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US Agency Debt is debt issued by federal agencies but not included in Gross Federal Debt.
Federal Debt Clock
Today the Federal Debt is about $38,380,536,147,996.03.
The amount is the gross outstanding debt issued by the United States Department of the Treasury since 1790 and reported here.
But, it doesn’t include state and local debt.
And, it doesn’t include so-called “agency debt.”
And, it doesn’t include the so-called unfunded liabilities of entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Federal Debt per person is about $117,623.
Total US Government Debt in 2026
Chart C.01t: Recent US Government Debt
At the end of FY 2026 the total government debt in the United States, including federal, state, and local, is expected to be $42.8 trillion.
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Total Federal Government Debt in 2026
Chart C.01f: Recent US Federal Debt
At the end of FY 2026 the gross US federal government debt is estimated to be $39.04 trillion, according to the FY26 Federal Budget. Of this gross amount, debt “Held by the Public: Other” is estimated by usgovernmentspending.com at $26.69 trillion, debt “Held by the Public: Federal Reserve System” (i.e. monetized debt) is estimated by usgovernmentspending.com at $4.95 trillion and debt “Held by Federal Government Accounts” is estimated at $7.40 trillion.
Here is the gross federal debt by year for the last decade:
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Click for federal debt from 1960 to present.
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Total Federal Agency Debt in 2026
Chart C.01a: Recent Federal Agency Debt
At the end of FY 2026 the federal agency debt in the United States is “guesstimated” to be $12.93 trillion.
Agency debt is debt issued by federal agencies and government-sponsored enterprises, and is not included in the total gross debt of the federal government.
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Total State Government Debt in 2026
Chart C.01s: Recent State Government Debt
At the end of FY 2026 the state government debt in the United States is expected to be $1.19 trillion.
Get more information about State Government Debt here.
Total Local Government Debt in 2026
Chart C.01l: Recent Local Government Debt
At the end of FY 2026 the local government debt in the United States is expected to be $2.57 trillion.
Get more information about Local Government Debt here.
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Debt Data Sources
Debt data is from official government sources.
- Federal debt data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- Federal debt for 1940-1961 comes from the president’s budget.
- Federal debt for 1914-1939 comes from the
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- Federal debt before 1914 comes from the
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- All other debt data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
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Federal debt data begins in 1792.
State and local debt data begins in 1820.
State and local debt data for individual states begins in 1957.
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Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $38,380,536,147,996.03 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
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Medicaid Update for FY2024
On January 14, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual report on National Health Expenditures and its NHE Tables includes data on Medicaid from 1960 to 2023. On January 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its Medicaid data.
| Item | 2024 Estimate | 2024 Actual |
| Federal Medicaid | $567.2 bn | $567.2 bn |
| State Medicaid (net) | $124.4 bn | $253.2 bn |
| Total Medicaid | $691.6 bn | $820.4 bn |
The federal Medicaid number comes from the Federal Budget Subfunction 558: Grants to states for Medicaid. The state contribution comes from the NHE Tables.
usgovernmentspending.com publishes "guesstimates" of state and local spending from the latest year published by the Census Bureau (currently FY 2023) to the last year in the Historical Tables of the federal budget. (currently 2029 from the FY25 budget). So we have developed "guesstimates" of Medicaid spending going out to 2029, assuming that the overall Medicaid spending increases at the same rate as the federal "Grants to States for Medicaid" increases.
National Health Expenditure data is updated each year in mid December.
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Medicaid Update for FY2024
On January 14, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual report on National Health Expenditures and its NHE Tables includes data on Medicaid from 1960 to 2023. On January 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its Medicaid data.
| Item | 2024 Estimate | 2024 Actual |
| Federal Medicaid | $567.2 bn | $567.2 bn |
| State Medicaid (net) | $124.4 bn | $253.2 bn |
| Total Medicaid | $691.6 bn | $820.4 bn |
The federal Medicaid number comes from the Federal Budget Subfunction 558: Grants to states for Medicaid. The state contribution comes from the NHE Tables.
usgovernmentspending.com publishes "guesstimates" of state and local spending from the latest year published by the Census Bureau (currently FY 2023) to the last year in the Historical Tables of the federal budget. (currently 2029 from the FY25 budget). So we have developed "guesstimates" of Medicaid spending going out to 2029, assuming that the overall Medicaid spending increases at the same rate as the federal "Grants to States for Medicaid" increases.
National Health Expenditure data is updated each year in mid December.
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