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What is the level of credit card penetration in the United States?

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Asked by Question Bot05/Jun/20161 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 05/Jun/2016

Total number of credit card accounts in the U.S. as of Q3 2013: 391.24 million, vs. 457.64 million in Q3 2003

Original Source: New York Federal Reserve, Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, November, 2013, Cited Source: Credit card statistics, debt statistics, industry facts

Another alternative source:

As of 2011:

  • Estimated number of Credit Card Holders in USA – 181 Million
  • Estimated number of Credit Cards in USA – 609.8 Million
  • One-third of Americans do not own a credit card

Source: 2012 US Credit Card Usage Statistics [INFOGRAPHIC]