SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – New data reveals the states that are most stressed about their finances, and Utah ranks second.
Online lender CreditNinja analyzed average monthly search volumes over the past 12 months to discover the states most searched for terms related to money and financial issues. The study examined more than 200 search terms, including “financial aid,” “debt relief,” and “student loan forgiveness.”
Colorado tops the list, with 3,631.20 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. Top searches in Colorado include “mortgage rates” with 1,650.33 searches, “loans” with 149.44 searches, and “car payment calculator” with 225.01 searches.
The Centennial State saw an increase in monthly searches of more than 75% compared to Mississippi, which ranks last in the entire ranking with just 2,069.95 average searches per 100,000 residents.
Utah comes in second, with an average of 3,593.29 monthly searches per 100,000 people. The Beehive State was the most searched among all states for “how to make money fast,” with an average of 70.95 monthly searches for this term.
Florida comes in third, with a monthly average of 3,416.97 searches per 100,000 people. ‘Food stamps’ was the second most popular term searched by Floridians, with an average of 397.49 monthly searches.
In fourth place is Georgia, with an average of 3,219.63 monthly searches per 100,000 people. The Peach State had the second-highest number of searches for “how to make money online” compared to any other state, averaging 106.08 each month.
Arizona ranks fifth, with an average of 3,149.67 monthly searches per 100,000 residents. Arizonans sought “freedom debt relief” more than all states, with a monthly average of 38.91.
Nevada ranks sixth, with a monthly average of 3,145.91 searches per 100,000 people. The state’s top three terms were “mortgage calculator” with 1,210.01 searches, “mortgage rates” with 332.90 searches and “student loan forgiveness” with 314.90 searches.
Washington ranks seventh, with an average of 3,145.06 searches per month per 100,000 residents. The Evergreen State has the third highest average search volume of all states for the term “debt consolidation” at 33.49.
In eighth place is Tennessee, with 3,131.17 average monthly searches per 100,000 residents. One of the top searches in this state was “loans,” with an average volume of 202.06.
Massachusetts ranks ninth, with an average of 3,121.04 monthly searches per 100,000 people. Massachusetts residents searched for “credit score” an average of 71.65 times a month, the second highest of all states.
Virginia ranked tenth, with a monthly average of 3,090.03 searches per 100,000 people. The state searched for “debt relief” more than any other state, with an average of 12.97 monthly searches.