Question 1

How much is the US national debt right now?

Accepted Answer

The US national debt is approximately 40.03T and growing at about $57,870 per second, or roughly $5,000,000,000 per day. This fullscreen page shows the live counter; the main US Debt Clock is at us-debt-clock.com.

Question 2

How much US debt is there per citizen?

Accepted Answer

The current US national debt per citizen is approximately $119,000. Per taxpayer, it is about $267,000. This includes federal debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings.

Question 3

How fast is the US national debt growing?

Accepted Answer

Based on the latest observed daily change, the US national debt grows at roughly $57,870 per second, about $3,472,222 per minute, roughly $208,333,333 per hour, and about $5,000,000,000 per day.

Question 4

What is the US debt clock?

Accepted Answer

The US Debt Clock is a real-time tracker of the United States national debt using official U.S. Treasury data. This /live page is the fullscreen view; the main US Debt Clock homepage has the full dashboard, methodology links, and supporting charts.

Question 5

Is this the world debt clock?

Accepted Answer

No. This page tracks only the U.S. national debt in real time. If you want country rankings and global comparisons, use the World Debt Clock page at /world.

US Debt Clock Live: U.S. National Debt Clock

Current US National Debt

Debt Per Person

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