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- May 21, 2026
Daily record
May 21, 2026
$39,071,200,457,366.45Total public debt outstanding
$31,374,788,661,132.13Debt held by the public
$7,696,411,796,234.32Intragovernmental holdings
+$2,857,439,236,255.63Change over 12 months
Facts
- Total public debt outstanding
- $39,071,200,457,366.45
- Debt held by the public
- $31,374,788,661,132.13
- Intragovernmental holdings
- $7,696,411,796,234.32
- Change over 12 months
- +$2,857,439,236,255.63
- Record date
- May 21, 2026
- Share held by the public
- 80.3 %
- Change from previous record
- +$21,560,524,703.59
- Growth over 12 months
- +7.9 %
Sources: US Treasury Fiscal Data — Debt to the Penny, MSPD (public domain), IMF World Economic Outlook, World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0)