Colorado consumers set aside less money in savings and checking accounts last year, even as average account balances rose nationwide, according to an .
The size of the average consumer savings account in the state was $5,324 in 2011, down 1.26 percent from the $5,392 reported in 2010. That ran counter to the country as a whole, where savings account balances rose 3 percent last year to $5,923.
Colorado ranked 45th among states for the average size of savings accounts, although it fared better, 19th, for the average balances in non-interest bearing checking accounts.
But even there, Colorado checking account balances declined -0.57 percent from $3,160 in 2010 to $3,142, while they rose 5.2 percent to $3,100 nationally.
Pitney Bowes Software examined data from more than 100 million U.S. commercial bank accounts for its survey.
