Texas Is Most Prepared State To Go Cashless

What do you think - are you prepared to live a life with no paper money?! No coins?!

As we all know, in the last ten years (especially during the pandemic), electronic transfer of money has come a long way. Apple Pay, Cash App, PayPal and Venmo went from "what the heck is that?" to "let me Venmo you." Yes, Venmo was used as verb in that sentence. So, how close are we to being a cashless society and who is prepared for it?

Well, Casino Canada did some research to see which state in the U.S. is most prepared to go cashless and Texas came in at number one. How did the figure this out? They analyzed payment app search volumes in proportion to the population of each state.

Texas Is a Leading State in Cashless Preparations: RESULTS

Texas has been revealed as the state most likely to become cashless first with PayPal being the most popular app followed by Cash App and Venmo. Alabama takes the second spot with PayPal, and Cash App also being the most favored across the state followed by Afterpay.

Taking the third spot is Florida where again, PayPal is the most popular app followed by Cash App and Venmo.

Ranking the US states most prepared and likely to become cashless:

Rank	State	Total Score
1	Texas	7.808
2	Alabama	7.142
3	Florida	7.105
4	Virginia	6.807
5	Nevada	6.695
6	Maryland	6.640
7	South Carolina	6.604
8	Mississippi	6.600
9	Delaware	6.528
10	Louisiana	6.521
11	North Carolina	6.456
12	New York	6.432
13	Georgia	6.408
14	Kansas	6.373
15	California	6.299
16	Missouri	6.241
17	Arkansas	6.075
18	Washington	5.892
19	Oregon	5.866
20	Colorado	5.764
21	Massachusetts	5.749
22	Oklahoma	5.740
23	Illinois	5.652
24	New Jersey	5.608
25	Tennessee	5.581
26	Arizona	5.576
27	Kentucky	5.553
28	Pennsylvania	5.389
29	Ohio	5.293
30	Connecticut	5.150
31	North Dakota	5.092
32	Rhode Island	5.028
33	Minnesota	4.964
34	Utah	4.878
35	Indiana	4.855
36	New Hampshire	4.787
37	West Virginia	4.762
38	Wyoming	4.748
39	Hawaii	4.736
40	Vermont	4.724
41	Maine	4.660
42	New Mexico	4.558
43	Idaho	4.528
44	Nebraska	4.370
45	Iowa	4.331
46	Wisconsin	4.298
47	Alaska	4.193
48	South Dakota	3.779
49	Montana	3.641
50	Michigan	0.780