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Just a note that [1] is really out of date - in 2025, more than 50% of Americans have a passport. https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/20
by returningfory2 11mo ago
Just a note that [1] is really out of date - in 2025, more than 50% of Americans have a passport. https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/SAVEact-tables.pdf https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/...
- JumpCrisscross 11mo agoHuh, what caused the surge between 2020 and 2025?
- returningfory2 11mo agoI don't know! I do know that before ~2007 a passport wasn't needed to travel within North America, and that some of the growth since then is because of the relatively new passport requirement ("Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative").
- tompark 11mo agoThe REAL ID Act, effective 2025. https://www.uspassporthelpguide.com/passport-required-domestic-air-travel/ https://www.uspassporthelpguide.com/passport-required-domest... But OTOH there's a chart on this page that shows a longer term trend of nearly linear growth in US passport holder percentage from the 1990's: https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/japan-gets-there-first-abc5 https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/japan-gets-there-first...