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The Public Debt

See the U.S. gross debt amount from 1800 to present.

Year	Gross debt amount
1800	$82,976,294
1805	82,312,151
1810	53,173,218
1815	99,833,660
1820	91,015,566
1825	83,788,433
1830	48,565,407
1835	33,733
1840	3,573,344
1845	15,925,303
1850	63,452,774
1855	35,586,957
1860	$64,842,288
1865	2,680,647,870
1870	2,480,672,428
1875	2,232,284,532
1880	2,120,415,371
1885	1,863,964,873
1890	1,552,140,205
1895	1,676,120,983
1900	2,136,961,092
1905	2,274,615,064
1910	2,652,665,838
1915	3,058,136,873
1920	$25,952,456,406
1925	20,516,193,888
1930	16,185,309,831
1935	28,700,892,625
1940	42,967,531,038
1945	258,682,187,410
1950	257,357,352,351
1955	280,768,553,189
1960	290,216,815,242
1965	320,904,110,042
1970	389,158,403,690
1975	576,649,000,000¹
1980	$930,210,000,000¹
1985	1,945,941,616,460
1990	3,233,313,451,777
1995	4,973,982,900,709
1999	5,656,270,901,633
2000	5,674,178,209,887
2001	5,807,463,412,200
2002	6,228,235,965,597
2003	6,783,231,062,744
2004	7,379,052,696,330
2005	7,932,709,661,723
2008	9,377,557,217,133
2012	16,053,068,476,695

NOTE: Figures as of Jan. 1 for years 1800–1840; as of July 1 for years 1845–1920; as of June 30 for years 1925–1950; as of Dec. 31 for years 1955–1985; as of Sept. 30 for years 1990–present˙.

1. Rounded to millions.

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, The Public Debt Online. Web: www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpdodt.htm .

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