Report: N.C. credit card balances among the highest
A new report from TransUnion, one of the three credit reporting agencies, shows that North Carolina consumers carry the highest credit card balance of anyone in the continental U.S.
Posted — UpdatedNorth Carolinians carry an average of $5,640 per person in credit card debt. The only two states with higher debt were Alaska at $7,159 and Hawaii at $5,716
Even though North Carolinians carry high balances, they are doing better than most states at paying their cards on time. Less than 1 percent of users were more than 90 days late in a payment.
The national delinquency rate has dropped by 24 percent since this time last year, which could be because more people are cutting up their cards. TransUnion says more than 8 million people stopped actively using credit cards during the past year.
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