A look at Louisiana’s rising per capita debt load

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The State Bond Commission on Thursday received an annual report on the amount of Louisiana’s debt load. According to the report, the state’s per capita debt grew to $1,558 in 2017, up $19 per person from a year earlier. A look at the per capita debt for every Louisiana resident for the last 20 years:

-2017, $1,558.

-2016, $1,539.

-2015, $1,522.

-2014, $1,503.

-2013, $1,396

-2012, $1,336

-2011, $1,318.

-2010, $1,307.

-2009, $1,277.

-2008, $1,186.

-2007, $1,369.

-2006, $1,273.

-2005, $820.

-2004, $743.

-2003, $642.

-2002, $618.

-2001, $523.

-2000, $556.

-1999, $555.

-1998, $566.

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Source: Staff of the State Bond Commission