Not just Millennials: Baby Boomer student debt state-by-state
Millennials aren’t the only ones racking up billions of dollars in student debt.
Turns out, in three out of every four states, “the total outstanding student debt held by borrowers over age 60 increased by more than 50% [since 2012].” This data comes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which also found that from 2012 to 2017, the number of Baby Boomers with student debt has increased by “at least 20% in every state.”
What’s even more shocking is the actual dollar amount of total Baby Boomer student debt for each state — Texas comes in at $6.76 billion, and it didn’t even make the top three.
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See how much Baby Boomer student debt your state has accumulated. (Hint: at the very least, it’s in the hundreds of millions of dollars.)
Rank. State: Total student balance for borrowers age 60-plus
50. Wyoming: $111,834,100
49. Alaska: $147,871,000
48. North Dakota: $185,125,700
47. South Dakota: $266,013,100
46. Idaho: $325,985,500
45. Montana: $346,712,800
44. Vermont: $347,352,700
43. Hawaii: $387,892,000
42. West Virginia: $416,178,800
41. Utah: $467,623,300
40. Nebraska: $521,516,000
39. Delaware: $536,479,200
38. Maine: $588,882,100
37. New Mexico: $603,955,600
36. Rhode Island: $609,235,400
35. Arkansas: $620,612,800
34. Mississippi: $672,880,700
33. Kansas: $718,827,000
32. Nevada: $735,935,000
31. New Hampshire: $807,447,200
30. Kentucky: $865,166,500
29. Iowa: $881,100,300
28. Oklahoma: $1,050,950,000
27. Louisiana: $1,177,845,000
26. Oregon: $1,249,198,000
25. Alabama: $1,299,578,000
24. South Carolina: $1,538,660,000
23. Wisconsin: $1,542,771,000
22. Tennessee: $1,653,585,000
21. Missouri: $1,717,022,000
20. Arizona: $1,854,555,000
19. Minnesota: $1,873,396,000
18. Connecticut: $1,902,854,000
17. Colorado: $1,915,617,000
16. Indiana: $2,029,478,000
15. Washington: $2,056,024,000
14. North Carolina: $2,489,550,000
13. Virginia: $2,748,123,000
12. Georgia: $3,345,422,000
11. Michigan: $3,421,531,000
10. Maryland: $3,559,640,000
9. Massachusetts: $3,668,714,000
8. Ohio: $4,637,882,000
7. New Jersey: $4,742,573,000
6. Illinois: $5,103,916,000
5. Texas: $6,760,220,000
4. Pennsylvania: $6,830,725,000
3. Florida: $7,132,025,000
2. New York: $9,181,882,000
1. California: $11,274,120,000
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