US Debt Held by the Public
$31.68T as of Jul 2026 · U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
Debt held by the public (excludes intragovernmental holdings), month-end values from the Treasury's Debt to the Penny dataset.
1997–2026 · 302 observationssource: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data · vintage 2026-07-04
Methodology
Treasury Fiscal Data 'Debt to the Penny', debt_held_public_amt field (debt held by investors outside the federal government), downsampled to month-end by stonks. Source values as published by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.