The statistic shows the percentage of population in the United States owning one or more firearms in 2017, by region. In 2017, about 36 percent of the respondents living in the South owned a gun personally.
Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region
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Pew Research Center. (June 22, 2017). Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region." Chart. June 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/
Pew Research Center. (2017). Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Population in The United States Owning at Least One Gun in 2017, by Geographic Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 22, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/249773/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-region/
