ALEXANDRIA, VA–A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center analyzes the spread of legal concealed carrying of firearms nationwide. There has been a 304% increase in concealed carry permitting since 2007. In 2018 alone more than 1.8 million new permits were issued nationwide. The September report says that Colorado, with more than half a million permits issued, is eleventh on the list of all states by percentage of people with concealed carry permits at at 11.29%.
Top of the list as a percentage of population is Alabama, where more than 26% of residents have permits as of June 2019.
Florida ranks 13th at 10.45%, but by number of permits is at the top, with more than 2.03 million permits issued as of July 2019
