4x Lower-income Americans are four times as likely as higher-income Americans to make all or almost all of their purchases using cash

Source: Pew Research Center

Additional Information: Twenty-nine percent of Americans with an annual household income of less than $30,000 make all or almost all of their purchases using cash, compared to 7 percent of those earning $75,000 or more a year.

Reference: For more information, read the 2018 Pew Research Center analysis, "More Americans Are Making No Weekly Purchases With Cash."

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