U.S. Debt Held by the Public

U.S. federal debt held by the public as reported by the Treasury.
Latest observation
$32,677.38B
Oct 27, 2026
Latest
$32,677.38B
Oct 27, 2026
Previous observation
$32,635.29B
Oct 26, 2026
Change from previous
+$42.08B
Latest minus previous observation
History high
$32,677.38B
History low
$3,333.04B
History mean
$15,119.26B

Historical chart

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Oct 27, 2026$32,677.38BUse ← and → to inspect observations; Home and End jump to the range boundaries.
U.S. Department of the Treasury. Observation periods are preserved as published.
10Y spans 2,509 retained observations from Oct 27, 2016 through Oct 27, 2026, using 260 representative source observations. No values are interpolated. Full retained history includes 5,464 retained observations from Sep 30, 1997 through Oct 27, 2026. Checked against U.S. Department of the Treasury through Oct 27, 2026. Latest published observation is within the expected freshness window (2 calendar days old). This page does not imply intraday or real-time data.

Observation history

Table shows the most recent 100 observations.
Debt Held by the Public observations
PeriodValue
Oct 27, 2026$32,677.38B
Oct 26, 2026$32,635.29B
Oct 23, 2026$32,610.65B
Oct 22, 2026$32,597.66B
Oct 21, 2026$32,566.35B
Oct 20, 2026$32,566.20B
Oct 19, 2026$32,533.47B
Oct 16, 2026$32,532.41B
Oct 15, 2026$32,538.24B
Oct 14, 2026$32,483.71B
Oct 13, 2026$32,483.64B
Oct 9, 2026$32,447.83B
Oct 8, 2026$32,454.09B
Oct 7, 2026$32,439.26B
Oct 6, 2026$32,440.26B
Oct 5, 2026$32,426.12B
Oct 2, 2026$32,428.91B
Oct 1, 2026$32,433.79B
Sep 30, 2026$32,425.01B
Sep 29, 2026$32,367.87B
Sep 28, 2026$32,386.26B
Sep 25, 2026$32,385.87B
Sep 24, 2026$32,362.73B
Sep 23, 2026$32,376.94B
Sep 22, 2026$32,375.69B
Sep 21, 2026$32,402.19B
Sep 18, 2026$32,401.93B
Sep 17, 2026$32,392.79B
Sep 16, 2026$32,406.35B
Sep 15, 2026$32,406.39B
Sep 14, 2026$32,358.45B
Sep 11, 2026$32,357.57B
Sep 10, 2026$32,363.42B
Sep 9, 2026$32,388.61B
Sep 8, 2026$32,387.92B
Sep 4, 2026$32,410.79B
Sep 3, 2026$32,423.64B
Sep 2, 2026$32,421.03B
Sep 1, 2026$32,420.53B
Aug 31, 2026$32,414.99B
Aug 28, 2026$32,340.69B
Aug 27, 2026$32,313.80B
Aug 26, 2026$32,305.77B
Aug 25, 2026$32,307.79B
Aug 24, 2026$32,274.81B
Aug 21, 2026$32,276.14B
Aug 20, 2026$32,278.96B
Aug 19, 2026$32,263.51B
Aug 18, 2026$32,265.80B
Aug 17, 2026$32,227.20B
Aug 14, 2026$32,200.39B
Aug 13, 2026$32,200.97B
Aug 12, 2026$32,180.11B
Aug 11, 2026$32,182.46B
Aug 10, 2026$32,143.07B
Aug 7, 2026$32,144.62B
Aug 6, 2026$32,148.91B
Aug 5, 2026$32,101.18B
Aug 4, 2026$32,100.70B
Aug 3, 2026$32,038.12B
Jul 31, 2026$32,045.86B
Jul 30, 2026$32,035.73B
Jul 29, 2026$31,994.68B
Jul 28, 2026$31,995.28B
Jul 27, 2026$31,923.70B
Jul 24, 2026$31,922.91B
Jul 23, 2026$31,911.92B
Jul 22, 2026$31,874.68B
Jul 21, 2026$31,874.80B
Jul 20, 2026$31,817.64B
Jul 17, 2026$31,816.92B
Jul 16, 2026$31,818.45B
Jul 15, 2026$31,793.48B
Jul 14, 2026$31,751.11B
Jul 13, 2026$31,707.77B
Jul 10, 2026$31,707.32B
Jul 9, 2026$31,709.40B
Jul 8, 2026$31,695.88B
Jul 7, 2026$31,696.80B
Jul 6, 2026$31,680.16B
Jul 3, 2026$31,676.90B
Jul 2, 2026$31,678.90B
Jul 1, 2026$31,677.63B
Jun 30, 2026$31,681.31B
Jun 29, 2026$31,621.33B
Jun 26, 2026$31,620.87B
Jun 25, 2026$31,594.50B
Jun 24, 2026$31,606.94B
Jun 23, 2026$31,606.13B
Jun 22, 2026$31,625.61B
Jun 18, 2026$31,613.48B
Jun 17, 2026$31,643.34B
Jun 16, 2026$31,642.66B
Jun 15, 2026$31,662.56B
Jun 12, 2026$31,582.35B
Jun 11, 2026$31,594.72B
Jun 10, 2026$31,592.37B
Jun 9, 2026$31,595.46B
Jun 8, 2026$31,600.13B
Jun 5, 2026$31,597.88B

Source & methodology

Grizzly Bulls preserves Treasury’s published debt-held-by-the-public component and converts exact source cents to billions of U.S. dollars for display. Dates where Treasury does not publish that component are omitted rather than interpolated, zero-filled, or inferred from total debt.

Dataset: Debt to the Penny.

Unit: Billions of U.S. dollars. Frequency: Daily on Treasury reporting days.

Expected refresh: Each U.S. business day after Treasury publishes Debt to the Penny. History target: 1997 onward.

Revision behavior: Routine source revision policy not documented. Treasury does not document a routine revision schedule for Debt to the Penny. Grizzly Bulls refreshes retained history from the current official FiscalData dataset and preserves the values Treasury publishes for each retained date. Read revision methodology.

Vintage: Latest-known retained history. This page does not preserve prior publication vintages.

Source accessed: Oct 29, 2026.

View the source series at U.S. Department of the Treasury · Read the source methodology

Data API

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Grizzly Bulls. "U.S. Debt Held by the Public." Data source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Debt to the Penny. Updated through October 27, 2026. https://grizzlybulls.com/charts/debt-held-by-public