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The most heavily armed county in the US is (drum roll, please) – Faribanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Second place goes to Tooele County, Utah and third is Nez Perce County, Arizona. City-Data.com compiled the list (We should note there’s no source posted for the city-data list) and Reddit user Ramsesses_Deux created the map.
Texas, one of the most gun friendly states in America, is surprisingly not one of the top 10 most armed counties. The Lone Star State’s first entry is Harris County at no. 73.
1. Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, pop. 82,840: 59.1%
2. Tooele County, UT (Tooele, Grantsville, Erda), pop. 40,735: 59.1%
3. Nez Perce County, ID (Lewiston, Lapwai, Culdesac), pop. 37,410: 59.0%
4. Armstrong County, PA (Kittanning, Ford City, Leechburg), pop. 72,392: 57.6%
5. Rapides Parish, LA (Alexandria, Pineville, Ball), pop. 126,337: 52.8%
6. Teller County, CO (Woodland Park, Cripple Creek, Green Mountain Falls), pop. 20,555: 52.3%
7. Darlington County, SC (Hartsville, Darlington, North Hartsville), pop. 67,394: 52.1%
8. Franklin County, VT (St. Albans, Swanton, Fairfax), pop. 45,417: 51.7%
9. Randolph County, NC (Asheboro, Archdale, Trinity), pop. 130,454: 51.1%
10. Canyon County, ID (Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton), pop. 131,441: 50.9%
11. Anchorage Municipality, AK, pop. 260,283: 50.0%
12. Laramie County, WY (Cheyenne, Ranchettes, South Greeley), pop. 81,607: 49.6%
13. Davis County, UT (Layton, Bountiful, Clearfield), pop. 238,994: 48.8%
14. Yellowstone County, MT (Billings, Laurel, Lockwood), pop. 129,352: 48.7%
15. Franklin County, PA (Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Greencastle), pop. 129,313: 48.5%
16. Pennington County, SD (Rapid City, Rapid Valley, Box Elder), pop. 88,565: 48.5%
17. Terrebonne Parish, LA (Houma, Bayou Cane, Schriever), pop. 104,503: 47.9%
18. Ouachita Parish, LA (Monroe, West Monroe, Claiborne), pop. 147,250: 47.6%
19. Florence County, SC (Florence, Lake City, Timmonsville), pop. 125,761: 47.6%
20. Orange County, VT (Randolph, Williamstown, Bradford), pop. 28,226: 47.0%
21. Calcasieu Parish, LA (Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff), pop. 183,577: 46.4%
22. Weber County, UT (Ogden, Roy, North Ogden), pop. 196,533: 46.3%
23. Kanawha County, WV (Charleston, South Charleston, St. Albans), pop. 200,073: 45.2%
24. Ada County, ID (Boise, Meridian, Eagle), pop. 300,904: 45.0%
25. Pulaski County, AR (Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville), pop. 361,474: 44.7%
26. Minnehaha County, SD (Sioux Falls, Brandon, Dell Rapids), pop. 148,281: 44.7%
27. Westmoreland County, PA (Greensburg, New Kensington, Lower Burrell), pop. 369,993: 44.0%
28. Pinal County, AZ (Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Florence), pop. 179,727: 43.6%
29. St. Tammany Parish, LA (Slidell, Mandeville, Covington), pop. 191,268: 42.5%
30. Caddo Parish, LA (Shreveport, Vivian, Greenwood), pop. 252,161: 42.2%
31. Sandoval County, NM (Rio Rancho, Corrales, Bernalillo), pop. 89,908: 42.1%
32. Hinds County, MS (Jackson, Clinton, Byram), pop. 250,800: 41.9%
33. Jefferson County, AL (Birmingham, Hoover, Bessemer), pop. 662,047: 41.0%
34. Anoka County, MN (Coon Rapids, Blaine, Fridley), pop. 298,084: 40.6%
35. East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (Baton Rouge, Shenandoah, Baker), pop. 412,852: 40.0%
36. Windsor County, VT (Hartford, Springfield, Windsor), pop. 57,418: 40.0%
37. Henderson County, NC (Hendersonville, Fletcher, East Flat Rock), pop. 89,173: 39.8%
38. Clark County, WA (Vancouver, Orchards, Salmon Creek), pop. 345,238: 39.5%
39. Cass County, ND (Fargo, West Fargo, Casselton), pop. 123,138: 39.2%
40. Buncombe County, NC (Asheville, Black Mountain, Royal Pines), pop. 206,330: 39.1%
41. Washoe County, NV (Reno, Sparks, Sun Valley), pop. 339,486: 38.7%
42. Salt Lake County, UT (Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy), pop. 898,387: 38.3%
43. Forsyth County, NC (Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons), pop. 306,067: 38.1%
44. Grafton County, NH (Lebanon, Hanover, Plymouth), pop. 81,743: 36.9%
45. Lancaster County, PA (Lancaster, Ephrata, Elizabethtown), pop. 470,658: 36.8%
46. Sedgwick County, KS (Wichita, Derby, Haysville), pop. 452,869: 36.7%
47. Clackamas County, OR (Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn), pop. 338,391: 35.9%
48. Shelby County, TN (Memphis, Bartlett, Germantown), pop. 897,472: 35.7%
49. Sarpy County, NE (Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista), pop. 122,595: 35.6%
50. Cleveland County, OK (Norman, Moore, Noble), pop. 208,016: 35.3%
51. Richland County, SC (Columbia, St. Andrews, Dentsville), pop. 320,677: 34.9%
52. Tulsa County, OK (Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso), pop. 563,299: 34.3%
53. York County, ME (Biddeford, Sanford, Saco), pop. 186,742: 33.7%
54. Sussex County, DE (Milford, Seaford, Georgetown), pop. 156,638: 33.7%
55. Kent County, DE (Dover, Smyrna, Highland Acres), pop. 126,697: 33.7%
56. El Paso County, CO (Colorado Springs, Fountain, Cimarron Hills), pop. 516,929: 33.5%
57. Snohomish County, WA (Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood), pop. 606,024: 33.4%
58. Frederick County, MD (Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Green Valley), pop. 195,277: 33.3%
59. Dakota County, MN (Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley), pop. 355,904: 33.2%
60. Duval County, FL (Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach), pop. 778,879: 32.8%
61. Merrimack County, NH (Concord, Hooksett, Franklin), pop. 136,225: 32.7%
62. Jefferson Parish, LA (Metairie, Kenner, Marrero), pop. 455,466: 32.3%
63. Jackson County, MO (Kansas City, Independence, Blue Springs), pop. 654,880: 32.2%
64. Guilford County, NC (Greensboro, High Point, Summerfield), pop. 421,048: 32.1%
65. Shawnee County, KS (Topeka, Silver Lake, Auburn), pop. 169,871: 32.0%
66. Yuma County, AZ (Yuma, Fortuna Foothills, San Luis), pop. 160,026: 31.8%
67. Lancaster County, NE (Lincoln, Waverly, Hickman), pop. 250,291: 31.8%
68. Washington County, OR (Beaverton, Hillsboro, Aloha), pop. 445,342: 31.6%
69. Jefferson County, CO (Lakewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge), pop. 527,056: 31.5%
70. Polk County, IA (Des Moines, West Des Moines, Urbandale), pop. 374,601: 31.0%
71. Macomb County, MI (Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton), pop. 788,149: 30.9%
72. Oklahoma County, OK (Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City), pop. 660,448: 30.8%
73. Harris County, TX (Houston, Pasadena, Baytown), pop. 3,400,578: 30.4%
74. Bernalillo County, NM (Albuquerque, South Valley, North Valley), pop. 556,678: 30.2%
75. Johnson County, KS (Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee), pop. 451,086: 30.0%
76. Pierce County, WA (Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup), pop. 700,820: 29.9%
77. Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale), pop. 3,072,149: 29.7%
78. Adams County, CO (Aurora, Westminster, Thornton), pop. 363,857: 29.3%
79. Clark County, NV (Las Vegas, Paradise, Henderson), pop. 1,375,765: 29.2%
80. Douglas County, NE (Omaha, Ralston, Elkhorn), pop. 463,585: 28.1%
81. Oakland County, MI (Farmington Hills, Troy, Southfield), pop. 1,194,156: 27.9%
82. Dallas County, TX (Dallas, Garland, Irving), pop. 2,218,899: 27.7%
83. Chittenden County, VT (Burlington, Colchester, South Burlington), pop. 146,571: 27.7%
84. Windham County, CT (Windham, Willimantic, Plainfield), pop. 109,091: 27.6%
85. Lake County, IN (Gary, Hammond, East Chicago), pop. 484,564: 27.5%
86. Pima County, AZ (Tucson, Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills), pop. 843,746: 27.2%
87. Davidson County, TN (Goodlettsville, Forest Hills, Oak Hill), pop. 569,891: 27.0%
88. Jefferson County, KY (Louisville, Jeffersontown, Valley Station), pop. 693,604: 26.5%
89. Cobb County, GA (Marietta, Smyrna, Mableton), pop. 607,751: 26.4%
90. Mahoning County, OH (Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown), pop. 257,555: 26.3%
91. Cumberland County, ME (Portland, South Portland, Brunswick), pop. 265,612: 26.0%
92. Chester County, PA (West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville), pop. 433,501: 25.1%
93. Anne Arundel County, MD (Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn), pop. 489,656: 25.1%
94. Arapahoe County, CO (Southglenn, Littleton, Englewood), pop. 487,967: 24.8%
95. Montgomery County, OH (Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights), pop. 559,062: 24.7%
96. St. Louis County, MO (Florissant, Chesterfield, University City), pop. 1,016,315: 24.7%
97. Marion County, IN (Indianapolis, Lawrence, Beech Grove), pop. 860,454: 24.7%
98. Bucks County, PA (Levittown, Morrisville, Croydon), pop. 597,635: 24.6%
99. Hennepin County, MN (Minneapolis, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park), pop. 1,116,200: 24.5%
100. Rockingham County, NH (Derry, Salem, Londonderry), pop. 277,359: 24.4%
101. Ramsey County, MN (St. Paul, Maplewood, Roseville), pop. 511,035: 24.4%
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The most heavily armed county in the US is (drum roll, please) – Faribanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Second place goes to Tooele County, Utah and third is Nez Perce County, Arizona. City-Data.com compiled the list (We should note there’s no source posted for the city-data list) and Reddit user Ramsesses_Deux created the map.
Texas, one of the most gun friendly states in America, is surprisingly not one of the top 10 most armed counties. The Lone Star State’s first entry is Harris County at no. 73.
1. Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, pop. 82,840: 59.1%
2. Tooele County, UT (Tooele, Grantsville, Erda), pop. 40,735: 59.1%
3. Nez Perce County, ID (Lewiston, Lapwai, Culdesac), pop. 37,410: 59.0%
4. Armstrong County, PA (Kittanning, Ford City, Leechburg), pop. 72,392: 57.6%
5. Rapides Parish, LA (Alexandria, Pineville, Ball), pop. 126,337: 52.8%
6. Teller County, CO (Woodland Park, Cripple Creek, Green Mountain Falls), pop. 20,555: 52.3%
7. Darlington County, SC (Hartsville, Darlington, North Hartsville), pop. 67,394: 52.1%
8. Franklin County, VT (St. Albans, Swanton, Fairfax), pop. 45,417: 51.7%
9. Randolph County, NC (Asheboro, Archdale, Trinity), pop. 130,454: 51.1%
10. Canyon County, ID (Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton), pop. 131,441: 50.9%
11. Anchorage Municipality, AK, pop. 260,283: 50.0%
12. Laramie County, WY (Cheyenne, Ranchettes, South Greeley), pop. 81,607: 49.6%
13. Davis County, UT (Layton, Bountiful, Clearfield), pop. 238,994: 48.8%
14. Yellowstone County, MT (Billings, Laurel, Lockwood), pop. 129,352: 48.7%
15. Franklin County, PA (Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Greencastle), pop. 129,313: 48.5%
16. Pennington County, SD (Rapid City, Rapid Valley, Box Elder), pop. 88,565: 48.5%
17. Terrebonne Parish, LA (Houma, Bayou Cane, Schriever), pop. 104,503: 47.9%
18. Ouachita Parish, LA (Monroe, West Monroe, Claiborne), pop. 147,250: 47.6%
19. Florence County, SC (Florence, Lake City, Timmonsville), pop. 125,761: 47.6%
20. Orange County, VT (Randolph, Williamstown, Bradford), pop. 28,226: 47.0%
21. Calcasieu Parish, LA (Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff), pop. 183,577: 46.4%
22. Weber County, UT (Ogden, Roy, North Ogden), pop. 196,533: 46.3%
23. Kanawha County, WV (Charleston, South Charleston, St. Albans), pop. 200,073: 45.2%
24. Ada County, ID (Boise, Meridian, Eagle), pop. 300,904: 45.0%
25. Pulaski County, AR (Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville), pop. 361,474: 44.7%
26. Minnehaha County, SD (Sioux Falls, Brandon, Dell Rapids), pop. 148,281: 44.7%
27. Westmoreland County, PA (Greensburg, New Kensington, Lower Burrell), pop. 369,993: 44.0%
28. Pinal County, AZ (Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Florence), pop. 179,727: 43.6%
29. St. Tammany Parish, LA (Slidell, Mandeville, Covington), pop. 191,268: 42.5%
30. Caddo Parish, LA (Shreveport, Vivian, Greenwood), pop. 252,161: 42.2%
31. Sandoval County, NM (Rio Rancho, Corrales, Bernalillo), pop. 89,908: 42.1%
32. Hinds County, MS (Jackson, Clinton, Byram), pop. 250,800: 41.9%
33. Jefferson County, AL (Birmingham, Hoover, Bessemer), pop. 662,047: 41.0%
34. Anoka County, MN (Coon Rapids, Blaine, Fridley), pop. 298,084: 40.6%
35. East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (Baton Rouge, Shenandoah, Baker), pop. 412,852: 40.0%
36. Windsor County, VT (Hartford, Springfield, Windsor), pop. 57,418: 40.0%
37. Henderson County, NC (Hendersonville, Fletcher, East Flat Rock), pop. 89,173: 39.8%
38. Clark County, WA (Vancouver, Orchards, Salmon Creek), pop. 345,238: 39.5%
39. Cass County, ND (Fargo, West Fargo, Casselton), pop. 123,138: 39.2%
40. Buncombe County, NC (Asheville, Black Mountain, Royal Pines), pop. 206,330: 39.1%
41. Washoe County, NV (Reno, Sparks, Sun Valley), pop. 339,486: 38.7%
42. Salt Lake County, UT (Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy), pop. 898,387: 38.3%
43. Forsyth County, NC (Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons), pop. 306,067: 38.1%
44. Grafton County, NH (Lebanon, Hanover, Plymouth), pop. 81,743: 36.9%
45. Lancaster County, PA (Lancaster, Ephrata, Elizabethtown), pop. 470,658: 36.8%
46. Sedgwick County, KS (Wichita, Derby, Haysville), pop. 452,869: 36.7%
47. Clackamas County, OR (Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn), pop. 338,391: 35.9%
48. Shelby County, TN (Memphis, Bartlett, Germantown), pop. 897,472: 35.7%
49. Sarpy County, NE (Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista), pop. 122,595: 35.6%
50. Cleveland County, OK (Norman, Moore, Noble), pop. 208,016: 35.3%
51. Richland County, SC (Columbia, St. Andrews, Dentsville), pop. 320,677: 34.9%
52. Tulsa County, OK (Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso), pop. 563,299: 34.3%
53. York County, ME (Biddeford, Sanford, Saco), pop. 186,742: 33.7%
54. Sussex County, DE (Milford, Seaford, Georgetown), pop. 156,638: 33.7%
55. Kent County, DE (Dover, Smyrna, Highland Acres), pop. 126,697: 33.7%
56. El Paso County, CO (Colorado Springs, Fountain, Cimarron Hills), pop. 516,929: 33.5%
57. Snohomish County, WA (Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood), pop. 606,024: 33.4%
58. Frederick County, MD (Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Green Valley), pop. 195,277: 33.3%
59. Dakota County, MN (Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley), pop. 355,904: 33.2%
60. Duval County, FL (Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach), pop. 778,879: 32.8%
61. Merrimack County, NH (Concord, Hooksett, Franklin), pop. 136,225: 32.7%
62. Jefferson Parish, LA (Metairie, Kenner, Marrero), pop. 455,466: 32.3%
63. Jackson County, MO (Kansas City, Independence, Blue Springs), pop. 654,880: 32.2%
64. Guilford County, NC (Greensboro, High Point, Summerfield), pop. 421,048: 32.1%
65. Shawnee County, KS (Topeka, Silver Lake, Auburn), pop. 169,871: 32.0%
66. Yuma County, AZ (Yuma, Fortuna Foothills, San Luis), pop. 160,026: 31.8%
67. Lancaster County, NE (Lincoln, Waverly, Hickman), pop. 250,291: 31.8%
68. Washington County, OR (Beaverton, Hillsboro, Aloha), pop. 445,342: 31.6%
69. Jefferson County, CO (Lakewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge), pop. 527,056: 31.5%
70. Polk County, IA (Des Moines, West Des Moines, Urbandale), pop. 374,601: 31.0%
71. Macomb County, MI (Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton), pop. 788,149: 30.9%
72. Oklahoma County, OK (Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City), pop. 660,448: 30.8%
73. Harris County, TX (Houston, Pasadena, Baytown), pop. 3,400,578: 30.4%
74. Bernalillo County, NM (Albuquerque, South Valley, North Valley), pop. 556,678: 30.2%
75. Johnson County, KS (Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee), pop. 451,086: 30.0%
76. Pierce County, WA (Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup), pop. 700,820: 29.9%
77. Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale), pop. 3,072,149: 29.7%
78. Adams County, CO (Aurora, Westminster, Thornton), pop. 363,857: 29.3%
79. Clark County, NV (Las Vegas, Paradise, Henderson), pop. 1,375,765: 29.2%
80. Douglas County, NE (Omaha, Ralston, Elkhorn), pop. 463,585: 28.1%
81. Oakland County, MI (Farmington Hills, Troy, Southfield), pop. 1,194,156: 27.9%
82. Dallas County, TX (Dallas, Garland, Irving), pop. 2,218,899: 27.7%
83. Chittenden County, VT (Burlington, Colchester, South Burlington), pop. 146,571: 27.7%
84. Windham County, CT (Windham, Willimantic, Plainfield), pop. 109,091: 27.6%
85. Lake County, IN (Gary, Hammond, East Chicago), pop. 484,564: 27.5%
86. Pima County, AZ (Tucson, Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills), pop. 843,746: 27.2%
87. Davidson County, TN (Goodlettsville, Forest Hills, Oak Hill), pop. 569,891: 27.0%
88. Jefferson County, KY (Louisville, Jeffersontown, Valley Station), pop. 693,604: 26.5%
89. Cobb County, GA (Marietta, Smyrna, Mableton), pop. 607,751: 26.4%
90. Mahoning County, OH (Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown), pop. 257,555: 26.3%
91. Cumberland County, ME (Portland, South Portland, Brunswick), pop. 265,612: 26.0%
92. Chester County, PA (West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville), pop. 433,501: 25.1%
93. Anne Arundel County, MD (Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn), pop. 489,656: 25.1%
94. Arapahoe County, CO (Southglenn, Littleton, Englewood), pop. 487,967: 24.8%
95. Montgomery County, OH (Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights), pop. 559,062: 24.7%
96. St. Louis County, MO (Florissant, Chesterfield, University City), pop. 1,016,315: 24.7%
97. Marion County, IN (Indianapolis, Lawrence, Beech Grove), pop. 860,454: 24.7%
98. Bucks County, PA (Levittown, Morrisville, Croydon), pop. 597,635: 24.6%
99. Hennepin County, MN (Minneapolis, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park), pop. 1,116,200: 24.5%
100. Rockingham County, NH (Derry, Salem, Londonderry), pop. 277,359: 24.4%
101. Ramsey County, MN (St. Paul, Maplewood, Roseville), pop. 511,035: 24.4%
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