As someone mentioned earlier CCL/LTC is still a relatively recent thing in Texas history. But the DPS took on additional staff to handle it in 2016 and that calendar year they issued 369,117 LTCs. The numbers for 2017 look similar so unless that trend nosedives that 5.84% of population should grow a bit. We do have a long way to go to catch Alabama's 20% and some of the others. How the heck do Blue states like Connecticut achieve 9.05%, Washington 10.23% and Pennsylvania 12.61%