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Alabama Share with medical debt in collections
5.87%
percent of people August 2025
Data from Urban Institute, Debt in America
United States in August 2025
3.22%
Changes over time
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Share with medical debt in collections by state
August 2025 · percent of people
Share with medical debt in collections · August 2025
| Place | % |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 8.66 |
| Wyoming | 8.46 |
| Tennessee | 7.88 |
| Texas | 7.57 |
| Georgia | 7.38 |
| Nevada | 6.87 |
| Louisiana | 6.79 |
| Arkansas | 6.3 |
| Alabama | 5.87 |
| Alaska | 5.84 |
| Delaware | 5.68 |
| West Virginia | 5.61 |
| Mississippi | 5.3 |
| New Mexico | 5.27 |
| Kentucky | 5.11 |
| Maine | 4.96 |
| Missouri | 4.85 |
| South Carolina | 4.67 |
| Indiana | 4.51 |
| Arizona | 4.47 |
| Ohio | 4.41 |
| Florida | 4.33 |
| Montana | 3.78 |
| North Carolina | 3.72 |
| Kansas | 3.42 |
| Wisconsin | 3.21 |
| Michigan | 3.14 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.63 |
| Idaho | 2.6 |
| Iowa | 2.28 |
| Utah | 2.27 |
| Nebraska | 2.09 |
| New Hampshire | 1.95 |
| North Dakota | 1.93 |
| Maryland | 1.68 |
| New Jersey | 1.49 |
| Massachusetts | 1.15 |
| Hawaii | 1.14 |
| South Dakota | 1.11 |
| District of Columbia | 0.95 |
| Oregon | 0.88 |
| Connecticut | 0.88 |
| Virginia | 0.81 |
| Minnesota | 0.25 |
| California | 0 |
| Colorado | 0 |
| Illinois | 0 |
| New York | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 |
| Washington | 0 |
Source: Urban Institute, Debt in America
Available history
| Data period | Alabama (%) | United States (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 5.87 | 3.22 |
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Debt in America data: Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Samantha Atherton and Kassandra Martinchek, “Debt in America,” Urban Institute, last updated November 20, 2025, datacatalog.urban.org. Licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
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