The statistic comes from a recent survey on payments preferences across the USA from GOBankingRates, titled, "Survey: Itโ€™s a Card-Obsessed World, but Cash Is Still King โ€” Hereโ€™s Why", published on October 23rd, 2019.

According to the GOBankingRates survey results, 37% of Americans prefer using cash (GOBankingRates, 2019).