Only 10% of Americans Have Passports? Not True It Seems…

American PassportsThere is a belief that only 10% of Americans actually have passports, so as you’re an international cell phone owner, this suggests you are among the minority of adventurous globe-trotting souls.

However, thanks to the data released by the US government on their data.gov site, this may not be true…

The C.G.P. Grey website took the data from the government, mixed it with some data from the 2000 census, and came up with the following percentages…

American Passport Ownership Percentage State by State

  • NEW JERSEY – 68.36%
  • DELAWARE – 67.05%
  • ALASKA – 65.01%
  • MASSACHUSETTS – 63.42%
  • NEW YORK – 62.47%
  • CALIFORNIA – 60.19%
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE – 59.39%
  • CONNECTICUT – 58.50%
  • WASHINGTON – 57.28%
  • VERMONT – 56.32%
  • MARYLAND – 56.21%
  • MINNESOTA – 56.14%
  • COLORADO – 54.88%
  • RHODE ISLAND – 54.40%
  • FLORIDA – 52.83%
  • ILLINOIS – 52.06%
  • MAINE – 51.62%
  • ARIZONA – 51.24%
  • HAWAII – 49.94%
  • UTAH – 49.36%
  • VIRGINIA – 49.16%
  • TEXAS – 48.80%
  • NORTH DAKOTA – 48.30%
  • NEVADA – 46.84%
  • MONTANA – 46.63%
  • PENNSYLVANIA – 45.11%
  • WISCONSIN – 43.70%
  • OREGON – 43.39%
  • MICHIGAN – 42.89%
  • WYOMING – 41.40%
  • IDAHO – 41.24%
  • IOWA – 39.34%
  • NEBRASKA – 38.97%
  • GEORGIA – 38.73%
  • KANSAS – 38.18%
  • SOUTH DAKOTA – 37.69%
  • NEW MEXICO – 37.11%
  • OHIO – 35.71%
  • MISSOURI – 35.32%
  • NORTH CAROLINA – 34.18%
  • OKLAHOMA – 33.23%
  • INDIANA – 32.73%
  • SOUTH CAROLINA – 32.09%
  • LOUISIANA – 29.47%
  • TENNESSEE – 28.78%
  • ARKANSAS – 25.14%
  • ALABAMA – 25.03%
  • KENTUCKY – 24.94%
  • WEST VIRGINIA – 20.43%
  • MISSISSIPPI – 19.86%

 

Now this doesn’t actually mean they all get used, but it seems that Americans are perhaps not as insular as the rest of the world likes to think!

Agree or disagree? Leave your thoughts as a comment…

4 thoughts on “Only 10% of Americans Have Passports? Not True It Seems…

  1. Donald Newcomb

    Of course the percentage of passport holders has increased recently due to the requirement to have a passport for cruise ship travel, etc.

  2. Sarnia Guiton

    Was this before they needed a passport to get in and out of Canada and Mexico or after?
    That would make a big difference.

  3. Charlie Bond

    What is that a percentage of? All citizens? Adults? I assure you 59.96 % of the 1.3mm citizens of the state of New Hampshire do not have passports.

  4. Ghhugh

    Direct relationship between Tea Baggers and Palin lovers.

    My oh my.

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