The average credit score in every state — how do you stack up?

FICO has released the average credit score in each state. Find out how you compare and what you can do to boost your score.

Credit Scores Are Down—The Biggest One-Year Drop Since the Financial Crisis

The average FICO credit score fell in 2025—the largest drop since 2009—as student loan delinquencies returned after pandemic ...

Credit scores just plunged at fastest pace since Great Recession — how does your FICO compare to the new average?

Bankcard delinquency rates, for example, hit 11.7% this year, only 2% shy of the Great Recession peak. Meanwhile, credit card utilization, which measures the revolving credit you owe vs. the overall ...
The Motley Fool

The Average Credit Score in America

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‘I’m stumped’: I put $3,000 on my credit card during a vacation and my credit score plunged. Why is it so volatile?

Dear Quentin, I pay for almost everything with credit cards, which I pay in full every month to avoid interest. I have done ...

Gen Z’s credit scores are dropping. Here’s what to do if yours is too

Gen Z has seen its credit score drop more than any other generation over the past year, largely because of student loan debt ...
USA Today

If you're missing buy now pay later payments, FICO's new credit score plan may hurt you

New credit scoring will soon include buy now pay later, a welcome change for lenders who don’t want to make risky loans but maybe not so much for the growing share of users who pay late. BNPL’s ...

FICO Shakes Up Credit-Score Market

Fair Isaac upended the credit-scoring industry by giving mortgage lenders a way to offer its FICO credit score without ...