Financial Literacy
Here is a compilation of facts and figures gathered about America’s money habits. Use them to educate yourself, help teach others in your community, or win an argument with your Uncle Bob!
A collection of findings gathered by Jump$tart from various sources:
- 2020 Economic and Personal Finance 2020 Education in our Nation’s Schools
- Is Your State Making the Grade?
- Financial Education: Young People in the Digital Age
- Advancing K-12 financial education: A guide for policymakers
- Majoring in Money: How American College Students Manage their Finances
- How America Pays for College 2019
- FTC’s 2015 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book
- 9th Annual America Saves Week Survey
- American Express Spending & Saving Tracker
- Getting Financially Fit in 2016
- Better Money Habits Millennial Report
- Sixth Annual How Youth Plan to Pay for College Survey
- Ninth Annual State of College Savings Survey
- American Express Spending & Saving Tracker
- Millenial Credit Scores
- American Express Spending & Saving Tracker
- High School Students and Parents More Concerned About Paying for College than Succeeding in the Classroom
- Percent of U.S. Adults Invested in the Stock Market
- 2015 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey
- 2015 Prom Spending Survey
- 2015 Teens and Personal Finance Survey
- Findings from Focus Groups of LMI Youth Regarding Saving and Spending
- Consumer Voices on Credit Reports and Scores
- 2015 State Financial Education Mandates
Read more: Making the Case for Financial Literacy