How large is the U.S. national debt?
Money medium Data from 2025
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The answer
$36,000,000,000,000
Roughly $36T.
Gross federal debt passed $36 trillion in late 2024, which works out to roughly $105,000 per U.S. resident. About a fifth of it is intragovernmental — money the government owes itself, mostly the Social Security trust funds — with the rest held by the public, including foreign governments.
Where this number comes from
| Source | U.S. Treasury, Debt to the Penny |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2025 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | dollars |
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