Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia

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Describes the financial needs and challenges of consumers in rural Appalachia. Features sections on consumer finance profiles, including a section on medical debt, and consumer distress and delinquencies. Appendix A includes state-level statistics for the 13 Appalachian states, including percent of rural people with medical debt in the state.

Matthew Liu, Cooper Luce, Michael Orevba, Shawn Sebastian, Cortnie Shupe

09/2022

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Appalachia · Housing and homelessness · Income · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · Alabama · Georgia · Kentucky · Maryland · Mississippi · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · State-by-state · Tennessee · Virginia · West Virginia