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US states with shocking debts bigger than some countries

States with shocking debts bigger than some countries
Oklahoma, $8.7 billion
Rhode Island, $9.1 billion
Hawaii, $9.2 billion
Kansas, $9.5 billion
Georgia, $13.1 billion
Oregon, $13.4 billion
Arizona, $14.4 billion
Kentucky, $14.5 billion
Minnesota, $16.2 billion
South Carolina, $16.22 billion
Colorado, $16.7 billion
North Carolina, $16.9 billion
Louisiana, $17.9 billion
Missouri, $19.1 billion
Indiana, $22.5 billion
Wisconsin, $23.1 billion
Maryland, $27.9 billion
Virginia, $28.6 billion
Washington, $33.1 billion
Ohio, $33.2 billion
Florida, $33.5 billion
Michigan, $33.7 billion
Connecticut, $37 billion
Pennsylvania, $47.1 billion
Texas, $49.4 billion
Illinois, $65.8 billion
New Jersey, $66.7 billion
Massachusetts, $76.9 billion
New York, $137.5 billion
California, $151.3 billion
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States with shocking debts bigger than some countries

With many state and local agencies unable to fully fund their retirement benefits, some states' debt is mounting beyond that of entire nations. According to the OECD's most recent debt-to-GDP rankings, Estonia had the lowest debt at 13% of GDP, or a total of $2.5 billion. As you'll see, each state on this list has far more debt than Estonia, and for some, more than several other countries too. Read on to find out which states are heavily in the red and how much they owe, according to the Census Bureau’s most recent figures. 

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Nicole Robinson

10 October 2019

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