# How much money do you have on you right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451 "2001-09-08T23:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/1 "2001-09-08T23:34:03Z")
I heard a stat that the average american has 189$ in their pocket at a given time. This is due to the fact that many do not have bank accounts. Here’s my question. How much cash do you have in your wallet, purse, pockets, etc right now? I am interested in whether that statistic is true or not. As it is dangerous to go up to people on the street and ask them, I ask you guys. I have 101.14 right now. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/2 "2001-09-08T23:36:33Z")
£35 plus plastic … I think that’s about USD52 (or maybe a bit less). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/3 "2001-09-08T23:37:12Z")
$16 plus about another $2 in change, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/4 "2001-09-08T23:40:12Z")
$76.00 plus a load of change ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/5 "2001-09-08T23:40:28Z")
$10.75, and that’s rather high. I have an ATM and credit card, and if I have cash, I spend it (mostly on snacks at work; no will-power). TMI for your question, but I would rarely carry more. However, when I lived in a small town and running eBay auctions, I would go to the PO and always find someone there buying postal orders to pay bills, pulling great wads of cash outta their pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/6 "2001-09-08T23:58:14Z")
From the UK, £160 which is a touch shy of $240. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/7 "2001-09-08T23:59:59Z")
I have $42.99 on me right now. I usually keep about $25 on me. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/8 "2001-09-09T00:01:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nostradamus \* > \*\*From the UK, £160 which is a touch shy of $240. \*\* £160? Blimey. I take it that legislation about not putting cards in phone boxes isn’t affecting you then mate! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/9 "2001-09-09T00:02:45Z")
$0.00 but I’m willing to take some off your hands… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/10 "2001-09-09T00:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Nostradamus \* > > \*\*From the UK, £160 which is a touch shy of $240. \*\* > > £160? Blimey. I take it that legislation about not putting cards in phone boxes isn’t affecting you then mate! 🙂 \*\* If you are **Nostradamus** , and your predictive powers are on the wane, you need to prepare for every eventuality! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/11 "2001-09-09T00:09:43Z")
Excellent – so who’s going to win the Tory leadership contest? The amount of money I have on me right now could use a boost… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/12 "2001-09-09T00:23:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*Excellent – so who’s going to win the Tory leadership contest? The amount of money I have on me right now could use a boost… \*\* [short hi-jack] Following a dismal prediction on the football field recently, I am taking a rest from prophecies, but I think Ken Clarke has it by a small margin. [/short hi-jack] ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/13 "2001-09-09T00:34:17Z")
Exactly nil. I try not to carry cash; when I have it, I spend it without paying attention to it. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/14 "2001-09-09T00:46:37Z")
$74 in paper, $13.34 in change for a total of $87.34. ---
**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/15 "2001-09-09T00:51:31Z")
$50.00 US $30.00 Canadian $107.00 Jamacan $5.00 Australian £10.00 Irish £1.00 Scottish ¥47,000 Japanese F10 Swiss (not sure of correct symbol) ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/16 "2001-09-09T01:13:42Z")
Right now? I have a dime. Oh how I love dimes…so shiny and small and perfect… ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/17 "2001-09-09T01:25:17Z")
$350.98 CAN I’m guessing that the inverse correlation between wealth and cash in pocket is strong, as the OP states. In my experience, the rich never carry cash, not even for hot dogs and beer on a golf course. Maybe this is how they get rich, by sponging off others! ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/18 "2001-09-09T01:34:03Z")
$9.01 Which isn’t bad until you realize that I started the day off with over $100 US, and I just bought a bunch of crap. And did some check-card purchases. And wrote a few checks. I actually do think money is going out of style. I spend accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/19 "2001-09-09T01:37:54Z")
$295.07. $287.00 in bills and $8.07 in change. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451/20 "2001-09-09T01:48:14Z")
$164 U.S. in bills A gazillion pounds of change that I gotta dump in my “mad money” jar before my purse breaks my shoulder. This is more than I usually carry but today was shopping/errands day but I didn’t get to several places, e.g, the dry cleaners, gas station. Paying w/ cash is faster and simpler than writing checks when places are busy. Veb [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now/80451.md?page=2)