How debt affects people across the United States
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Share with any debt in collections: all – 33%, white – 27%, nonwhite – 45%
Median debt in collections: all – $1,450, white – $1,453, nonwhite – $1,423.
Share with medical debt in collections: all – 18%, white – 16% nonwhite – 21%
Median medical debt in collections: all – $681, white – $653, nonwhite – $720
Share without health insurance coverage: all – 9%, white – 6%, nonwhite – 14%
Average household income: all – $78,378, white – $85,121, nonwhite – $63,787
(White and nonwhite values are based on zip codes in the county or state that are predominantly white (at least 60 percent of the population is white) or predominantly nonwhite (at least 60 percent of the population is nonwhite).