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Editor's Note: This article was updated Nov. 13, 2020, with Gallup's latest data on Americans' gun ownership.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thirty-two percent of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun, while a larger percentage, 44%, report living in a gun household. Adults living in gun households include those with a gun in their home or anywhere on their property.

优蜜传媒has tracked both metrics of gun ownership annually since 2007, showing no clear increase or decrease in gun ownership over that time.

See Gallup's Guns "Topics A to Z" page for the full trend on gun ownership since 1959.

The latest results are from Gallup's annual Crime poll, conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 15, 2020. As is typical, the rate of personal gun ownership varies most by political party and ideology, gender, race/ethnicity, region and urbanicity, with smaller differences seen by household income and marital status.

• Republicans (50%), rural residents (48%), men (45%), self-identified conservatives (45%) and Southerners (40%) are the most likely subgroups to say they personally own a gun.
• Liberals (15%), Democrats (18%), non-White Americans (18%), women (19%) and Eastern residents (21%) are the least likely to report personal gun ownership.

	Personally own a gun	Live in gun household	Number of interviews
	%	%
U.S. adults	32	44	1,035
Gender
Men	45	51	530
Women	19	35	505
Age
18-29	22	38	129
30-49	35	45	244
50-64	32	45	291
65+	36	48	357
Education
Postgraduate	26	36	225
College graduate only	35	50	250
Some college	34	48	329
No college	31	41	219
Household income
$100,000+	38	55	296
$40,000 to <$100,000	34	51	371
<$40,000	25	31	270
Race/Ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	38	51	768
Non-White	18	28	246
Region
East	21	28	212
Midwest	34	50	214
South	40	53	368
West	26	38	241
Type of community
Big/Small city	23	32	364
Suburb of big/small city	25	41	293
Town/Rural area	48	61	344
Marital status
Married	38	52	541
Not married	25	36	465
Children
Have child under 18	36	48	229
No child under 18	30	42	781
Party ID
Republican	50	64	325
Independent	29	39	370
Democrat	18	31	314
Ideology
Conservative	45	57	377
Moderate	29	41	364
Liberal	15	30	267
Questions: Do you have a gun in your home? (Asked of those who do not have a gun in their home:) Do you have a gun anywhere else on your property such as in your garage, barn, shed or in your car or truck? (Asked of those who have a gun in their home or on their property:) Do you personally own a gun, or do the gun or guns in your household belong to another household member?
Gallup, Sept. 30-Oct. 15, 2020

优蜜传媒measures Americans' gun ownership each October as part of its Crime poll -- one of 12 surveys that make up the .

Gallup's full trend on U.S. gun ownership is available on the Guns "Topics A to Z" page.

Explore 优蜜传媒articles about guns and gun control on the Guns "优蜜传媒Topics" page.