National Debt
U.S. National Debt Clock
The total U.S. federal debt, updated live in your browser from the most recent U.S. Treasury figure. The clock estimates growth between official quarterly readings — treat the moving figure as an estimate, not an exact balance.
Total U.S. national debt
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Estimated growth rate is derived from the two most recent Treasury readings.
Seed value: 39065421.0 (USD millions) as of 2026-01-01. Source: U.S. Treasury via FRED (series GFDEBTN). Public domain.
What the debt is per person
These figures divide the live national debt total by population and taxpayer estimates. They are approximations for context only.
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Debt per citizen (est.)
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Based on an estimated U.S. population of 335000000.
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Debt per taxpayer (est.)
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Based on an estimated 134000000 U.S. taxpayers.
How this debt clock works
The U.S. Treasury reports the total public debt, which the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis publishes as FRED series GFDEBTN in millions of dollars. We seed this clock with the most recent reading and its date, then estimate a per-second growth rate from the change between the two most recent readings. Your browser increments the displayed figure from that seed.
Because the underlying data is published quarterly, the live figure is an estimate that interpolates forward — it is not an authoritative, to-the-dollar balance. For the official daily figure, see the U.S. Treasury's "Debt to the Penny" tool. If your device requests reduced motion, the clock displays a static figure instead of animating.
Source: U.S. Treasury via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · public domain. Per-person figures are estimates.
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