English: A chart, created using Google Spreadsheets, depicting the total U.S. federal debt from 1940 to 2014. Presidential terms of Democratic (blue) and Republican (red) presidents are shown.
Gross federal debt data are from [1], Table 7.1. accessed on February 11, 2015. NOTE: Estimated values (2015-2020) are not included in the chart, but are provided here anyway.
Year Gross Federal Debt President Party
1940 $50,696,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1941 $57,531,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1942 $79,200,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1943 $142,648,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1944 $204,079,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1945 $260,123,000,000 Roosevelt Democrat
1946 $270,991,000,000 Truman Democrat
1947 $257,149,000,000 Truman Democrat
1948 $252,031,000,000 Truman Democrat
1949 $252,610,000,000 Truman Democrat
1950 $256,853,000,000 Truman Democrat
1951 $255,288,000,000 Truman Democrat
1952 $259,097,000,000 Truman Democrat
1953 $265,963,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1954 $270,812,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1955 $274,366,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1956 $272,693,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1957 $272,252,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1958 $279,666,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1959 $287,465,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1960 $290,525,000,000 Eisenhower Republican
1961 $292,648,000,000 Kennedy Democrat
1962 $302,928,000,000 Kennedy Democrat
1963 $310,324,000,000 Kennedy Democrat
1964 $316,059,000,000 Johnson Democrat
1965 $322,318,000,000 Johnson Democrat
1966 $328,498,000,000 Johnson Democrat
1967 $340,445,000,000 Johnson Democrat
1968 $368,685,000,000 Johnson Democrat
1969 $365,769,000,000 Nixon Republican
1970 $380,921,000,000 Nixon Republican
1971 $408,176,000,000 Nixon Republican
1972 $435,936,000,000 Nixon Republican
1973 $466,291,000,000 Nixon Republican
1974 $483,893,000,000 Nixon Republican
1975 $541,925,000,000 Ford Republican
1976 $628,970,000,000 Ford Republican
1977 $706,398,000,000 Carter Democrat
1978 $776,602,000,000 Carter Democrat
1979 $829,467,000,000 Carter Democrat
1980 $909,041,000,000 Carter Democrat
1981 $994,828,000,000 Reagan Republican
1982 $1,137,315,000,000 Reagan Republican
1983 $1,371,660,000,000 Reagan Republican
1984 $1,564,586,000,000 Reagan Republican
1985 $1,817,423,000,000 Reagan Republican
1986 $2,120,501,000,000 Reagan Republican
1987 $2,345,956,000,000 Reagan Republican
1988 $2,601,104,000,000 Reagan Republican
1989 $2,867,800,000,000 Bush Republican
1990 $3,206,290,000,000 Bush Republican
1991 $3,598,178,000,000 Bush Republican
1992 $4,001,787,000,000 Bush Republican
1993 $4,351,044,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1994 $4,643,307,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1995 $4,920,586,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1996 $5,181,465,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1997 $5,369,206,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1998 $5,478,189,000,000 Clinton Democrat
1999 $5,605,523,000,000 Clinton Democrat
2000 $5,628,700,000,000 Clinton Democrat
2001 $5,769,881,000,000 Bush Republican
2002 $6,198,401,000,000 Bush Republican
2003 $6,760,014,000,000 Bush Republican
2004 $7,354,657,000,000 Bush Republican
2005 $7,905,300,000,000 Bush Republican
2006 $8,451,350,000,000 Bush Republican
2007 $8,950,744,000,000 Bush Republican
2008 $9,986,082,000,000 Bush Republican
2009 $11,875,851,000,000 Obama Democrat
2010 $13,528,807,000,000 Obama Democrat
2011 $14,764,222,000,000 Obama Democrat
2012 $16,050,921,000,000 Obama Democrat
2013 $16,719,434,000,000 Obama Democrat
2014 $17,794,483,000,000 Obama Democrat
2015 $18,120,106,000,000 Obama Democrat
2016 estimate $19,433,320,000,000 Obama Democrat
2017 estimate $20,149,416,000,000
2018 estimate $20,884,271,000,000
2019 estimate $21,695,471,000,000
2020 estimate $22,446,759,000,000
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