The average American holds four credit cards, which isn’t surprising because credit cards are a handy way to finance purchases big and small—from groceries to big-ticket gadgets. However, far too often, Americans can’t afford their balances, miss payments, or get hit with interest charges. This results in these eight surprising average credit card debt statistics in the United States, including $6,194 of credit card-related debt per cardholder and $1.09 trillion of credit card debt.
