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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of all California handgun purchasers and state residents in 2001a

From: Criminal charge history, handgun purchasing, and demographic characteristics of legal handgun purchasers in California

 

Handgun purchasersb

Handgun purchasers

<  50 years oldc

State population, 21 + d

Total population

110,729

79,927

22,716,353

Median Age (IQR)

40 (30–51)

34 (27–42)

43 (32–56)

Male (%)

91.56

91.03

48.61

Race/ethnicity (%)

 White

73.37

68.85

51.20

 Black

4.90

5.40

5.77

 Hispanic

12.68

15.35

27.42

 Asian

6.96

8.03

11.85

 Native American

0.58

0.60

0.55

 Other

1.51

1.77

3.21

Non-metropolitan county (%)

5.20

4.34

2.48e

  1. aLimited to people aged 21 and older on or after the 10-day waiting period
  2. b56 missing race/ethnicity; 1 missing county assignment
  3. c29 missing race/ethnicity; 1 missing county assignment
  4. dState population is based on data from the American Community Survey for California in 2001, weighted to be representative
  5. eBased on data from the 2000 decennial census