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Date Total National Debt Debt Held by the Public Intragovernmental Debt Holdings
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   
7/1/1900 2,136,961,091.67   
7/1/1901 2,143,326,933.89   
7/1/1902 2,158,610,445.89   
7/1/1903 2,202,464,781.89   
7/1/1904 2,264,003,585.14   
7/1/1905 2,274,615,063.84   
7/1/1906 2,337,161,839.04   
7/1/1907 2,457,188,061.54   
7/1/1908 2,626,806,271.54   
7/1/1909 2,639,546,241.04   
7/1/1910 2,652,665,838.04   
7/1/1911 2,765,600,606.69   
7/1/1912 2,868,373,874.16   
7/1/1913 2,916,204,913.66   
7/1/1914 2,912,499,269.16   
7/1/1915 3,058,136,873.16   
7/1/1916 3,609,244,262.16   
7/1/1917 5,717,770,279.52   
7/1/1918 14,592,161,414.00   
7/1/1919 27,390,970,113.12   
7/1/1920 25,952,456,406.16   
6/30/1921 23,977,450,552.54   
6/30/1922 22,963,381,708.31   
6/30/1923 22,349,707,365.36   
6/30/1924 21,250,812,989.49   
6/30/1925 20,516,193,887.90   
6/30/1926 19,643,216,315.19   
6/30/1927 18,511,906,931.85   
6/30/1928 17,604,293,201.43   
6/29/1929 16,931,088,484.10   
6/30/1930 16,185,309,831.43   
6/30/1931 16,801,281,491.71   
6/30/1932 19,487,002,444.13   
6/30/1933 22,538,672,560.15   
6/30/1934 27,053,141,414.48   
6/29/1935 28,700,892,624.53   
6/30/1936 33,778,543,493.73   
6/30/1937 36,424,613,732.29   
6/30/1938 37,164,740,315.45   
6/30/1939 40,439,532,411.11   
6/29/1940 42,967,531,037.68   
6/30/1941 48,961,443,535.71   
6/30/1942 72,422,445,116.22   
6/30/1943 136,696,090,329.90   
6/30/1944 201,003,387,221.13   
6/30/1945 258,682,187,409.93   
6/28/1946 269,422,099,173.26   
6/30/1947 258,286,383,108.67   
6/30/1948 252,292,246,512.99   
6/30/1949 252,770,359,860.33   
6/30/1950 257,357,352,351.04   
6/29/1951 255,221,976,814.93   
6/30/1952 259,105,178,785.43   
6/30/1953 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   
9/30/1986 2,125,302,616,658.42   
9/30/1987 2,350,276,890,953.00   
9/30/1988 2,602,337,712,041.16   
9/29/1989 2,857,430,960,187.32   
9/28/1990 3,233,313,451,777.25   
9/30/1991 3,665,303,351,697.03   
9/30/1992 4,064,620,655,521.66   
9/30/1993 4,411,488,883,139.38   
9/30/1994 4,692,749,910,013.32   
9/29/1995 4,973,982,900,709.39   
9/30/1996 5,224,810,939,135.73   
9/30/1997 5,413,146,011,397.34    ############# 1,623,478,464,547.74
9/30/1998 5,526,193,008,897.62    ############# 1,792,328,536,734.09
9/30/1999 5,656,270,901,615.43    ############# 2,020,166,307,131.62
9/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86 ############# 2,268,874,719,665.66
9/28/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06 ############# 2,468,153,236,105.32
9/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16 ############# 2,675,055,717,722.42