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The United States National Debt
The national debt is about $39.5 trillion and rising roughly $7.3 billion a day. The number below is projected live from official U.S. Treasury figures — and unlike other clocks, the last confirmed Treasury figure and the source of every number are shown right here. Nothing is hidden or invented.
Treasury data delayed — projecting from 16 July 2026
The last confirmed U.S. national debt was $39,518,859,758,919, recorded 16 July 2026by the U.S. Treasury.
Debt to the Penny · 16 July 2026
The big ticking figure. Between Treasury publications we extrapolate from a stable daily rate. If our data ever goes stale, this stops rather than drift. See the method →
The exact figure the U.S. Treasury last published, with its date. This is the ground truth every projection is built on, and it is always visible.