State rankings
Constitutional Carry States
Constitutional Carry States: compare 51 US states on 3 metrics.
Constitutional Carry Status
2 values across 51 entries
Minimum Age
5 values across 29 entries
Data
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51 states
 Alabama | Permitless Carry | 21 | January 1, 2023 |
 Alaska | Permitless Carry | 21 | September 9, 2003 |
 Arizona | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 29, 2010 |
 Arkansas | Permitless Carry | 18 | August 16, 2013 |
 California | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Colorado | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Connecticut | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Delaware | Requires Permit | — | — |
 District of Columbia | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Florida | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 1, 2023 |
 Georgia | Permitless Carry | 21 and 18 for military | April 12, 2022 |
 Hawaii | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Idaho | Permitless Carry | 18 | July 1, 2016. Additions July 1, 2019 & July 1,2020 |
 Illinois | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Indiana | Permitless Carry | 18 | July 1, 2022 |
 Iowa | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 1, 2021 |
 Kansas | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 1, 2015 |
 Kentucky | Permitless Carry | 21 | June 27, 2019 |
 Louisiana | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 4, 2024 |
 Maine | Permitless Carry | 21 | October 12, 2015 |
 Maryland | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Massachusetts | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Michigan | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Minnesota | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Mississippi | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 1, 2015 |
 Missouri | Permitless Carry | 19 and 18 for military | January 1, 2017 |
 Montana | Permitless Carry | 18 | February 18, 2021 |
 Nebraska | Permitless Carry | 21 | September 2, 2023 |
 Nevada | Requires Permit | — | — |
 New Hampshire | Permitless Carry | 18 | February 22, 2017 |
 New Jersey | Requires Permit | — | — |
 New Mexico | Requires Permit | — | — |
 New York | Requires Permit | — | — |
 North Carolina | Requires Permit | — | — |
 North Dakota | Permitless Carry | 18 | August 1, 2023 |
 Ohio | Permitless Carry | 21 | June 13, 2022 |
 Oklahoma | Permitless Carry | 18 for military | November 1, 2019 |
 Oregon | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Pennsylvania | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Rhode Island | Requires Permit | — | — |
 South Carolina | Permitless Carry | 18 | March 7, 2024 |
 South Dakota | Permitless Carry | 18 | July 1, 2019 |
 Tennessee | Permitless Carry | 18 for military | July 1, 2021 |
 Texas | Permitless Carry | 21 | September 1, 2021 |
 Utah | Permitless Carry | 21 | May 5 2021 |
 Vermont | Permitless Carry | 18 | March 4, 1791 |
 Virginia | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Washington | Requires Permit | — | — |
 West Virginia | Permitless Carry | 21 | May 26, 2016 |
 Wisconsin | Requires Permit | — | — |
 Wyoming | Permitless Carry | 21 | July 1, 2021 |
Quick answers
- Where does this constitutional carry states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: State Concealed Carry Permit Requirements - USCCA; Permitless Carry States - HandgunLawUS.