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.
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.
Most people in the US don’t actually have a passport.
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.
“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/
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.