Financial Stress · United States

Most financially stressed US states

The Financial Stress Index (FSI) combines renter cost burden, eviction rate, and debt in collections into a 0–100 score per county. These rankings show the average FSI across all counties in each state. Delaware has the highest average at 75.3.

Top 10 — Most Financially Stressed States

States ranked by average FSI score

State Avg FSI Counties
1 Delaware 75.3 3 counties 2 South Carolina 67.9 41 counties 3 Florida 66.9 60 counties 4 Louisiana 64.6 21 counties 5 New Mexico 63.7 18 counties 6 North Carolina 62.7 100 counties 7 Georgia 61.7 132 counties 8 Virginia 61.6 130 counties 9 Texas 60.1 101 counties 10 Massachusetts 59.3 14 counties

Related rankings

County FSI rankingsHighest debt statesMost affordable statesDebt in collections
Open interactive map