Illinois among states with highest credit card debt

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state comptroller’s office says the nation’s four most-populated states carry the highest total amount of credit card debt, with California leading the way followed by Texas, Florida and New York.

Democratic Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says in a report released Tuesday that Californians had racked up more than $106.8 billion in credit card debt by the end of 2017.

The Lone Star State was No. 2 at $67.3 billion, followed by Florida with $59.2 billion and New York with $58.1 billion.

The top 10

1. California $106.8 billion
2. Texas $67.3 billion
3. Florida 59.2 billion
4. New York $58.1 billion
5. Pennsylvania $33.2 billion
6. Illinois $32.2 billion
7. New Jersey $29.6 billion
8. Ohio $26.7 billion
9. Virginia $26.5 billion
10. Georgia $26.3 billion

DiNapoli says the totals were based on statistics compiled in February by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.