Map shows passport ownership by state

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3-15-2011 @ 8:58PM

60South said...

What? Wait.

Grey's blog says he (?) estimated these numbers using the 2000 census numbers, but the data originally comes from *issuance* numbers from state.gov.

That doesn't mean his estimates are wrong, but there is a huge leap from 2000 population numbers and issuance stats to actual ownership. (How many of those issued passports were renewals? How have the state populations changed in the past 10 years?)

Bzzzzzt. I call hogwash... sort of. Proportionally, it's probably fairly representative. But in terms of actual percentages, I don't think so.

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