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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Overview
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- Basic Statistic Household debt to GDP ratio in the U.S. 2014-2023
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Overall consumer lending
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- Premium Statistic Main source of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the U.S. 2023
Mortgage debt
3
Car loan debt
4
Credit card debt
5
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- Premium Statistic Credit card debt in the different states of the U.S. 2022
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Student loan debt
4
Buy now, pay later (BNPL)
3
Attitudes towards debt
3
Loan delinquency
5
- Premium Statistic Quarterly delinquency on consumer loans at commercial banks in the U.S. 2007-2024
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- Premium Statistic Value of delinquent debt balance per capita in the U.S. 2021-2022 (in U.S. dollars)
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Northwestern Mutual. (July 20, 2023). Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/
Northwestern Mutual. "Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023." Chart. July 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/
Northwestern Mutual. (2023). Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/
Northwestern Mutual. "Leading Sources of Non-mortgage Debt among Consumers in The United States in 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/
Northwestern Mutual, Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Leading sources of non-mortgage debt among consumers in the United States in 2023 [Graph], Northwestern Mutual, July 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/944954/personal-debt-source-usa/