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Originally posted by theking
I am not going to take the time to look up percentages...for any country...but the numbers of 20% and 25% have been presented in this thread as being the number of current passport holders in the US. If there are currently 20-25% that currently have passports then I would assume that there are a minimum of 20-25% that do not currently hold valid passports and the number that do not currently hold valid passports that once had valid passports could be much higher...but using the 20-25% that would mean that at least 40-50% have gone abroad using a passport and add to that the tens of millions that have gone abroad via the military without the use of a passport ...
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Wow. You seriously believe that 50% of Americans have been out of north america? Remember that a lot of americans think they need a passport to go to Hawaii.
No ... most of those passports are obtained for trips to Canada and Mexico; whether or not they are necessary. I would be surprised if the actual number of Americans to leave north-america (excluding trips to US-owned islands) was higher than 15%.