Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

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Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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A map highlights gun ownership in the United States marked by shades of pink. Darker pink indicates higher ownership, with Alaska and states in the central and western U S. Lighter pink indicates lower ownership, primarily in the northeastern states.

Percent of the population that owns one or more firearms by state

US / CA States

North America

World Population Review

Gun Ownership (US)

Percent

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Nauru

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

St. Helena (U.K.)

Samoa

Kiribati

Palau

French Polynesia (France)

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

Micronesia

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

St. Lucia

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Trinidad and Tobago

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Cuba

Martinique (France)

Caribbean

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

United Kingdom

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Iceland

Monaco

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Cyprus

Albania

Denmark

Greece

Croatia

Ireland

Italy

Malta

Norway

Portugal

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Guernsey (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Europe

Chile

Costa Rica

Panama

Latin America

Mayotte (France)

Guadeloupe (France)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Heard I. and McDonald Is. (Australia)

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

New Caledonia (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Mauritius

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

Réunion (France)

Maldives

Bangladesh

South Asia

Timor-Leste

Brunei

Philippines

Southeast Asia

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Comoros

Cabo Verde

Equatorial Guinea

Sierra Leone

Guinea-Bissau

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map illustrates the distribution of calcium carbonate in modern surface sediments globally, with highest concentration found in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and South Pacific and lowest concentration dominating the North Pacific, and Southern Ocean.

Percentage of ocean surface comprised of calcium carbonate.

Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments

The distribution is represented as a percentage by weight. Areas with the least calcium carbonate, ranging from 0 percent to 20 percent, are marked in very light blue and are prevalent in large parts of the Pacific Ocean, particularly around Samoa, the South Pacific, and parts of the Indian Ocean. Light blue regions, representing 20 percent to 40 percent calcium carbonate, cover parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, including areas around Cuba, the western coast of Africa near Senegal and Mauritania, and the southern Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Medium blue areas, indicating 40 percent to 60 percent calcium carbonate, include regions in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of the United Kingdom and France, the Mediterranean Sea, parts of the Arabian Sea, and the South Pacific Ocean. Blue-green regions, with 60 to 80 percent calcium carbonate, are seen in the central Atlantic Ocean, areas around the Caribbean including Cuba and Guatemala, the western coast of Africa near Gabon and Angola, and the Indian Ocean. The highest concentration of calcium carbonate, 80 percent to 100 percent, marked in dark green, is found in regions of the North Atlantic Ocean, around the Bahamas and north of Cuba, parts of the South Atlantic Ocean near the eastern coast of South America, the central Pacific Ocean, and the northern Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka.

Gun Ownership (US)			Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments
Class	Rank	Percent	0 - 20	20 - 40	40 - 60	60 - 80	80 - 100
			24.8%	2.46%	2.43%	12.7%	15.3%
			31.2%	14.1%	8.30%	3.99%	2.14%
			4.27%
			6.19%	2.02%	3.53%	1.30%
			2.93%	2.98%	1.01%
			19.9%	18.1%	24.9%	2.92%	7.39%
			1.57%			100%
			1.52%	4.20%	1.69%
				1.79%	5.66%
			1.20%	2.05%	63.3%