Having debt is a sign that the nestegg is broken. (The Herald/ Archived Photo)

It’s no secret that the United States has a crippling debt problem, but on a local level Sevier County has its share of economic woes.

Currently the Sevier Count Debt is $126,702,000.

As of December the Sevier County Trustee’s Office has collected 94.3 percent of 2011 county income, which amounts to a total of 54,570,316.36.

This equate to an estimated debt to income ratio of about 2 to 1.

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