![America's Unsustainable Debt Problem [Infographic]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w1280/format/webp/2026/02/hero-migrated-26687_0.jpg)
Personal and government debt have each grown faster than the US population over the past 40 years. Here's an infographic about the growth in average personal debt over time in the United States as well as each American's share of the national debt, which has grown even faster over the same time period:
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