How Many Americans Have a Passport? The Percentages, State by State

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by trustfundbaby • 15 years ago

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r00fus• 15 years ago

Seems like this correlates well with the red/blue spectrum of voting preferences. I'd be nice to see those two data sets visualized together.

timclark• 15 years ago

Just remember that correlation is not causation!

seiji• 15 years ago

This was making the rounds a few days ago: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/08/passport-ownership-p.ht... (Passport ownership prevents diabetes)

rsayers• 15 years ago

My guess is that the correlation is with poverty rather than voting preferences.

As a former Mississippi resident (and one who did not have a passport until the age of 26) I can tell you I personally knew very few people who could afford to travel. The wages in the state may match the low cost of living, but a plane ticket is going to be the same leaving from Jackson Mississippi as it is LAX.

When this was posted on Reddit quite a few people used it as an opportunity to take jabs at how ignorant people in the south are because they did not "want" to see places outside our borders. It's quite difficult to do when a ticket to Europe would equal an entire months salary for many people.

cezary4• 15 years ago

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." -Mark Twain

dmm• 15 years ago

Living in the US, it's easy to travel quite a bit without needing a passport.

cezary4• 15 years ago

I live in the US, but there's a difference between traveling within the borders of your country and traveling abroad and experiencing new cultures.

How Many Americans Have a Passport? The Percentages, State by State

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