NICS Firearm Background Checks Year 2009 January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009
	STATE	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTALS
	Alabama	29,770	30,391	27,949	21,322	20,277	18,538							148,247
	Alaska	4,227	4,652	5,140	5,775	4,878	4,419							29,091
	Arizona	20,293	21,423	21,766	20,896	17,837	18,953							121,168
	Arkansas	17,819	21,434	19,172	19,326	13,435	14,489							105,675
	California	72,039	62,736	72,248	73,315	64,304	63,190							407,832
	Colorado	28,193	29,189	32,067	30,277	27,595	24,127							171,448
	Connecticut	18,593	19,264	21,879	19,564	16,972	16,887							113,159
	Delaware	1,860	1,886	2,031	1,736	1,439	1,318							10,270
	District of Columbia	34	40	40	34	29	28							205
	Florida	51,169	53,862	55,646	48,761	40,976	38,505							288,919
	Georgia	39,703	44,226	40,635	30,714	24,765	24,872							204,915
	Guam	54	34	27	40	38	45							238
	Hawaii	894	792	1,086	1,013	897	758							5,440
	Idaho	8,903	9,851	11,281	9,396	6,886	6,798							53,115
	Illinois	62,068	58,938	72,066	82,671	64,049	52,126							391,918
	Indiana	23,196	24,131	25,741	20,245	16,093	14,038							123,444
	Iowa	11,987	11,199	13,542	10,764	7,354	6,646							61,492
	Kansas	14,131	13,268	14,201	11,607	9,031	7,979							70,217
	Kentucky	167,035	173,104	175,314	174,987	174,703	175,957							1,041,100
	Louisiana	22,219	21,639	21,067	17,171	14,561	13,579							110,236
	Maine	4,200	4,676	5,782	5,148	3,948	3,763							27,517
	Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
	Maryland	8,734	9,271	9,733	8,445	6,328	6,453							48,964
	Massachusetts	8,960	8,230	10,135	9,236	7,827	7,487							51,875
	Michigan	30,182	32,473	38,803	34,713	25,954	24,233							186,358
	Minnesota	22,768	23,895	32,695	31,130	19,636	18,162							148,286
	Mississippi	16,201	16,599	13,189	11,131	9,488	8,359							74,967
	Missouri	32,110	35,664	36,214	30,743	23,401	21,868							180,000
	Montana	7,519	8,799	9,600	9,076	8,190	7,541							50,725
	Nebraska	5,702	5,475	6,092	5,495	3,211	3,379							29,354
	Nevada	10,224	10,154	11,536	10,912	8,004	7,695							58,525
	New Hampshire	6,165	5,910	7,376	6,975	5,463	4,896							36,785
	New Jersey	4,216	4,343	5,266	5,060	4,567	4,739							28,191
	New Mexico	9,635	10,875	10,757	8,676	7,901	7,762							55,606
	New York	18,383	18,910	22,794	21,727	16,415	16,193							114,422
	North Carolina	38,538	39,872	37,632	31,413	25,730	23,591							196,776
	North Dakota	3,523	3,682	3,846	4,714	4,078	3,289							23,132
	Ohio	33,593	38,939	41,762	35,416	27,137	24,817							201,664
	Oklahoma	22,098	24,547	21,680	21,163	16,353	13,868							119,709
	Oregon	16,799	18,063	20,906	16,980	14,086	12,127							98,961
	Pennsylvania	54,695	57,544	69,675	59,806	45,804	43,428							330,952
	Puerto Rico	625	609	727	653	637	663							3,914
	Rhode Island	1,287	1,355	1,557	1,469	1,158	1,072							7,898
	South Carolina	17,818	20,958	19,681	18,209	15,961	13,977							106,604
	South Dakota	5,447	5,614	5,776	5,533	3,769	3,786							29,925
	Tennessee	31,505	33,801	34,899	26,003	25,506	23,435							175,149
	Texas	86,835	96,192	102,372	76,844	71,891	69,421							503,555
	Utah	28,809	16,137	18,402	28,052	16,119	19,092							126,611
	Vermont	1,619	2,314	2,456	2,129	1,564	1,349							11,431
	Virgin Islands	183	126	179	213	162	169							1,032
	Virginia	27,133	29,763	28,923	26,103	19,811	17,106							148,839
	Washington	31,526	33,303	35,861	32,498	27,031	23,229							183,448
	West Virginia	13,020	15,097	13,698	12,237	10,016	9,234							73,302
	Wisconsin	14,071	17,025	23,863	19,575	11,864	10,519							96,917
	Wyoming	4,553	5,050	5,594	4,931	4,202	4,118							28,448
	NOTE:   The totals above indicate the number of firearm background checks requested.  The totals do not indicate firearm transfers.