U.S. National Debt Per Person Live Counter
See the latest official U.S. national debt per person and an illustrative live counter based on the recent Treasury debt-change pace. Compare debt held by the public, intragovernmental holdings, daily change, and official history.
Last updated: August 2026
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Illustrative model
Illustrative debt per person at the recent average pace
Illustrative continuation from the latest official value using the selected recent net pace. It is not an official real-time debt reading.
Latest official result
Latest official Treasury snapshot
Debt components
Official historical changes
Recent official records
| Record date | Total public debt | Debt held by public | Intragovernmental | Daily change | Debt per person |
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Debt fields are official Treasury values. Per-person values divide those records by the interpolated Census population estimate for each record date.
Debt per person is a statistical ratio. It does not mean each resident personally owes that amount, and it is not an individual tax bill.
How is U.S. national debt per person calculated?
Debt per person equals total public debt outstanding divided by an interpolated U.S. resident-population estimate. It is a population-normalized statistic, not a personal liability or tax bill.
What do the debt components mean?
Debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings are the two Treasury components of total public debt outstanding. This tool displays both official components and verifies that their exact cent values reconcile with the total.
Is the moving value official?
No. The latest dated Treasury record is official. The moving counter is an illustrative continuation from that value using the net pace between available Treasury observations in the selected lookback. Debt can rise, fall, or remain flat over an interval.
How is population estimated?
The denominator uses straight-line interpolation between adjacent Census Bureau monthly resident-population anchors. It is a model rather than an exact current headcount, and the tool follows the snapshot’s boundary behavior instead of extrapolating indefinitely.
How often does Treasury update the data?
Debt to the Penny is reported on available business dates. The table uses actual record dates and does not assume every calendar date has an observation.