Which States’ Residents Received the Most Passports in 2023?

In fiscal year 2023, residents of New Jersey were issued 766,830 passports — about 8.3 per 100 residents, the highest population-adjusted rate of any state. New Jersey was followed by Massachusetts (7.7), Hawaii (7.6), and New York (7.5).

Residents of Washington, DC, were issued 37.6 passports per 100 people.

Total passports in circulation

The total number of valid passports in circulation has risen from 7.3 million in 1989 to more than 22 times that figure in 2023 at 160.7 million. Adjusted for the population, valid passports — including both passport books and cards — have increased from 0.03 per capita in 1989 to 0.48 in 2023.