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
↑ increasing by $17.19/day
Algorithmically projected from latest Treasury data
| 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.