Approximately 11% to 16% of Americans have never left their home state.

Posted by REAL AF with Andy Frisella, Oct 28, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 4 support1 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 60%

REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026

Two surveys directly measure the claimed figures: OnePoll/The Hill (2019) found 11% of respondents had never left their home state, and Little Passports/StudyFinds (2021) found 16%, so the claimed 11%–16% range matches the survey results.

Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Stop fucking rooting for that," they dismiss that person like that person's just some moron. You know, they don't know the talk, right? No, you don't know. You gotta read this book I read. Yeah, it just wasn't done right. About eleven to 16% of Americans have never left their state. About 54% of Americans have visited ten states or fewer, and about 40% of Americans have never left the United States. Yeah, it's a big problem. It's a big problem. Yeah, and I think you've been everywhere. You've been all over the world. …

REAL AF with Andy Frisella · Oct 28, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. The Hill reports a 2019 OnePoll survey finding 11% of respondents have never left the state in which they were born.[1]

Supports. StudyFinds and Yahoo report a 2021 Little Passports/OnePoll survey finding 16% of respondents have never left their home state.[2][3]

Supports. A 2026 audio summary repeats the 16% never-left-home-state figure from the Little Passports survey.[4]

Context. A 2009 Pew Research report found 57% of adults have not lived outside their birth state, a different measure (residence rather than travel) that does not directly test the 11%–16% figure.[5]