US Debt Clock: Live U.S. National Debt
US Debt Clock: Live U.S. National Debt
Current federal debt, recent change, debt per person, and source methodology using official U.S. Treasury data.
Updated March 19, 2026 · Official U.S. Treasury data
LIVE
US National Debt
$39,961,091,211,690
Your Share: $119,287
↑ increasing by $17.19/day
Algorithmically projected from latest Treasury data
Latest Treasury Updates
(Treasury data is periodically updated)
| Dec 29 | $38.386T | +$5.8B | | ------ | -------- | -------- | | Dec 26 | $38.381T | +$27.7B | | Dec 24 | $38.353T | \-$22.5B | | Dec 23 | $38.375T | \-$3.1B | | Dec 22 | $38.378T | +$5.5B |
The current U.S. national debt is $39.96 Trillion as of August 21, 2026, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department. This US debt live counter equals approximately $119,287 per U.S. citizen. The debt increases by roughly $1 trillion every 750 days and grows at approximately $1.3 billion per day, making this national debt clock live view a real-time snapshot of America's borrowing. Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data.
How this clock is calculated
The official total comes from the U.S. Treasury's Debt to the Penny dataset. Between Treasury records, the display projects the latest observed daily change and labels estimated values. Latest source date: 2026-03-19.
Treasury sourceCalculation details
Debt Per Citizen
$119,287
Every American's share
Debt Per Taxpayer
$285,436
Each taxpayer's share
Added Today (est.)
$5.0B
Today's estimated debt increase
Interest Per Day
$3.6B
Daily interest cost on the debt
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State & City Debt
New York City alone carries over $103 billion in debt — more than the total debt of most US states.
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