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National debt tracker.

Follow the U.S. national debt through the Treasury’s official daily records, with transparent dates and definitions.

RESEARCH SNAPSHOT · NOVEMBER 4, 2026
OFFICIAL DAILY DATA / U.S. TREASURY

Total public debt outstanding

$40,413,639,012,305.97
DATED BACKUP · October 21, 2026. Checking Treasury for a newer report…
TREASURY SOURCE ↗

This is the latest published daily amount, not a per-second simulation. Treasury updates on business days. If the browser blocks the API, a clearly dated October 21, 2026 backup is shown instead of a made-up live number. The backup is not the current total.

Debt held by the public$32,566,346,587,338.02
Intragovernmental holdings$7,847,292,424,967.95
Record date2026-10-21 (backup)
HOW THE FIGURE WORKS

Understand the counter.

What it measures

Debt held by the public includes Treasury securities held outside federal government accounts. Intragovernmental holdings are Treasury obligations held within government accounts. Combined, they make up total public debt outstanding.

Not a forecast

Debt is not guaranteed to rise every second; it can also decline between observations. This counter requests the latest Treasury record rather than using an unsourced clock animation.

What to compare

A dollar debt total alone is not a measure of affordability. Analysts also examine interest costs, budget deficits, inflation, GDP, and spending composition.

Primary source: U.S. Treasury, Debt to the Penny. The API is fetched directly in visitors' browsers; it may not work in a local file preview or restrictive network. The October 21, 2026 backup amount is reproduced from a Treasury-derived record published by a third-party data service and must not be treated as current. No automatic refreshing occurs while the page is closed. For the latest data, open the Treasury source.