That information was pulled from the latest ATF report, which includes Washington DC and US Territories.According to the ATF Firearms Commerce report, these were the 10 states with the largest number of registered silencers as of April 2017:
Texas—242,859
Florida—85,998
Georgia—63,021
Ohio—52,495
South Carolina—50,647
Louisiana—48,903
Alabama—48,118
Virginia—44,014
Utah—42,406
Arizona—40,485
In all, there are currently 1,360,023 registered silencers in the United States. According to the ATF’s 2016 report, there were 902,805 registered silencers.
I took that list and compared it to the state populations and came up with this:
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Silencers Population Items/100k
Utah 42,406 2,942,902 1440.959
Louisiana 48,903 4,649,676 1051.751
South Carolina 50,647 4,832,482 1048.054
Alabama 48,118 4,849,377 992.251
Texas 242,859 27,862,596 871.631
Georgia 63,021 10,310,371 611.239
Arizona 40,485 6,745,408 600.186
Virginia 44,014 8,411,808 523.241
Ohio 52,495 11,614,373 451.983
Florida 85,998 20,612,439 417.214
So I decided to run the numbers for all 50 states (minus DC and territories) and got this. Again sorter by per 100k population.
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Silencers Population Items/100k
South Dakota 13949 853175 1634.952
Utah 42406 2942902 1440.959
Idaho 23475 1634464 1436.251
Wyoming 8294 584153 1419.834
Montana 13471 1023579 1316.068
Louisiana 48903 4649676 1051.751
South Carolina 50647 4832482 1048.054
North Dakota 7512 739482 1015.846
Alabama 48118 4849377 992.251
Oklahoma 37055 3878051 955.506
Texas 242859 27862596 871.631
Alaska 6040 737732 818.725
Kansas 20948 2904021 721.345
Arkansas 19979 2994079 667.284
Nevada 18563 2839099 653.834
Kentucky 27733 4413457 628.374
Georgia 63021 10310371 611.239
Oregon 24072 3970239 606.311
Arizona 40485 6745408 600.186
Mississippi 16745 2984926 560.985
Indiana 34630 6596855 524.947
Virginia 44012 8411808 523.217
Nebraska 9790 1881503 520.329
Colorado 28378 5540545 512.188
Ohio 52495 11614373 451.983
Washington 31180 7288000 427.827
Florida 85998 20612439 417.214
Tennessee 27040 6651194 406.544
West Virginia 6915 1850326 373.718
North Carolina 37283 10146788 367.436
Missouri 21271 6093000 349.106
New Hampshire 31144 8944469 348.193
Wisconsin 19010 5778708 328.966
Pennsylvania 39924 12784227 312.291
New York 4134 1326813 311.574
Connecticut 10819 3596677 300.805
Minnesota 16272 5519952 294.785
Maryland 16183 6016447 268.979
Maine 3371 1330089 253.442
Iowa 6490 3107126 208.875
Vermont 1246 626011 199.038
Michigan 18381 9928301 185.137
Massachusetts 9565 6811779 140.419
New Jersey 1331 2085572 63.819
New Mexico 9241 19745289 46.801
California 15044 39250017 38.329
Delaware 326 935614 34.843
Illinois 3672 12801539 28.684
Hawaii 163 1419561 11.482
Rhode Island 33 1055173 3.127
Total 1359616 321499464 422.898