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Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 21, 2023
In 2023, 28 percent of U.S. consumers said that their main source of personal non-mortgage debt were their credit card bills. Meanwhile, a 12 percent of respondents said that their leading source of debt were car loans. A third of respondents had no debt.
Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023
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Release date
July 2023
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Region
United States
Survey time period
February 17th to March 2nd, 2023
Number of respondents
2,740 respondents
Age group
18 years and older
Special properties
general population
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "what is your main source of debt? Please select one."
The source does not add additional information about missing percentage points to 100.
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