[OC] Percentage of citizen population with a valid U.S. passport in 2024 by state (data from Center for American Progress)

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1. It looks like the closer people are to vacation country, the more likely they are to travel.

   Also some of these rates are high, even by small european countries’ standards.

2. So richer states have more passports. What a surprise

3. I’m surprised at California. Wasn’t expecting it to be that high.

   Is there a similar map for Europe?

4. These maps are just reconfirming my lack of desire to travel to the Bible belt

5. Interesting proxy for the big 5 characteristic of openness.

6. Thought OK would be more orange.

7. This is surprisingly higher than i thought it would be!

8. Utah is that dark because of Mormon missionaries

9. Can’t say I’m surprised that the 4 richest states have a high number

10. Unsurprisingly, the ‘Murika! crowd are most likely to be the ones with the fewest points of comparison.

11. Virginia is higher than I’d expect outside of NOVA but I suppose our massive military population often has one.

12. lol @ the South. Living here… I understand entirely. Most of my town has never left the county, let alone the state. International travel? Ha!

13. I find Illinois interesting. I dont know much about it but it seems to stand out against a lot of the other states in the top two brackets.

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

15. What’s even more surprising is only 5% of US citizens had passports in the 90s

16. Anecdotal but it seems like pretty much everyone in California has been to a different country at one point of their lives. Out of all my friends I could count the number who haven’t been to another country on one hand.

17. Honestly, I’m surprised any state is over 50%. Most people don’t travel internationally, and I can’t imagine more people pay for a passport than vote for free.

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