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| 
| Year |
Adults
(18+)
(1,000's) |
Adults owning Guns |
| (Percent) |
(1,000's) |
| 1980 |
183,723 |
29.0% |
53,280 |
| 1981 |
|
|
|
| 1982 |
188,319 |
29.1% |
54,801 |
| 1983 |
|
|
|
| 1984 |
191,915 |
25.5% |
48,938 |
| 1985 |
193,880 |
30.7% |
59,521 |
| 1986 |
|
|
|
| 1987 |
197,909 |
28.2% |
55,810 |
| 1988 |
199,445 |
25.2% |
50,260 |
| 1989 |
200,851 |
27.4% |
55,033 |
| 1990 |
202,052 |
28.7% |
57,989 |
| 1991 |
203,956 |
27.6% |
56,292 |
| 1992 |
|
|
|
| 1993 |
208,081 |
29.4% |
61,176 |
| 1994 |
210,227 |
28.5% |
59,915 |
| 1995 |
|
|
|
| 1996 |
214,946 |
27.2% |
58,465 |
| 1997 |
|
|
|
| 1998 |
219,985 |
22.5% |
49,497 |
Data Sources:
Population:
Table 14 of the 1999 Statistical Abstract of the United States - Population figures based on sum of 40% of age 15-19 and full amounts for 20 - 85+
Gun Ownership Percentage:
Table 8 of National Opinion Research Center, 1998 National Gun Policy Survey -- only GSS figures are reported.
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