Andrew Van Dam

data columnist at the Washington Post

Andrew Van Dam on KCRW

The FICO scores of credit card users in the South were lower than anywhere else in the nation, researchers found when reviewing more than 200 million credit cards.

Southern states have different races, cultures. One commonality: Low credit scores

The FICO scores of credit card users in the South were lower than anywhere else in the nation, researchers found when reviewing more than 200 million credit cards.

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