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by NW Spotlight
Two different polls done in the last few years provide some insight into the number of women gun owners. Gallup conducted a survey in October 2011 [2] and the Pew Research Center conducted a survey in May 2013 [3]. The two polls had some differences in their findings.
Combining those surveys with information from the 2010 Census [4] provides some additional information on women gun owners.
The 2011 Gallup poll found that:
- 23% of women are gun owners
- 34% of adults are gun owners
Applying the 2011 Gallup poll to the 2010 U.S. Census shows:
- 35% of gun owners are women
- There are 80 million gun owners in the U.S.
- There are 28 million women gun owners in the U.S.
The 2013 Pew survey found that:
- 14% of women are gun owners
- 27% of adults are gun owners
Applying the 2013 Pew survey to the 2010 U.S. Census shows:
- 27% of gun owners are women
- There are 62 million gun owners in the U.S.
- There are 17 million women gun owners in the U.S.
Both surveys articulate that the above numbers reflect women who personally own guns – not just women in a household where a household member owns a gun.
Click here [5] for a PDF with these statistics – the PDF includes links to the source data.