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The U.S. Debt Terminal

Anchor: U.S. Treasury· Projection: CBO implied rate· Debt / GDP: 124.88%· Next Drop: 15:00 ET· Per second: +$57,870
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I. Sovereign Liabilities

Treasury · Fiscal Data API
Total Federal Debt
Debt Held by the Public
Intragovernmental Holdings
Marketable Treasuries Outstanding
Annual Interest on Debt
Debt per Citizen $113,892
Debt per Taxpayer $357,069
Federal Budget Deficit (FY)
Treasury General Account
1980 Debt / GDP 34.56%
2000 Debt / GDP 58.29%
Now Debt / GDP 124.88%

II. Revenue Mix

IRS · BEA · Census
Federal Tax Revenue
Income Tax
Payroll Tax
Corporate Tax
Tariff Revenue
Revenue / Interest Cover 4.50x

III. Expenditure Stack

OMB · SSA · CMS · DoD
Federal Spending (Official)
Medicare / Medicaid
Social Security
Defense / War
Income Security / Welfare
Veterans Affairs
Interest on Debt (paid)
Homeless Population 771,480

IV. Monetary Policy

Federal Reserve · FRED · BLS
Effective Fed Funds Rate 5.00%
10-Year Treasury Yield 4.42%
30-Year Treasury Yield 4.66%
2-Year Treasury Yield 4.08%
Yield Curve (10Y − 2Y) +0.34%
CPI-U YoY 3.20%
Core PCE YoY 2.80%
M2 Money Supply
Fed Balance Sheet

V. Capital Markets

NYSE · NASDAQ · CBOE · ICE
DJIA 44,382.10 +0.42%
S&P 500 6,128.77 +0.38%
NASDAQ Composite 20,314.55 +0.61%
Russell 2000 2,283.14 −0.12%
VIX 14.82
Dollar Index (DXY) 104.31
Gold (spot) $3,214.80
BTC / USD $112,480
Total U.S. Equity Market Cap $63.9T

VI. Real Economy

BLS · BEA · Census
U.S. GDP $31.3T
Population 343.6M
Workforce 171.2M
Unemployment Rate 4.10%
Labor Force Participation 62.7%
Food Stamp Recipients 41.2M
Official Poverty Count 36.84M
Median Home Price $420,700

VII. Household Balance Sheet

Federal Reserve · FRED
Total Personal Debt $20.4T
Mortgage Debt $12.8T
Credit Card Debt $1.3T
Student Loan Debt $1.7T
Auto Loan Debt $1.7T
Household Net Worth $160T+

VIII. National Assets and Strategic Stores

Treasury · EIA · USGS
U.S. Gold Reserves 261.5M oz
Official Gold Value $840B+
Strategic Petroleum Reserve 363M barrels
Natural Gas Reserves 691T cubic feet
Public Lands 640M acres
Total U.S. Household Real Estate $49T+
South

Alabama Debt Clock

Alabama runs a FY2025 budget of about $43.9B, with federal aid covering 39.36% and motor vehicles leading roughly $23.7B in exports.

  • Federal aid covers 39.36% of the FY2025 plan, keeping the state in the middle band of dependency.
  • Motor Vehicles leads the export lane, which still accounts for 1.09% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $359M to the capital mix while the state carries 1.1% of U.S. GDP.
West

Alaska Debt Clock

Alaska runs a FY2025 budget of about $15.8B, with federal aid covering 45.29% and seafood / fish leading roughly $6.5B in exports.

  • Federal transfers carry 45.29% of the FY2025 plan, placing the state in the high-dependency tier.
  • Seafood / Fish leads the export lane, which still accounts for 0.3% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing is absent in this FY2025 snapshot while the state still carries 0.2% of U.S. GDP.
West

Arizona Debt Clock

Arizona runs a FY2025 budget of about $73.6B, with federal aid covering 24.44% and electronic circuits leading roughly $32B in exports.

  • Federal aid is only 24.44% of the FY2025 plan, so the state leans harder on its own-source base.
  • Electronic Circuits leads the export lane, which still accounts for 1.47% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $442M to the capital mix while the state carries 1.8% of U.S. GDP.
South

Arkansas Debt Clock

Arkansas runs a FY2025 budget of about $32.5B, with federal aid covering 33.9% and poultry / rice leading roughly $8B in exports.

  • Federal aid covers 33.9% of the FY2025 plan, keeping the state in the middle band of dependency.
  • Poultry / Rice leads the export lane, which still accounts for 0.37% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $50M to the capital mix while the state carries 0.6% of U.S. GDP.
West

California Debt Clock

California runs a FY2025 budget of about $510.3B, with federal aid covering 33.78% and computer equipment leading roughly $188.4B in exports.

  • Federal aid covers 33.78% of the FY2025 plan, keeping the state in the middle band of dependency.
  • Computer Equipment drives a top-10 export position, with about $188.4B shipped abroad.
  • Bond financing contributes $5.7B to the capital mix while the state carries 14.2% of U.S. GDP.
West

Colorado Debt Clock

Colorado runs a FY2025 budget of about $46.3B, with federal aid covering 28.54% and electronic circuits leading roughly $14B in exports.

  • Federal aid covers 28.54% of the FY2025 plan, keeping the state in the middle band of dependency.
  • Electronic Circuits leads the export lane, which still accounts for 0.64% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $544M to the capital mix while the state carries 1.8% of U.S. GDP.
Northeast

Connecticut Debt Clock

Connecticut runs a FY2025 budget of about $45.3B, with federal aid covering 24.81% and aircraft parts leading roughly $15B in exports.

  • Federal aid is only 24.81% of the FY2025 plan, so the state leans harder on its own-source base.
  • Aircraft Parts leads the export lane, which still accounts for 0.69% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $3.7B to the capital mix while the state carries 1.2% of U.S. GDP.
South

Delaware Debt Clock

Delaware runs a FY2025 budget of about $17.5B, with federal aid covering 22.51% and pharmaceuticals leading roughly $4.5B in exports.

  • Federal aid is only 22.51% of the FY2025 plan, so the state leans harder on its own-source base.
  • Pharmaceuticals leads the export lane, which still accounts for 0.21% of all U.S. exports.
  • Bond financing contributes $299M to the capital mix while the state carries 0.3% of U.S. GDP.
Metric Guide

National Debt

The headline debt counter keeps Treasury’s Debt to the Penny anchor at the center of the U.S. surface.

  • Total federal debt
  • Debt held by the public
  • Marketable Treasuries
Metric Guide

Debt per Citizen

This metric makes the national total easier to grasp by translating it into a per-person figure.

  • Population base
  • Total debt stock
  • Threshold milestones
Metric Guide

Debt per Taxpayer

This view frames the debt against the tax base and helps people understand the scale in a more direct way.

  • Taxpayer base
  • Debt stock
  • Deficit growth
Metric Guide

Interest on the Debt

Interest is now large enough to compete with major program categories, so it deserves its own first-order page.

  • Annual interest burden
  • Interest per second
  • Revenue cover
Year View

1980

The 1980 page is the classic debt-clock contrast point: lower debt ratios, different demographics, and a dramatically smaller nominal economy.

  • Debt / GDP around 34.56%
  • Pre-globalization tax base
  • Smaller entitlement footprint
Year View

1990

The 1990 frame captures the late-Cold-War to post-Cold-War transition and the early modern deficit debate.

  • Deficit politics becoming mainstream
  • Pre-dot-com revenue base
  • Different rate backdrop
Year View

2000

The 2000 page is the clean “before everything changed” benchmark for the modern U.S. debt story.

  • Debt / GDP around 58.29%
  • Pre-9/11 baseline
  • Tech-era tax base
Year View

2008

The financial crisis year marks the transfer from private leverage stress into public-balance-sheet expansion.

  • Crisis response year
  • Bank rescue era
  • Economic contraction

Built to answer the questions people actually care about

If you want the total, it is here. If you want to know why it is rising, how it compares with earlier years, or how your state fits into the picture, those pages are here too. The goal is to give you the headline fast and the context one click behind it.

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State Data Research Notes

The uploaded PDF notes supporting the state data story and fiscal/export page structure.