizona figure, and the row printed as Arizona (106,215) is close to Arkansas. ATF hasn't published a correction we could find, so we show the 2024 values as printed and don't calculate a change for those states. The 2024 AOW counts for Tennessee and Virginia also differ sharply from 2025, so we don't compare AOWs by state.

Total registered NFA weapons, May 2024 versus June 2026, from ATF Exhibit 10 (2024 report) and Exhibit 8 (2025 report). Select a column heading to sort.

Alabama	224,341	308,748	+84,407	+37.6%	80,740	147,918
Alaska	36,097	51,809	+15,712	+43.5%	20,733	34,047
Arizona	106,215 (Not yet verified)	421,698	Not yet verified	Not yet verified	48,735 (Not yet verified)	201,952
Arkansas	308,973 (Not yet verified)	152,236	Not yet verified	Not yet verified	114,447 (Not yet verified)	90,268
California	418,971	462,913	+43,942	+10.5%	18,484	25,602
Colorado	196,779	280,800	+84,021	+42.7%	102,190	173,309
Connecticut	93,297	127,270	+33,973	+36.4%	25,736	43,224
Delaware	7,888	9,073	+1,185	+15.0%	1,161	1,295
District of Columbia	101,074	85,224	−15,850	−15.7%	1,166	1,771
Florida	631,809	810,230	+178,421	+28.2%	245,647	433,743
Georgia	377,800	523,958	+146,158	+38.7%	177,211	284,624
Hawaii	9,643	10,369	+726	+7.5%	458	577
Idaho	97,528	155,564	+58,036	+59.5%	57,564	110,281
Illinois	139,422	144,200	+4,778	+3.4%	3,865	6,158
Indiana	226,280	335,688	+109,408	+48.4%	87,431	153,410
Iowa	72,406	114,214	+41,808	+57.7%	36,555	74,477
Kansas	82,287	125,559	+43,272	+52.6%	41,916	81,283
Kentucky	131,187	200,609	+69,422	+52.9%	61,327	109,082
Louisiana	150,061	227,560	+77,499	+51.6%	69,362	137,915
Maine	154,358 (Not yet verified)	39,620	Not yet verified	Not yet verified	44,640 (Not yet verified)	24,274
Maryland	48,045 (Not yet verified)	189,797	Not yet verified	Not yet verified	12,928 (Not yet verified)	71,394
Massachusetts	28,767 (Not yet verified)	78,056	Not yet verified	Not yet verified	14,675 (Not yet verified)	36,220
Michigan	149,993	230,861	+80,868	+53.9%	75,823	142,732
Minnesota	137,800	199,339	+61,539	+44.7%	52,096	104,905
Mississippi	98,023	137,170	+39,147	+39.9%	45,471	81,258
Missouri	137,468	225,547	+88,079	+64.1%	67,149	145,130
Montana	56,126	100,481	+44,355	+79.0%	41,768	82,512
Nebraska	54,447	83,344	+28,897	+53.1%	35,044	61,275
Nevada	132,291	179,845	+47,554	+35.9%	50,939	82,838
New Hampshire	84,207	121,549	+37,342	+44.3%	44,093	81,607
New Jersey	115,437	199,770	+84,333	+73.1%	6,363	14,047
New Mexico	121,682	145,832	+24,150	+19.8%	27,310	46,136
New York	92,965	102,053	+9,088	+9.8%	9,430	12,318
North Carolina	252,362	372,722	+120,360	+47.7%	112,666	215,998
North Dakota	40,122	59,370	+19,248	+48.0%	31,058	49,242
Ohio	245,758	337,324	+91,566	+37.3%	94,121	174,664
Oklahoma	123,031	205,528	+82,497	+67.1%	73,160	128,706
Oregon	127,140	188,911	+61,771	+48.6%	72,664	127,513
Pennsylvania	295,474	404,121	+108,647	+36.8%	117,806	205,544
Rhode Island	4,895	5,479	+584	+11.9%	100	233
South Carolina	149,308	229,174	+79,866	+53.5%	63,066	133,616
South Dakota	118,807	145,722	+26,915	+22.7%	108,859	134,224
Tennessee	192,757	289,991	+97,234	+50.4%	92,541	179,235
Texas	1,136,732	1,660,764	+524,032	+46.1%	599,133	1,023,058
Utah	174,764	337,459	+162,695	+93.1%	110,367	250,498
Vermont	11,567	17,224	+5,657	+48.9%	5,389	10,090
Virginia	479,582	640,318	+160,736	+33.5%	114,167	211,068
Washington	213,639	293,478	+79,839	+37.4%	112,630	179,064
West Virginia	63,508	95,748	+32,240	+50.8%	21,403	42,558
Wisconsin	118,131	198,659	+80,528	+68.2%	60,632	134,002
Wyoming	84,499	105,737	+21,238	+25.1%	24,404	45,222

Method notes

Source. ATF, Firearms Commerce in the United States: Annual Statistical Update 2025, Exhibit 8, “National Firearms Act Registered Weapons by State (data as of June 2026)”. ATF's source line: “ATF National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR) based on state descriptors.” The report is listed on ATF's Data and Statistics page. ATF's site blocks automated downloads, so we read the PDF through an Internet Archive copy of that same ATF URL.
Checking. We extracted all 51 rows twice and confirmed that each row adds up to ATF's printed total and that each column adds up to ATF's printed national total, for both reports. Any mismatch would have stopped the build.
Coverage. The exhibit covers the 50 states and D.C. It lists no territories.
Definitions. The six categories are ATF's: any other weapon, destructive device, machine gun, silencer, short barreled rifle and short barreled shotgun, as defined in the National Firearms Act at 26 U.S.C. § 5845.
Row order. ATF prints Arkansas before Arizona, and Massachusetts before Maine and Maryland. The 2025 values under those labels fit each state's size and past counts, so we use them as printed.
Population. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 state population estimates (July 1, 2025), column POPESTIMATE2025.

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NFA registered weapons by state

National totals by type

Registered NFA weapons in every state

Per 1,000 residents

Change since ATF's prior report

Method notes

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