This interactive graph of personal debt in the United States reveals the geography of poverty. The average household income in California is $91,757, while the median medical debt in collections is $795. The average household income in Mississippi is $55,494 , while the median medical debt in collections is $747.
Americans living in the south are deeply in debt
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