Not exact matches
The
average debt per account is close to $ 1,700, according to information from the New York Federal Reserve, but since consumers often hold more than one
credit card, the
credit card debt per American is much higher —
estimated at over $ 5,000 by CreditCards.com and Transunion in separate analyses.
The chart
estimates an
average American consumer needs to add about $ 64 a month to his or her regular
credit card payment to clear this year's holiday
debt in time for next year's Christmas.
As of the end of 2016, we
estimate the
average debt per person to be $ 5,331 for those who own at least one
credit card.
In 2016, the
average American household carried around $ 16,000 worth of
credit card debt and it's
estimated that around 38 % of all American households carry some
credit card debt so that the total amount of revolving
debt in 2016 was around $ 929 billion.