United States

US Debt Clock interpolates the latest official snapshots (Treasury Fiscal Data "Debt to the Penny", the BEA, the New York Fed, the Census Bureau, the BLS, and the Federal Reserve) second by second. Values and prose are licensed under CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution. The headline figure is total (gross) federal debt — debt held by the public plus intragovernmental holdings — so please flag the difference from "debt held by the public" when citing.

Live API

• /api/usa/live.json — current snapshot.
• /api/usa/snapshot.json?t=<ISO> — point-in-time snapshot.

Embed widget

<div data-wrd-embed data-country="usa" data-metric="nationalDebt" data-lang="en"></div>
<script src="https://worldrealdebt.com/embed.js" async></script>

Cite as

United States Debt Clock (worldrealdebt.com/usa), accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
Underlying sources: US Treasury Fiscal Data "Debt to the Penny", BEA nominal GDP and international transactions,
NY Fed Household Debt and Credit Report, Census Bureau population and trade, BLS labor and CPI, Federal Reserve policy rate.
Note: headline series is total federal debt (debt held by the public + intragovernmental holdings), not debt held by the public alone.

Logos & social cards

• Logo 512×512 PNG
• Social card · United States (1200×630)

Contact

Issues · corrections · media inquiries via GitHub: github.com/eightynine01/WorldRealDebt/issues