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BANKRUPT USAA numerical look at the average family’s financial struggles:
$126,400 Net worth of the median American family in 2007
$77,300 Net worth of the median family in 2010
40 Percentage drop in wealth over that three-year period
15.2 Median percentage of debt that was education-related in 2007
19.2 Median percentage of education-related debt in 2010
7 Percentage of Americans late on their debt payments in 2007
11 Percentage late on payments in 2010
The dwindling wealth of the American family: By the numbers

BANKRUPT USA
A numerical look at the average family’s financial struggles:

$126,400
Net worth of the median American family in 2007

$77,300
Net worth of the median family in 2010

40
Percentage drop in wealth over that three-year period

15.2
Median percentage of debt that was education-related in 2007

19.2
Median percentage of education-related debt in 2010

7
Percentage of Americans late on their debt payments in 2007

11
Percentage late on payments in 2010

The dwindling wealth of the American family: By the numbers

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