How does America's credit card debt stack up?

By Anna Bleker

Americans' credit card debt escalated to unprecedented heights as the economic crisis unfolded. CreditCards.com took various statistics on that debt and converted those amounts into $1 bill stacks.

How tall would the average household's credit card debt be in a pile of $1 bills? What would all Americans' credit card debt combined look like in a stack of Georges? Click through the slide show to see how high American debt really goes.

Published: May 18, 2009

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