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Most people in the US don’t actually have a passport.
“Most” people do. 51%. I thought it would be lower, too.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/10/23/state-department-issues-record-us-passports/75794556007/
My employer required me to get mine (every employee, not just me). They paid for it, so I'm not complaining. My wife also decided to get hers as well, and then trump dropped the voter identification bullshit EO. What timing.
That actually surprises me as well. I'm impressed.
However what you presented are statistics for American citizens.
If you were to include the roughly 3 percent of people living in the USA that are undocumented, that pushes it below the 51 percent "most people" number. those 12 million people may or may not have a valid passport.
As a side point, the actual number of undocumented residents is hard to pin down. 3 percent is an estimate, but still a significant number.
Yeah I’ve never had one. Too poor to leave this hellhole
I'm glad I got one... we were supposed to go to Myanmar for a big wedding, but got shut down for covid, aaand they got hit with a military coup. :(
Passport's still good though!
Passport proper is still kinda expensive, but you can get a passport card for $65 for a first-time applicant. Good for a decade, Real ID compliant, works for all US land border crossings and domestic flights. That's not exactly cheap, but it's not that much more than a License in California.
never got it renewed after like 10-15 years ago, you have to reapply all over again.
But not too poor to spend holidays in one of the most expensive countries in the world?
I don’t really have many vacations. Mainly the cheap beach across my state. But it’s been a few years since I traveled.