2008 Cumulative LTCF by County

[tl_3237]

REVISED 8/14/09

Statistics for 2008 showing number of LTCFs issued and 21+ year old populations. Adobe Acrobat Reader Required.

Alphabetical by county

County sorted by % of LTCF holders

Some tibits:

Armstrong has the highest % of LTCF holders at 20.0%; Philadelphia the least at 2.7%

There are approximately 637,949 licenses (unadjusted for revocations) amongst the state population of 9,131,130 adults 21+

Statewide 7.0% of 21+ adults have a license, i.e. approximately 1 in 14 adults

Sources:

Pa State Police Firearms Annual Reports 2004-8
US Census Bureau Estimates of Pa County populations on 7/1/2008


ETA 8/31/09 -

The new posted statistics represent updated data provided by the Pa State Police (PSP) on 8/14/09 pursuant to my inquiry in July. In reviewing the earlier spreadsheets it was noted that the CY 2006 data was in error and I proceeded to contact the PSP Bureau of Records and Identification (MAJ Snyder) and the Firearms Division of that Bureau (LT Lokhaiser) at the Harrisburg Headquarters.

I was pleasantly surprised that my inquiry was accepted and processed in a most professional manner thanks to both the aforementioned officers and, as a result, the official publication has been corrected and the updated data provided me to correct the previous 2008 LTCF Demographics.

I have posted links below of the ensuing correspondence for those interested.

Letter of Inquiry
PSP Response

[lildobe]

Statewide 6.9% of 21+ adults have a license, i.e. approximately 1 in 14 adults

Wow! I had been guessing 1 in 15 since there was a huge uptick in the number of applications.

Too bad we weren't running a pool on it

[steve_010]

To be honest, I would have thought that more people had a LTCF...

[WhiteShadow]

Can anyone post the LTCF statistics for York County? My Adobe Acrobat is being a real asshole and not working.

Thanks.

[pghplr]

Can anyone post the LTCF statistics for York County? My Adobe Acrobat is being a real asshole and not working.

Thanks.

2004--3635
2005--3757
2006--3760
2007--7607
2008--5777

Total LTCF 2004-08--24536

Population--313011

% LTCF holders--7.8

[pghplr]

I noticed Allegheny has the same amount listed for both 2005 and 2006. I would guess one of those are wrong.

[WhiteShadow]

2004--3635
2005--3757
2006--3760
2007--7607
2008--5777

Total LTCF 2004-08--24536

Population--313011

% LTCF holders--7.8

Much obliged! Rep sent.

[Curmudgeon]

Updated Statistics for 2008 showing number of LTCFs issued and 21+ year old populations. Adobe Acrobat Reader Required.

Alphabetical by county

County sorted by % of LTCF holders

Some tibits:

Armstrong has the highest % of LTCF holders at 18.9%; Philadelphia the least at 2.5%

There are approximately 627,409 licenses (unadjusted for revocations) amongst the state population of 9,131,130 adults 21+

Statewide 6.9% of 21+ adults have a license, i.e. approximately 1 in 14 adults

Sources:

Pa State Police Firearms Annual Reports 2004-8
US Census Bureau Estimates of Pa County populations on 7/1/2008

That's a lot of data to compile, thanks for putting all this together!

rep sent

[tl_3237]

I noticed Allegheny has the same amount listed for both 2005 and 2006. I would guess one of those are wrong.

Good catch. I went back to the original PSP reports for both years and they list identical numbers for LTCF and Sportsman's permits for both years. Obviously these must be in error. I remember a similar instance for Centre county IIRC.


I'll be in contact with PSP and post if I get any updated info.

eta: Upon further review there are many such duplicates. As Ricky would say - PSP 'you go some splaining to do!'

[308man]

Does anyone else see a a direct crime difference between counties that have a higher carry rate and the lesser ones?