United States debt

On this page you will find a history of the national debt balance of the United States, from 1791 until the end of the 2010 fiscal year.

Historical End of Fiscal Year US Debt Balances 1791-2010

Year

Nominal Dollars

Real Dollars (2010)

1791

$75,463,477

$1,754,964,581

1792

$77,227,925

$1,755,180,114

1793

$80,358,634

$1,785,747,422

1794

$78,427,405

$1,568,548,100

1795

$80,747,587

$1,392,199,776

1796

$83,762,172

$1,373,150,361

1797

$82,064,479

$1,414,904,810

1798

$79,228,529

$1,414,795,161

1799

$78,408,670

$1,400,154,821

1800

$82,976,294

$1,430,625,759

1801

$83,038,051

$1,431,690,534

1802

$80,712,632

$1,647,196,571

1803

$77,054,686

$1,481,820,885

1804

$86,427,121

$1,600,502,241

1805

$82,312,151

$1,524,299,093

1806

$75,723,271

$1,352,201,268

1807

$69,218,399

$1,306,007,528

1808

$65,196,318

$1,124,074,448

1809

$57,023,192

$1,018,271,286

1810

$53,173,218

$949,521,750

1811

$48,005,588

$800,093,133

1812

$45,209,738

$741,143,246

1813

$55,962,828

$766,614,082

1814

$81,487,846

$1,006,022,790

1815

$99,833,660

$1,406,107,887

1816

$127,334,934

$1,958,998,985

1817

$123,491,965

$2,024,458,443

1818

$103,466,634

$1,783,907,483

1819

$95,529,648

$1,647,062,897

1820

$91,015,566

$1,685,473,444

1821

$89,987,428

$1,730,527,462

1822

$93,546,677

$1,732,345,870

1823

$90,875,877

$1,893,247,438

1824

$90,269,778

$2,051,585,864

1825

$83,788,433

$1,861,965,178

1826

$81,054,060

$1,801,201,333

1827

$73,987,357

$1,608,420,804

1828

$67,475,044

$1,533,523,727

1829

$58,421,414

$1,358,637,535

1830

$48,565,407

$1,156,319,214

1831

$39,123,192

$978,079,800

1832

$24,322,235

$623,647,051

1833

$7,001,699

$179,530,744

1834

$4,760,082

$122,053,385

1835

$33,733

$843,325

1836

$37,513

$872,395

1837

$336,958

$7,658,136

1838

$3,308,124

$76,933,116

1839

$10,434,221

$242,656,302

1840

$3,573,344

$89,333,600

1841

$5,250,876

$131,271,900

1842

$13,594,481

$357,749,500

1843

$20,201,226

$594,153,706

1843

$32,742,922

$963,027,118

1844

$23,461,653

$690,048,618

1845

$15,925,303

$455,008,657

1846

$15,550,203

$444,291,514

1847

$38,826,535

$1,021,750,921

1848

$47,044,862

$1,306,801,722

1849

$63,061,859

$1,801,767,400

1850

$63,452,774

$1,762,577,056

1851

$68,304,796

$1,951,565,600

1852

$66,199,342

$1,891,409,771

1853

$59,803,118

$1,708,660,514

1854

$42,242,222

$1,083,133,897

1855

$35,586,957

$889,673,925

1856

$31,972,538

$819,808,667

1857

$28,699,832

$717,495,800

1858

$44,911,881

$1,181,891,605

1859

$58,496,838

$1,539,390,474

1860

$64,842,288

$1,706,376,000

1861

$90,580,874

$2,264,521,850

1862

$524,176,412

$11,395,139,391

1863

$1,119,772,139

$19,306,416,190

1864

$1,815,784,371

$25,219,227,375

1865

$2,680,647,870

$35,741,971,600

1866

$2,773,236,174

$37,989,536,630

1867

$2,678,126,104

$39,384,207,412

1868

$2,611,687,851

$40,179,813,092

1869

$2,588,452,214

$41,749,229,258

1870

$2,480,672,428

$41,344,540,467

1871

$2,353,211,332

$42,021,630,929

1872

$2,253,251,329

$40,236,630,875

1873

$2,234,482,993

$40,626,963,509

1874

$2,251,690,468

$43,301,739,769

1875

$2,232,284,532

$44,645,690,640

1876

$2,180,395,067

$44,497,858,510

1877

$2,205,301,392

$45,943,779,000

1878

$2,256,205,893

$49,047,954,196

1879

$2,349,567,482

$51,077,553,957

1880

$2,120,415,371

$45,115,220,660

1881

$2,069,013,570

$44,021,565,319

1882

$1,918,312,994

$40,815,170,085

1883

$1,884,171,728

$40,960,254,957

1884

$1,830,528,924

$40,678,420,533

1885

$1,863,964,873

$42,362,838,023

1886

$1,775,063,014

$41,280,535,209

1887

$1,657,602,593

$37,672,786,205

1888

$1,692,858,985

$38,474,067,841

1889

$1,619,052,922

$38,548,879,095

1890

$1,552,140,205

$36,955,719,167

1891

$1,545,996,592

$36,809,442,667

1892

$1,588,464,145

$37,820,574,881

1893

$1,545,985,686

$37,706,967,951

1894

$1,632,253,637

$41,852,657,359

1895

$1,676,120,983

$42,977,461,103

1896

$1,769,840,323

$45,380,521,103

1897

$1,817,672,666

$47,833,491,211

1898

$1,796,531,996

$47,277,157,789

1899

$1,991,927,307

$52,419,139,658

1900

$2,136,961,092

$54,793,874,154

1901

$2,143,326,934

$54,957,100,872

1902

$2,158,610,446

$55,348,985,795

1903

$2,202,464,782

$55,061,619,550

1904

$2,264,003,585

$55,219,599,634

1905

$2,274,615,064

$56,865,376,600

1906

$2,337,161,839

$57,003,947,293

1907

$2,457,188,062

$57,143,908,419

1908

$2,626,806,272

$62,543,006,476

1909

$2,639,546,241

$62,846,339,071

1910

$2,652,665,838

$60,287,859,955

1911

$2,765,600,607

$62,854,559,250

1912

$2,868,373,874

$65,190,315,318

1913

$2,916,204,914

$64,804,553,644

1914

$2,912,499,269

$63,315,201,500

1915

$3,058,136,873

$66,481,236,370

1916

$3,609,244,262

$72,184,885,240

1917

$5,717,770,280

$96,911,360,678

1918

$14,592,161,414

$211,480,600,203

1919

$27,390,970,113

$346,721,140,671

1920

$25,952,456,406

$282,091,917,457

1921

$23,977,450,553

$292,407,933,573

1922

$22,963,381,708

$298,225,736,468

1923

$22,349,707,365

$286,534,709,808

1924

$21,250,812,989

$272,446,320,372

1925

$20,516,193,888

$256,452,423,600

1926

$19,643,216,315

$242,508,843,395

1927

$18,511,906,932

$231,398,836,650

1928

$17,604,293,201

$225,696,066,679

1929

$16,931,088,484

$217,065,236,974

1930

$16,185,309,831

$210,198,828,974

1931

$16,801,281,492

$240,018,307,029

1932

$19,487,002,444

$309,317,499,111

1933

$22,538,672,560

$375,644,542,667

1934

$27,053,141,414

$443,494,121,541

1935

$28,700,892,625

$455,569,724,206

1936

$33,778,543,494

$527,789,742,094

1937

$36,424,613,732

$551,888,086,848

1938

$37,164,740,315

$571,765,235,615

1939

$40,439,532,411

$631,867,693,922

1940

$42,967,531,038

$671,367,672,469

1941

$48,961,443,536

$730,767,813,970

1942

$72,422,445,116

$965,632,601,547

1943

$136,696,090,330

$1,730,330,257,342

1944

$201,003,387,221

$2,481,523,299,025

1945

$258,682,187,410

$3,116,652,860,361

1946

$269,422,099,173

$3,027,214,597,449

1947

$258,286,383,109

$2,532,219,442,245

1948

$252,292,246,513

$2,272,903,121,739

1949

$252,770,359,860

$2,318,994,127,156

1950

$257,357,352,351

$2,318,534,705,865

1951

$255,221,976,815

$2,144,722,494,244

1952

$259,105,178,785

$2,123,812,940,861

1953

$266,071,061,639

$2,180,910,341,303

1954

$271,259,599,108

$2,205,362,594,374

1955

$274,374,222,803

$2,230,684,738,236

1956

$272,750,813,649

$2,182,006,509,192

1957

$270,527,171,896

$2,097,109,859,659

1958

$276,343,217,746

$2,077,768,554,481

1959

$284,705,907,078

$2,140,645,917,880

1960

$286,330,760,848

$2,105,373,241,529

1961

$288,970,938,610

$2,109,276,924,161

1962

$298,200,822,721

$2,145,329,659,863

1963

$305,859,632,996

$2,184,711,664,257

1964

$311,712,899,257

$2,195,161,262,373

1965

$317,273,898,984

$2,203,290,965,167

1966

$319,907,087,795

$2,147,027,434,866

1967

$326,220,937,795

$2,132,162,992,124

1968

$347,578,406,426

$2,172,365,040,163

1969

$353,720,253,841

$2,105,477,701,435

1970

$370,918,706,950

$2,083,812,960,393

1971

$398,129,744,456

$2,140,482,497,075

1972

$427,260,460,941

$2,225,314,900,734

1973

$458,141,605,312

$2,245,792,182,902

1974

$475,059,815,732

$2,102,034,582,885

1975

$533,189,000,000

$2,158,659,919,028

1976

$620,433,000,000

$2,377,137,931,034

1977

$698,840,000,000

$2,513,812,949,640

1978

$771,544,000,000

$2,580,414,715,719

1979

$826,519,000,000

$2,482,039,039,039

1980

$907,701,000,000

$2,401,325,396,825

1981

$997,855,000,000

$2,392,937,649,880

1982

$1,142,034,000,000

$2,577,954,853,273

1983

$1,377,210,000,000

$3,013,588,621,444

1984

$1,572,266,000,000

$3,296,155,136,268

1985

$1,823,103,000,000

$3,690,491,902,834

1986

$2,125,302,616,660

$4,225,253,711,054

1987

$2,350,276,890,950

$4,511,088,082,438

1988

$2,602,337,712,040

$4,792,518,806,703

1989

$2,857,430,960,190

$5,021,847,030,211

1990

$3,233,313,451,780

$5,388,855,752,967

1991

$3,665,303,351,700

$5,864,485,362,720

1992

$4,064,620,655,520

$6,311,522,757,019

1993

$4,411,488,883,140

$6,653,829,386,335

1994

$4,692,749,910,010

$6,901,102,808,838

1995

$4,973,982,900,710

$7,115,855,365,823

1996

$5,224,810,939,140

$7,256,681,859,917

1997

$5,413,146,011,400

$7,354,817,950,272

1998

$5,526,193,008,900

$7,387,958,568,048

1999

$5,656,270,901,620

$7,403,495,944,529

2000

$5,674,178,209,890

$7,182,504,063,152

2001

$5,807,463,412,200

$7,152,048,537,192

2002

$6,228,235,965,600

$7,549,376,928,000

2003

$6,783,231,062,740

$8,037,003,628,839

2004

$7,379,052,696,330

$8,511,018,104,187

2005

$7,932,709,661,720

$8,853,470,604,598

2006

$8,506,973,899,220

$9,196,728,539,697

2007

$9,007,653,372,260

$9,471,770,107,529

2008

$10,024,724,896,900

$10,146,482,689,170

2009

$11,909,829,003,500

$12,103,484,759,654

2010

$13,561,623,030,900

$13,561,623,030,900

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