Newest National Debt Statistics Now Posted - April 2014

The newest National Debt statistics as reported by www.treasurydirect.gov. Statistics are through April 11, 2014.

National Debt
Held by Public
$12,584,387,729,787.84

Intragovernmental Holdings
$4,954,635,736,707.08

Total debt (4/11/2014)
$17,539,023,466,494.92

Amount of Debt on Sept. 30, 2013
$16,738,183,526,697.32

Increase in Fiscal Year 2014 (to date)
$800,839,939,797.60

Debt on Inauguration Day 2009
$10,626,877,048,913.08

Debt increase in 1097 days of Obama Administration
$6,912,146,417,581.84
($6,300,953,890.23/day)

Total Debt increase in George W. Bush Administration
($4,899,100,310,608.44 [$1,676,625,705.20/day - 2922 days])

Interest payments
March 2014 

$26,269,559,883.36

Fiscal Year 2014 (to date)
$194,116,246,288.73

Fiscal Year 2013 (total)

$415,688,781,248.40

Gifts to reduce the Public Debt
February 2014 (last month reported)
$1,705,574.49

Fiscal Year 2014 (to-date)
$2,747,383.26

Fiscal Year 2013 (total)

$1,763,754.56

How do the Presidential Administrations compare?

President George Washington through President Gerald Ford
Presidents 1-38, 1791-1976
Debt Increase: $707,142,528,417.78

President James Earl Carter, 39th President, 1977-1980
Debt Increase: $276,666,000,000.00

President Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President, 1981-1988
Debt Increase: $1,672,127,712,041.16

President George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President, 1989-1992
Debt Increase: $1,462,282,943,480.50

President William Jefferson Blythe Clinton, 42nd President, 1993-2000
Debt Increase: $1,609,557,554,365.20

President George Walker Bush, 43rd President, 2001-2008
Debt Increase: $4,899,100,310,608.44

President Barack Obama, 44th President, 2009-present
Debt Increase: $$6,912,146,417,581.84 (through April 11, 2014)

Newest National Debt Statistics Now Posted - September 2010 (End FY 2010)

Here are the newest National Debt Statistics for the period ending September 30, 2010 - per www.treasurydirect.gov - the official website of the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of the Public Debt. September 30, 2010 is the end of Fiscal Year 2010 for the United States Government.

National Debt (Sept. 30, 2010)
Publicly Held
$9,022,808,423,453.08

Intragovernmental Holdings
$4,538,814,607,438.71

Total Debt:
$13,561,623,030,891.79

Amount of Debt on Sept. 30, 2009:
$11,909,829,003,511.75

Increase in Fiscal Year 2010:
$1,651,794,027,380.04

Debt on Inauguration Day 2009:
$10,626,877,048,913.08

Debt increase in 588 days of President Obama's administration:
$2,934,745,981,978.71
($4,991,064,525.20/day)

Total Debt increase in President George W. Bush's administration:
$4,899,100,310,608.44
($1,676,625,705.20/day - 2922 days)

Difference between Bush/Obama administrations:
$1,964,354,328,629.73
(Bush larger than Obama)

Interest payments
September 2010
$18,186,175,433.65

Fiscal Year 2010
$413,954,825,362.17

Gifts to reduce the Public Debt
August 2010
$81,444.76

Fiscal Year 2010 (one month to report)
$2,824,256.11

What was the National Debt in January 2009?

Courtesy of the U.S. Treasury Department (www.treasurydirect.gov).

The National Debt on January 1, 2009 was:
$10,669,804,864,612.13

When President Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the National Debt was:
$10,626,877,048,913.08

In 1959, the interest paid on the National Debt was $7,592,769,000 (The total debt was $290,797,771,717.63 that year)

In Fiscal Year 2009, the interest paid on the National debt was:
$383,071,060,815.42 (greater than the total debt in 1959)