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- Public Debt of the Federal Government, 1791­1998
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- (in millions of dollars)
- Year Total Public Debt
- 1791 75.5
- 1792 77.2
- 1793 80.4
- 1794 78.4
- 1795 80.7
- 1796 83.8
- 1797 82.1
- 1798 79.2
- 1799 78.4
- 1800 83.0
- 1801 83.0
- 1802 80.7
- 1803 77.1
- 1804 86.4
- 1805 82.3
- 1806 75.7
- 1807 69.2
- 1808 65.2
- 1809 57.0
- 1810 53.2
- 1811 48.0
- 1812 45.2
- 1813 56.0
- 1814 81.5
- 1815 99.8
- 1816 127.3
- 1817 123.5
- 1818 103.5
- 1819 95.5
- 1820 91.0
- 1821 90.0
- 1822 93.5
- 1823 90.9
- 1824 90.3
- 1825 83.8
- 1826 81.1
- 1827 74.0
- 1828 67.5
- 1829 58.4
- 1830 48.6
- 1831 39.1
- 1832 24.3
- 1833 7.0
- 1834 4.8
- 1835 *
- 1836 *
- 1837 .3
- 1838 3.3
- 1839 10.4
- 1840 3.6
- 1841 5.3
- 1842 13.6
- 1843 32.7
- 1844 23.5
- 1845 15.9
- 1846 15.6
- 1847 38.8
- 1848 47.0
- 1849 63.1
- 1850 63.5
- 1851 68.3
- 1852 66.2
- 1853 59.8
- 1854 42.2
- 1855 35.6
- 1856 32.0
- 1857 28.7
- 1858 44.9
- 1859 58.5
- 1860 64.8
- 1861 90.6
- 1862 524.2
- 1863 1,119.8
- 1864 1,815.8
- 1865 2,677.9
- 1866 2,755.8
- 1867 2,650.2
- 1868 2,583.4
- 1869 2,545.1
- 1870 2,436.5
- 1871 2,322.1
- 1872 2,210.0
- 1873 2,151.2
- 1874 2,159.9
- 1875 2,156.3
- 1876 2,130.8
- 1877 2,107.8
- 1878 2,159.4
- 1879 2,298.9
- 1880 2,090.9
- 1881 2,019.3
- 1882 1,856.9
- 1883 1,722.0
- 1884 1,625.3
- 1885 1,578.6
- 1886 1,555.7
- 1887 1,465.5
- 1888 1,384.6
- 1889 1,249.5
- 1890 1,122.4
- 1891 1,005.8
- 1892 968.2
- 1893 961.4
- 1894 1,016.8
- 1895 1,096.9
- 1896 1,222.7
- 1897 1,226.8
- 1898 1,232.7
- 1899 1,436.7
- 1900 1,263.4
- 1901 1,221.6
- 1902 1,178.0
- 1903 1,159.4
- 1904 1,136.3
- 1905 1,132.4
- 1906 1,142.5
- 1907 1,147.2
- 1908 1,177.7
- 1909 1,148.3
- 1910 1,146.9
- 1911 1,154.0
- 1912 1,193.8
- 1913 1,193.0
- 1914 1,188.2
- 1915 1,191.3
- 1916 1,225.1
- 1917 2,975.6
- 1918 12,455.2
- 1919 25,484.5
- 1920 24,299.3
- 1921 23,977.5
- 1922 22,963.4
- 1923 22,349.7
- 1924 21,250.8
- 1925 20,516.2
- 1926 19,643.2
- 1927 18,511.9
- 1928 17,604.3
- 1929 16,931.1
- 1930 16,185.3
- 1931 16,801.3
- 1932 19,487.0
- 1933 22,538.7
- 1934 27,053.1
- 1935 28,700.9
- 1936 33,778.5
- 1937 36,424.6
- 1938 37,164.7
- 1939 40,439.5
- 1940 42,967.5
- 1941 48,961.4
- 1942 72,422.4
- 1943 136,696.1
- 1944 201,003.4
- 1945 258,682.2
- 1946 269,422.1
- 1947 258,286.4
- 1948 252,292.2
- 1949 252,770.4
- 1950 257,357.4
- 1951 255,222.0
- 1952 259,105.2
- 1953 266,071.1
- 1954 271,259.6
- 1955 274,374.2
- 1956 272,750.8
- 1957 270,527.2
- 1958 276,343.2
- 1959 284,705.9
- 1960 286,330.8
- 1961 288,970.9
- 1962 298,200.8
- 1963 305,859.6
- 1964 311,712.9
- 1965 317,273.9
- 1966 319,907.1
- 1967 326,220.9
- 1968 347,578.4
- 1969 353,720.3
- 1970 370,918.7
- 1971 397,300.0
- 1972 435,936
- 1973 466,291
- 1974 483,893
- 1975 541,925
- 1976 628,970
- 1977 706,398
- 1978 776,602
- 1979 829,470
- 1980 909,050
- 1981 994,845
- 1982 1,137,345
- 1983 1,371,710
- 1984 1,564,657
- 1985 1,817,521
- 1986 2,120,629
- 1987 2,346,125
- 1988 2,601,307
- 1989 2,868,039
- 1990 3,206,564
- 1991 3,598,498
- 1992 4,002,136
- 1993 4,351,416
- 1994 4,643,711
- 1995 4,921,018
- 1996 5,181,930
- 1997 5,369,707
- 1997 est. 5,543,589
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- *less than 0.1
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- Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury