10 States With the Lowest Average Retirement Savings: Personal Capital

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Personal Capital recently analyzed the retirement accounts of its 2.8 million dashboard users on an anonymized basis. Researchers then ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia by average retirement account balances as of April 3. They assumed location data based on a user's IP address. See the gallery for the 10 states with the lowest retirement savings balances. --- Related on ThinkAdvisor:

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