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U.S. National Debt

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This clock starts from the U.S. Treasury's official "Debt to the Penny" figure and ticks upward using the average daily growth rate observed in recent Treasury data — about $7.95 billion per day, or roughly $92,000 per second.

On load it attempts to re-anchor from Treasury's public Fiscal Data API. If that request is unavailable, it falls back to a built-in anchor. The ticking value between official daily updates is an extrapolation — treat it as a reasonable estimate, not the exact-to-the-penny figure. To see how this debt load feeds consumer prices, try the Inflation Calculator — or check what $1 is worth in real assets right now.

For informational purposes only — not financial advice.

Total National Debt
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Debt Per Citizen
$0.00
Held by the Public
$0.00
Intragovernmental
$0.00
This is not a live government feed. It starts from the U.S. Treasury's official "Debt to the Penny" figure (anchor date noted below) and ticks upward using the average daily growth rate observed in recent Treasury data. On load, it tries to re-anchor itself from Treasury's public Fiscal Data API; if that request is blocked by your browser or network, it silently falls back to the built-in anchor below. Either way, the number between official daily updates is an extrapolation — treat it as a reasonable estimate, not exact to the penny.
Anchor: $39.63T as of 2026-08-01 (fallback). Official figures: Treasury Fiscal Data · usdebtclock.org
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