Archivo: Total US Federal Debt by President (1940 to 2015)

Description: 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
Author: SColombo based on style & updated datasource of previous version by Ninjatacoshell. White House recently released final (non-projected) data through 2014 & projections through 2020.
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