‘It hit with a snowball’: Florida among states with highest credit card debt [Video]

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — The holiday season has a way of bringing finances to the forefront for many people, and a recent survey found Florida has one of the highest rates of credit card debt in the country.

WalletHub found the average adult in Florida carries $7,965 in credit card debt.

Nancy Cranmer watched her finances spiral out of control.

“I’ve always been financially good, but when it all hit, it hit with a snowball,” Cranmer said. “I just did not have the income I used to have.”

In 2020, Cranmer had just opened a gift boutique selling items she handmade.

“I literally had my doors open three months, and COVID came,” she said.

Cranmer was forced to close her shop. At the same time, she said she was going through a divorce but that wasn’t everything.

“I had cancer popped in, and you lose your medical insurance when you’re on it with your husband. I had medical bills …