Here’s how gun ownership in the United States has changed over the past decade, according to a new Gallup poll

The number of people owning a gun in the United States has remained stable, but gun ownership demographics show a notable shift in who keeps — and doesn’t keep — a gun in their homes, according to the latest Gallup poll.

About 31% of American adults personally own a gun, while 13% report living in a home with a gun owned by someone else.

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According to Gallup’s annual gun ownership survey, Democratic and independent men are seeing a decline in gun ownership, but that reduction has been offset by an increase in another demographic.

Who owns the guns in America?

According to Gallup, the percentage of Republican women owning a gun increased from 19% in 2007-2012 to 33% in 2019-2024.

Gun ownership among Democratic men, meanwhile, fell seven percentage points, to 29 percent, and five points among independent men, to 39 percent.

Republican men are still the most likely to own a gun, at 60 percent.

Gender remains the leading indicator of gun ownership. Men (43%) are twice as likely as women (20%) to own a gun, but the gap has narrowed by 7 points over the past decade.

Gun ownership by political party

The gender gap is smaller, but the gap between political parties is larger when it comes to gun ownership, Gallup says.

From 2007 to 2012, personal gun ownership rates differed by 16 points between Republicans (38%) and Democrats (22%). Today, this gap is 28 points (47% and 19% respectively).

Republicans are currently 1.5 times more likely than non-Republicans to own a gun, and Democrats are 1.3 times less likely than non-Democrats to own a gun.

Previous Gallup analyzes did not identify politics as a significant indicator of gun ownership.

Gun ownership by location

The latest data shows a large gap in gun ownership rates between people who identify as rural (51%) and residents of big cities (20%).

The majority of rural residents report gun ownership, while Americans who live in cities or suburbs generally have gun ownership rates closer to the national average.

Southern residents (40%) are twice as likely as Eastern residents (19%) to own a gun, while those in the Midwest and West have average levels of gun ownership on fire.

Who has the most guns?

The highest gun ownership rates were found among:

• men living in rural areas (67%)
• Rural Republicans (62%)
• conservatives living in rural areas (62%)
• rural people from the South (59%)

Who has the least guns?

According to Gallup, some of the lowest gun ownership rates are among:

• women aged 18 to 29 (9%)
• Democrats (9%) and liberals (10%) aged 18 to 29
• residents of large Eastern cities (10%)
• women living in the East (10%)
• Eastern residents aged 18 to 29 (10%)