| National Debt | |||||||||||
| Avg Increase | |||||||||||
| Year | Debt | Change | % of Increase | President | Party | Democrats | Republicans | US Population | Debt/Person | ||
| 1938 | 39,300,000,000 | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||||
| 1939 | 42,000,000,000 | 2,700,000,000 | 6.87% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||
| 1940 | 45,500,000,000 | 3,500,000,000 | 8.33% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | 131,669,275 | ||||
| 1941 | 56,500,000,000 | 11,000,000,000 | 24.18% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||
| 1942 | 100,000,000,000 | 43,500,000,000 | 76.99% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||
| 1943 | 170,000,000,000 | 70,000,000,000 | 70.00% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||
| 1944 | 216,500,000,000 | 46,500,000,000 | 27.35% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | |||||
| 1945 | 263,535,000,000 | 47,035,000,000 | 21.73% | Roosevelt | D | 1 | 34% | ||||
| 1946 | 262,600,000,000 | -935,000,000 | -0.35% | Truman | D | 1 | |||||
| 1947 | 257,900,000,000 | -4,700,000,000 | -1.79% | Truman | D | 1 | |||||
| 1948 | 252,563,000,000 | -5,337,000,000 | -2.07% | Truman | D | 1 | |||||
| 1949 | 257,037,000,000 | 4,474,000,000 | 1.77% | Truman | D | 1 | |||||
| 1950 | 257,357,352,351 | 320,352,351 | 0.12% | Truman | D | 1 | 150,697,361 | ||||
| 1951 | 255,221,976,815 | -2,135,375,536 | -0.83% | Truman | D | 1 | |||||
| 1952 | 259,105,178,785 | 3,883,201,970 | 1.52% | Truman | D | 1 | -0.23% | ||||
| 1953 | 275,168,120,129 | 16,062,941,344 | 6.20% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | |||||
| 1954 | 278,749,814,391 | 3,581,694,262 | 1.30% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | |||||
| 1955 | 280,768,553,189 | 2,018,738,798 | 0.72% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | 166,022,000 | ||||
| 1956 | 276,627,527,996 | -4,141,025,193 | -1.47% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | 169,250,000 | ||||
| 1957 | 274,897,784,291 | -1,729,743,705 | -0.63% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | 172,500,000 | ||||
| 1958 | 282,922,423,583 | 8,024,639,292 | 2.92% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | |||||
| 1959 | 290,797,771,718 | 7,875,348,135 | 2.78% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | |||||
| 1960 | 310,000,000,000 | 19,202,228,282 | 6.60% | Eisenhower | R | 1 | 2.30% | ||||
| 1961 | 296,168,761,214 | -13,831,238,786 | -4.46% | Kennedy | D | 1 | |||||
| 1962 | 303,470,080,489 | 7,301,319,275 | 2.47% | Kennedy | D | 1 | |||||
| 1963 | 309,346,845,059 | 5,876,764,570 | 1.94% | Kennedy | D | 1 | -0.02% | ||||
| 1964 | 317,940,472,718 | 8,593,627,659 | 2.78% | Johnson | D | 1 | |||||
| 1965 | 320,904,110,042 | 2,963,637,324 | 0.93% | Johnson | D | 1 | |||||
| 1966 | 329,319,249,366 | 8,415,139,324 | 2.62% | Johnson | D | 1 | |||||
| 1967 | 344,663,009,745 | 15,343,760,379 | 4.66% | Johnson | D | 1 | |||||
| 1968 | 358,028,625,002 | 13,365,615,257 | 3.88% | Johnson | D | 1 | 2.97% | ||||
| 1969 | 368,225,581,254 | 10,196,956,252 | 2.85% | Nixon | R | 1 | |||||
| 1970 | 389,158,403,690 | 20,932,822,436 | 5.68% | Nixon | R | 1 | 203,184,772 | ||||
| 1971 | 424,130,961,959 | 34,972,558,269 | 8.99% | Nixon | R | 1 | |||||
| 1972 | 449,298,066,119 | 25,167,104,160 | 5.93% | Nixon | R | 1 | |||||
| 1973 | 469,898,039,554 | 20,599,973,435 | 4.58% | Nixon | R | 1 | |||||
| 1974 | 492,665,000,000 | 22,766,960,446 | 4.85% | Nixon | R | 1 | 5.48% | ||||
| 1975 | 576,649,000,000 | 83,984,000,000 | 17.05% | Ford | R | 1 | |||||
| 1976 | 653,544,000,000 | 76,895,000,000 | 13.33% | Ford | R | 1 | 15.19% | ||||
| 1977 | 718,943,000,000 | 65,399,000,000 | 10.01% | Carter | D | 1 | |||||
| 1978 | 789,207,000,000 | 70,264,000,000 | 9.77% | Carter | D | 1 | |||||
| 1979 | 845,116,000,000 | 55,909,000,000 | 7.08% | Carter | D | 1 | |||||
| 1980 | 930,210,000,000 | 85,094,000,000 | 10.07% | Carter | D | 1 | 9.23% | 226,504,825 | |||
| 1981 | 1,028,729,000,000 | 98,519,000,000 | 10.59% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1982 | 1,197,073,000,000 | 168,344,000,000 | 16.36% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1983 | 1,410,702,000,000 | 213,629,000,000 | 17.85% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1984 | 1,662,966,000,000 | 252,264,000,000 | 17.88% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1985 | 1,945,941,616,459 | 282,975,616,459 | 17.02% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1986 | 2,125,302,616,658 | 179,361,000,199 | 9.22% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1987 | 2,350,276,890,953 | 224,974,274,295 | 10.59% | Reagan | R | 1 | |||||
| 1988 | 2,602,337,712,041 | 252,060,821,088 | 10.72% | Reagan | R | 1 | 13.78% | ||||
| 1989 | 2,857,430,960,187 | 255,093,248,146 | 9.80% | Bush | R | 1 | |||||
| 1990 | 3,233,313,451,777 | 375,882,491,590 | 13.15% | Bush | R | 1 | 248,709,873 | ||||
| 1991 | 3,665,303,351,697 | 431,989,899,920 | 13.36% | Bush | R | 1 | |||||
| 1992 | 4,064,620,655,521 | 399,317,303,824 | 10.89% | Bush | R | 1 | 11.80% | ||||
| 1993 | 4,411,488,883,139 | 346,868,227,618 | 8.53% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 1994 | 4,692,749,910,013 | 281,261,026,874 | 6.38% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 1995 | 4,973,982,900,709 | 281,232,990,696 | 5.99% | Clinton | D | 1 | 263,500,000 | ||||
| 1996 | 5,224,810,939,135 | 250,828,038,426 | 5.04% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 1997 | 5,413,146,011,397 | 188,335,072,262 | 3.60% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 1998 | 5,526,193,008,897 | 113,046,997,500 | 2.09% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 1999 | 5,656,270,901,615 | 130,077,892,718 | 2.35% | Clinton | D | 1 | |||||
| 2000 | 5,674,178,209,886 | 17,907,308,271 | 0.32% | Clinton | D | 1 | 4.29% | 281,421,906 | |||
| 2001 | 5,943,438,563,436 | 269,260,353,550 | 4.75% | Bush | R | 1 | |||||
| 2002 | 6,405,707,456,847 | 462,268,893,411 | 7.78% | Bush | R | 1 | |||||
| 2003 | 6,905,707,456,847 | 500,000,000,000 | 7.81% | Bush | R | 1 | |||||
| 2004 | Bush | R | 1 | 6.78% | |||||||
| Totals | 6,866,407,456,847 | 8.91% | Anyone Else | 1938 | 35 | 32 | 8.3% | 9.2% | |||
| 1946 | Starting with Truman | 3.2% | 9.2% | 2.84 | |||||||
| 1981 | Starting with Reagan | 4.3% | 10.8% | 2.52 | |||||||
| 25.8145382 | 1975 | Starting with Ford | 6.8% | 11.9% | 1.76 | ||||||