Stressed about your savings account? You’re not alone, at least in Texas.

A new report published on Tuesday, June 16, names Texas the No. 2 state where residents are most worried about money. The report comes from the rare-coin-buying company Coinfully, which had its researchers analyze more than 150 keywords and phrases that people looked up on Google related to financial stress. This included terms such as “SNAP benefits,” “debt help,” “cheap car insurance,” “cash advance,” “rent help,” and “how to get out of debt.” 

Analyzers compiled the average monthly search volume for each state, scaling the data to 100,000 people to identify where searches were most frequent. In the end, the Lone Star State recorded 589,924 average monthly searches. It was beaten only by Louisiana, which logged 2,021 average monthly searches per 100,000 residents. 

“Financial stress does not always look like panic. A lot of the time, it looks like someone sitting at home searching for rent help, cash assistance, debt support, or ways to make their paycheck stretch a little further,” Wyatt McDonald, president of Coinfully, said in the release.

The average wage in each U.S. location offers a clearer picture of the salaries Americans are working with. According to Coinfully, the average wage in Texas was $65,750. This data was drawn from the latest May 2025 OEWS estimate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For reference, a 2025 report by SoFi Learn found that two adults with two children need a gross income of $102,460 to cover their family’s basic needs. 

On the flip side, Canada’s southern neighbor, Montana, took the No. 1 spot for the state where residents are least worried about their finances. According to the report, there were only 11,124 average monthly searches related to financial stress online. There, the average wage is just shy of $70,000, per Coinfully. This may be surprising to some, as reports cite a needed salary of around $92,851 to live comfortably as an adult. 

“What is striking about this ranking is how concentrated the pressure appears to be in the South. Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina all appear in the top 10, which suggests many households in these states are actively looking for help with day-to-day costs, not just long-term financial planning,” McDonald concluded.