Okay, so now we know that 45% have passports!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

So where did all of these 'only 10% possess...' stories we've seen over the years come from? Oh, yeah.....'twas the feds data. The Village Voice was even floating an incorrect number last month. http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/02/only_30_percent.php

http://www.gadling.com/2011/03/09/passport-ownership-by-state/

[ejp626]

So where did all of these 'only 10% possess...' stories we've seen over the years come from? Oh, yeah.....'twas the feds data. The Village Voice was even floating an incorrect number last month. http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/02/only_30_percent.php

http://www.gadling.com/2011/03/09/passport-ownership-by-state/

I think before I get all riled up over this, I want more context. It is certainly possible that when the discussion about the passports being necessary to travel to Canada, the take-up rate was only 10-15%, but as it became more apparent that this was actually going to happen, people (grudgingly) got them and now it is 40-50% for states bordering Canada. So I would be more convinced with some time-series data.

[Christiern]

I have had at least one passport since I was 10. My current one runs out in 2012.