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Do you currently have more, less, or about the same amount of credit card debt than you had 12 months ago?
Credit card debt compared with a year ago · Asked in 7 waves, 2016–2022 · 28,016 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Less debt now | About the same | More debt now | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 22% | 34% | 44% | 3578 | ±2 | |
| White |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 12 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 3,578 |
| SHED 2021 10 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 4,012 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 4,189 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 4,672 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 4,272 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 4,746 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 2,547 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 22% |
| 34% |
| 44% |
| 2254 |
| ±2 |
| Black | 25% | 34% | 41% | 549 | ±4 |
| Hispanic | 23% | 34% | 43% | 541 | ±5 |
| Asian | 17% | 46% | 37% | 88 | ±12 |
| Other | 15% | 23% | 62% | 146 | ±12 |
SHED 2022 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.