Change in Consumers with Subprime Credit
Definition
Percent change in consumers with subprime credit, Quarter 3, 2001 – Quarter 3, 2012.
Description
Credit is an important asset, and good credit opens the door to safe and affordable capital, which helps consumers weather emergencies, build assets and climb the economic ladder. Without good credit, consumers pay higher interest rates than other consumers on everything from credit cards to car loans to mortgages. This indicator tracks the change, over time, of the percentage of consumers with subprime credit.

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Change in Consumers with Subprime Credit
| State | Q3 2001 | Q3 2002 | Q3 2003 | Q3 2004 | Q3 2005 | Q3 2006 | Q3 2007 | Q3 2008 | Q3 2009 | Q3 2010 | Q3 2011 | Q3 2012 |
| United States |
52.7% |
53.1% |
53.6% |
54.0% |
53.9% |
48.4% |
53.8% |
54.1% |
55.8% |
56.4% |
55.8% |
56.4% |
| Alabama |
59.6% |
59.7% |
60.6% |
60.7% |
60.8% |
60.2% |
60.2% |
60.4% |
62.0% |
62.2% |
61.8% |
62.6% |
| Alaska |
56.6% |
57.0% |
55.9% |
56.0% |
56.3% |
55.1% |
55.0% |
55.6% |
55.6% |
55.5% |
55.3% |
55.6% |
| Arizona |
55.4% |
56.0% |
56.6% |
57.0% |
56.0% |
55.0% |
55.9% |
56.6% |
58.9% |
59.9% |
60.0% |
60.5% |
| Arkansas |
60.0% |
60.7% |
61.3% |
61.6% |
61.2% |
61.4% |
61.0% |
61.4% |
63.1% |
63.5% |
63.2% |
63.8% |
| California |
54.1% |
54.3% |
54.4% |
54.2% |
53.3% |
52.5% |
52.5% |
53.1% |
55.9% |
56.9% |
56.2% |
56.8% |
| Colorado |
49.5% |
49.7% |
50.9% |
50.7% |
50.1% |
49.6% |
49.5% |
50.1% |
51.3% |
51.8% |
51.3% |
51.8% |
| Connecticut |
46.1% |
46.8% |
47.5% |
48.0% |
48.8% |
46.3% |
47.5% |
47.8% |
48.6% |
49.0% |
48.0% |
49.0% |
| Delaware |
52.1% |
53.2% |
53.6% |
53.9% |
51.5% |
53.7% |
53.2% |
54.0% |
55.4% |
56.0% |
56.2% |
57.1% |
| District of Columbia |
60.1% |
60.3% |
59.9% |
59.1% |
57.8% |
57.8% |
57.4% |
56.4% |
57.9% |
57.1% |
56.7% |
56.7% |
| Florida |
54.4% |
55.3% |
56.0% |
56.4% |
56.3% |
56.2% |
56.7% |
57.4% |
60.1% |
61.2% |
60.7% |
61.4% |
| Georgia |
59.6% |
60.0% |
60.6% |
61.5% |
61.8% |
61.6% |
61.6% |
62.3% |
63.7% |
64.6% |
64.5% |
65.2% |
| Hawaii |
49.2% |
48.5% |
48.3% |
48.4% |
47.7% |
46.3% |
46.5% |
46.3% |
48.2% |
49.2% |
48.4% |
48.2% |
| Idaho |
49.3% |
50.1% |
50.7% |
51.8% |
50.9% |
50.4% |
50.1% |
50.4% |
52.3% |
52.8% |
53.1% |
53.1% |
| Illinois |
51.3% |
51.7% |
53.0% |
53.4% |
53.3% |
53.2% |
53.4% |
53.5% |
54.9% |
55.2% |
54.6% |
54.9% |
| Indiana |
53.0% |
53.4% |
53.9% |
55.5% |
55.5% |
56.1% |
55.8% |
56.0% |
57.4% |
57.6% |
57.2% |
57.9% |
| Iowa |
42.4% |
43.2% |
44.2% |
44.6% |
44.8% |
44.8% |
44.9% |
45.2% |
46.3% |
46.4% |
45.9% |
47.0% |
| Kansas |
49.1% |
50.0% |
50.6% |
51.4% |
51.4% |
51.2% |
51.1% |
51.2% |
52.6% |
52.4% |
51.8% |
52.7% |
| Kentucky |
55.9% |
56.2% |
56.4% |
57.4% |
57.3% |
56.9% |
57.0% |
57.3% |
58.7% |
59.3% |
59.1% |
59.7% |
| Louisiana |
61.5% |
62.0% |
62.3% |
63.1% |
62.7% |
62.2% |
62.3% |
62.8% |
64.7% |
64.7% |
64.4% |
65.0% |
| Maine |
50.2% |
50.4% |
51.0% |
51.1% |
51.6% |
53.2% |
51.6% |
51.5% |
52.7% |
53.3% |
52.6% |
51.8% |
| Maryland |
52.8% |
52.7% |
52.6% |
52.4% |
51.8% |
52.5% |
52.5% |
52.7% |
54.4% |
55.2% |
54.8% |
55.7% |
| Massachusetts |
42.6% |
42.2% |
41.8% |
43.0% |
43.5% |
42.9% |
43.6% |
43.8% |
45.9% |
46.6% |
46.4% |
47.6% |
| Michigan |
50.7% |
51.3% |
51.9% |
52.4% |
52.3% |
52.5% |
52.3% |
52.3% |
53.9% |
54.3% |
54.3% |
55.4% |
| Minnesota |
41.0% |
41.0% |
41.3% |
41.4% |
41.6% |
41.6% |
41.6% |
41.9% |
42.9% |
43.8% |
43.2% |
43.8% |
| Mississippi |
66.8% |
67.1% |
67.6% |
67.8% |
67.7% |
67.3% |
66.9% |
67.2% |
69.0% |
69.3% |
68.7% |
69.1% |
| Missouri |
51.6% |
52.0% |
53.2% |
53.7% |
53.6% |
53.7% |
53.7% |
54.0% |
55.6% |
56.0% |
55.5% |
56.4% |
| Montana |
46.1% |
46.7% |
48.1% |
47.9% |
47.5% |
46.7% |
47.2% |
47.3% |
48.1% |
48.7% |
48.1% |
48.6% |
| Nebraska |
44.8% |
45.6% |
45.9% |
46.0% |
46.5% |
46.3% |
46.5% |
46.7% |
47.6% |
47.9% |
47.3% |
47.8% |
| Nevada |
62.2% |
62.7% |
63.2% |
63.0% |
61.9% |
61.9% |
62.4% |
63.7% |
66.1% |
67.4% |
67.3% |
67.9% |
| New Hampshire |
48.1% |
48.1% |
48.0% |
48.5% |
49.2% |
47.0% |
48.8% |
48.2% |
49.8% |
50.2% |
49.8% |
49.5% |
| New Jersey |
47.2% |
47.6% |
47.5% |
48.4% |
48.7% |
47.7% |
48.7% |
48.6% |
50.4% |
51.4% |
50.9% |
51.9% |
| New Mexico |
58.6% |
58.5% |
59.5% |
59.9% |
59.7% |
59.2% |
59.9% |
60.2% |
61.4% |
62.1% |
61.1% |
62.0% |
| New York |
49.5% |
49.4% |
49.6% |
50.0% |
50.6% |
54.4% |
50.9% |
51.0% |
52.4% |
53.0% |
51.6% |
52.4% |
| North Carolina |
56.3% |
56.5% |
57.2% |
57.5% |
57.1% |
56.9% |
56.4% |
56.6% |
58.2% |
58.3% |
57.8% |
58.0% |
| North Dakota |
41.7% |
42.0% |
42.7% |
42.5% |
42.9% |
42.1% |
42.4% |
42.2% |
42.2% |
42.7% |
42.2% |
42.9% |
| Ohio |
50.4% |
50.9% |
51.5% |
53.0% |
52.7% |
52.7% |
53.1% |
53.3% |
54.6% |
54.8% |
54.7% |
55.4% |
| Oklahoma |
59.7% |
60.1% |
60.9% |
61.2% |
61.1% |
61.1% |
61.0% |
61.2% |
62.7% |
63.0% |
62.6% |
62.9% |
| Oregon |
49.4% |
49.7% |
50.3% |
50.2% |
49.9% |
48.7% |
48.5% |
48.7% |
50.3% |
51.0% |
50.7% |
51.2% |
| Pennsylvania |
45.1% |
46.1% |
46.6% |
47.4% |
48.2% |
48.3% |
48.7% |
48.5% |
50.0% |
50.5% |
50.0% |
50.7% |
| Rhode Island |
47.1% |
47.8% |
48.5% |
48.6% |
49.0% |
50.4% |
49.2% |
49.9% |
51.5% |
52.2% |
51.7% |
52.7% |
| South Carolina |
61.3% |
61.9% |
62.1% |
62.5% |
62.1% |
61.7% |
61.6% |
62.1% |
63.5% |
63.8% |
63.7% |
63.7% |
| South Dakota |
43.5% |
44.2% |
45.3% |
45.5% |
45.4% |
44.7% |
45.5% |
45.5% |
46.2% |
46.1% |
45.5% |
45.8% |
| Tennessee |
56.5% |
56.9% |
57.2% |
58.0% |
57.8% |
57.5% |
57.6% |
58.3% |
59.6% |
59.9% |
59.5% |
60.2% |
| Texas |
62.9% |
63.4% |
64.5% |
64.7% |
64.5% |
64.6% |
64.6% |
64.8% |
66.1% |
66.3% |
65.1% |
65.3% |
| Utah |
48.9% |
50.3% |
51.0% |
50.9% |
50.6% |
49.3% |
49.2% |
49.2% |
51.0% |
51.1% |
50.8% |
50.8% |
| Vermont |
46.3% |
46.9% |
46.9% |
45.9% |
46.3% |
48.5% |
45.8% |
44.8% |
45.7% |
46.5% |
46.0% |
46.4% |
| Virginia |
51.8% |
51.8% |
51.7% |
51.2% |
50.2% |
50.7% |
50.5% |
50.8% |
52.3% |
52.7% |
52.3% |
53.0% |
| Washington |
48.5% |
48.8% |
48.9% |
49.2% |
48.8% |
47.8% |
47.0% |
47.2% |
48.7% |
49.4% |
49.0% |
49.6% |
| West Virginia |
54.3% |
54.6% |
54.8% |
55.8% |
55.2% |
56.0% |
56.3% |
56.7% |
58.5% |
58.7% |
58.3% |
59.2% |
| Wisconsin |
44.2% |
44.1% |
44.8% |
47.3% |
46.3% |
47.5% |
47.5% |
47.9% |
48.8% |
49.3% |
49.2% |
50.0% |
| Wyoming |
48.9% |
49.3% |
50.2% |
51.0% |
50.9% |
50.6% |
51.0% |
51.1% |
52.2% |
52.4% |
51.5% |
52.1% |
Trend Data. Chicago, IL: TransUnion, 2001-2012.