The History of the Debt
The Annual Historical Debt Outstanding reports have moved to FiscalData.Treasury.gov, where they are
available for download in multiple machine-readable formats with complete metadata.
Read about different periods in the history of the debt, from the nation's founding through the present day:
- Our Heritage
- The 18th Century
- The 19th Century
- The World Wars
- The Postwar Period
- Present Day