Participation Reports

Firearm Ownership and Sport Shooting Participation in the U.S. in 2024 (2025 Edition)

A 104-page report based on a study conducted by Responsive Management for the NSSF to determine regional and national participation in target and sport shooting in 2024. This study, conducted in March 2025, is based on 3,611 completed questionnaires collected from online and telephone surveys of U.S. residents ages 18 and older. Includes historical information from 2014 -2024.

More than 52.7 million people enjoy sport and target shooting activities in the United States.

The report provides trend data from 2014 – 2024 on overall participation as well as category data for handgun, rifle, modern sporting rifle, shotgun, and clay target sports participation. Also includes data on long-range shooting and 3-gun participation in addition to information on indoor and on outdoor shooting.

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NSGA Shooting Sports Participation Report 2025 Edition

This 2025 edition of the annual report prepared for the National Shooting Sports Foundation by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) details U.S. participation in hunting and target shooting sports.  Gender and age group, household income, regional, and state data for all nine sport segment categories and two NET categories are provided in this report.

Categories:

  1. Hunting with Firearms
  2. Bowhunting
  3. Paintball
  4. Muzzleloading
  5. Target Shooting Rifle
  6. Target Shooting Handgun
  7. Target Shooting Airgun
  8. Target Shooting Shotgun
  9. Archery (Target)
  10. Hunting (Net)
  11. Target Shooting (Net)

Tables:

  • SPORT SUMMARY
  • PARTICIPATION CORRELATION
  • INDIVIDUAL SPORTS TABLES
  • INDIVIDUAL SPORTS – STATE BY STATE
  • TEN-YEAR HISTORY OF SPORTS PARTICIPATION (56 sports/categories)

Members can order the NSGA Shooting Sports Participation – 2025 Edition report for $99. The PDF file is downloadable immediately upon payment.

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Non-members can order the NSGA Shooting Sports Participation – 2025 Edition report for $990. The PDF file is downloadable immediately upon payment.

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