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For more information on the national debt:

The National Debt
From FDR (1941) to Clinton (1996)

by CLT Member
Robert E. Kelly
With a Foreword by Jeff Jacoby


U.S. National Debt
1791 - 1997



                                  Date                                     Amount
                        -------------------                         ------------------------
                        01/01/1791                $       75,463,476.52
                        01/01/1792                         77,227,924.66
                        01/01/1793                         80,358,634.04
                        01/01/1794                         78,427,404.77
                        01/01/1795                         80,747,587.39
                        01/01/1796                         83,762,172.07
                        01/01/1797                         82,064,479.33
                        01/01/1798                         79,228,529.12
                        01/01/1799                         78,408,669.77
                        01/01/1800                         82,976,294.35
                        01/01/1801                         83,038,050.80
                        01/01/1802                         80,712,632.25
                        01/01/1803                         77,054,686.40
                        01/01/1804                         86,427,120.88
                        01/01/1805                         82,312,150.50
                        01/01/1806                         75,723,270.66
                        01/01/1807                         69,218,398.64
                        01/01/1808                         65,196,317.97
                        01/01/1809                         57,023,192.09
                        01/01/1810                         53,173,217.52
                        01/01/1811                         48,005,587.76
                        01/01/1812                         45,209,737.90
                        01/01/1813                         55,962,827.57
                        01/01/1814                         81,487,846.24
                        01/01/1815                         99,833,660.15
                        01/01/1816                       127,334,933.74
                        01/01/1817                       123,491,965.16
                        01/01/1818                       103,466,633.83
                        01/01/1819                         95,529,648.28
                        01/01/1820                         91,015,566.15
                        01/01/1821                         89,987,427.66
                        01/01/1822                         93,546,676.98
                        01/01/1823                         90,875,877.28
                        01/01/1824                         90,269,777.77
                        01/01/1825                         83,788,432.71
                        01/01/1826                         81,054,059.99
                        01/01/1827                         73,987,357.20
                        01/01/1828                         67,475,043.87
                        01/01/1829                         58,421,413.67
                        01/01/1830                         48,565,406.50
                        01/01/1831                         39,123,191.68
                        01/01/1832                         24,322,235.18
                        01/01/1833                           7,001,698.83
                        01/01/1834                           4,760,082.08
                        01/01/1835                                33,733.05
                        01/01/1836                                37,513.05
                        01/01/1837                              336,957.83
                        01/01/1838                           3,308,124.07
                        01/01/1839                         10,434,221.14
                        01/01/1840                           3,573,343.82
                        01/01/1841                           5,250,875.54
                        01/01/1842                         13,594,480.73
                        01/01/1843                         20,201,226.27
                        07/01/1843                         32,742,922.00
                        07/01/1844                         23,461,652.50
                        07/01/1845                         15,925,303.01
                        07/01/1846                         15,550,202.97
                        07/01/1847                         38,826,534.77
                        07/01/1848                         47,044,862.23
                        07/01/1849                         63,061,858.69
                        07/01/1850                         63,452,773.55
                        07/01/1851                         68,304,796.02
                        07/01/1852                         66,199,341.71
                        07/01/1853                         59,803,117.70
                        07/01/1854                         42,242,222.42
                        07/01/1855                         35,586,956.56
                        07/01/1856                         31,972,537.90
                        07/01/1857                         28,699,831.85
                        07/01/1858                         44,911,881.03
                        07/01/1859                         58,496,837.88
                        07/01/1860                         64,842,287.88
                        07/01/1861                         90,580,873.72
                        07/01/1862                       524,176,412.13
                        07/01/1863                    1,119,772,138.63
                        07/01/1864                    1,815,784,370.57
                        07/01/1865                    2,680,647,869.74
                        07/01/1866                    2,773,236,173.69
                        07/01/1867                    2,678,126,103.87
                        07/01/1868                    2,611,687,851.19
                        07/01/1869                    2,588,452,213.94
                        07/01/1870                    2,480,672,427.81
                        07/01/1871                    2,353,211,332.32
                        07/01/1872                    2,253,251,328.78
                        07/01/1873                    2,234,482,993.20
                        07/01/1874                    2,251,690,468.43
                        07/01/1875                    2,232,284,531.95
                        07/01/1876                    2,180,395,067.15
                        07/01/1877                    2,205,301,392.10
                        07/01/1878                    2,256,205,892.53
                        07/01/1879                    2,349,567,482.04
                        07/01/1880                    2,120,415,370.63
                        07/01/1881                    2,069,013,569.58
                        07/01/1882                    1,918,312,994.03
                        07/01/1883                    1,884,171,728.07
                        07/01/1884                    1,830,528,923.57
                        07/01/1885                    1,863,964,873.14
                        07/01/1886                    1,775,063,013.78
                        07/01/1887                    1,657,602,592.63
                        07/01/1888                    1,692,858,984.58
                        07/01/1889                    1,619,052,922.23
                        07/01/1890                    1,552,140,204.73
                        07/01/1891                    1,545,996,591.61
                        07/01/1892                    1,588,464,144.63
                        07/01/1893                    1,545,985,686.13
                        07/01/1894                    1,632,253,636.68
                        07/01/1895                    1,676,120,983.25
                        07/01/1896                    1,769,840,323.40
                        07/01/1897                    1,817,672,665.90
                        07/01/1898                    1,796,531,995.90
                        07/01/1899                    1,991,927,306.92
                        07/01/1900                    2,136,961,091.67
                        07/01/1901                    2,143,326,933.89
                        07/01/1902                    2,158,610,445.89
                        07/01/1903                    2,202,464,781.89
                        07/01/1904                    2,264,003,585.14
                        07/01/1905                    2,274,615,063.84
                        07/01/1906                    2,337,161,839.04
                        07/01/1907                    2,457,188,061.54
                        07/01/1908                    2,626,806,271.54
                        07/01/1909                    2,639,546,241.04
                        07/01/1910                    2,652,665,838.04
                        07/01/1911                    2,765,600,606.69
                        07/01/1912                    2,868,373,874.16
                        07/01/1913                    2,916,204,913.66
                        07/01/1914                    2,912,499,269.16
                        07/01/1915                    3,058,136,873.16
                        07/01/1916                    3,609,244,262.16
                        07/01/1917                    5,717,770,279.52
                        07/01/1918                  14,592,161,414.00
                        07/01/1919                  27,390,970,113.12
                        07/01/1920                  25,952,456,406.16
                        06/30/1921                  23,977,450,552.54
                        06/30/1922                  22,963,381,708.31
                        06/30/1923                  22,349,707,365.36
                        06/30/1924                  21,250,812,989.49
                        06/30/1925                  20,516,193,887.90
                        06/30/1926                  19,643,216,315.19
                        06/30/1927                  18,511,906,931.85
                        06/30/1928                  17,604,293,201.43
                        06/29/1929                  16,931,088,484.10
                        06/30/1930                  16,185,309,831.43
                        06/30/1931                  16,801,281,491.71
                        06/30/1932                  19,487,002,444.13
                        06/30/1933                  22,538,672,560.15
                        06/30/1934                  27,053,141,414.48
                        06/29/1935                  28,700,892,624.53
                        06/30/1936                  33,778,543,493.73
                        06/30/1937                  36,424,613,732.29
                        06/30/1938                  37,164,740,315.45
                        06/30/1939                  40,439,532,411.11
                        06/29/1940                  42,967,531,037.68
                        06/30/1941                  48,961,443,535.71
                        06/30/1942                  72,422,445,116.22
                        06/30/1943                136,696,090,329.90
                        06/30/1944                201,003,387,221.13
                        06/30/1945                258,682,187,409.93
                        06/28/1946                269,422,099,173.26
                        06/30/1947                258,286,383,108.67
                        06/30/1948                252,292,246,512.99
                        06/30/1949                252,770,359,860.33
                        06/30/1950                257,357,352,351.04
                        06/29/1951                255,221,976,814.93
                        06/30/1952                259,105,178,785.43
                        06/30/1953                266,071,061,638.57
                        12/31/1953                275,168,120,129.39
                        12/31/1954                278,749,814,391.33
                        12/30/1955                280,768,553,188.96
                        12/31/1956                276,627,527,996.11
                        12/31/1957                274,897,784,290.72
                        12/31/1958                282,922,423,583.87
                        12/31/1959                290,797,771,717.63
                        12/30/1960                290,216,815,241.68
                        12/29/1961                296,168,761,214.92
                        12/31/1962                303,470,080,489.27
                        12/31/1963                309,346,845,059.17
                        12/31/1964                317,940,472,718.38
                        12/31/1965                320,904,110,042.04
                        12/30/1966                329,319,249,366.68
                        12/29/1967                344,663,009,745.18
                        12/31/1968                358,028,625,002.91
                        12/31/1969                368,225,581,254.41
                        12/31/1970                389,158,403,690.26
                        12/31/1971                424,130,961,959.95
                        12/29/1972                449,298,066,119.00
                        12/31/1973                469,898,039,554.70
                        12/31/1974                492,665,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1975                576,649,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1976                653,544,000,000.00 *
                        12/30/1977                718,943,000,000.00 *
                        12/29/1978                789,207,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1979                845,116,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1980                930,210,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1981             1,028,729,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1982             1,197,073,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1983             1,410,702,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1984             1,662,966,000,000.00 *
                        12/31/1985             1,945,941,616,459.88
                        09/30/1986             2,125,302,616,658.42
                        09/30/1987             2,350,276,890,953.00
                        09/30/1988             2,602,337,712,041.16
                        09/29/1989             2,857,430,960,187.32
                        09/28/1990             3,233,313,451,777.25
                        09/30/1991             3,665,303,351,697.03
                        09/30/1992             4,064,620,655,521.66
                        09/30/1993             4,411,488,883,139.38
                        09/30/1994             4,692,749,910,013.32
                        09/29/1995             4,973,982,900,709.39
                        09/30/1996             5,224,810,939,135.73
                        09/30/1997             5,413,146,011,397.34

                        * - rounded to the millions

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt


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