U.S. Debt Clock — accessible proof of concept

Live federal figures, built to be read by everyone — screen readers, keyboards, zoom, and reduced-motion included.

Gross U.S. National Debt

Debt per Citizen

Debt per Taxpayer

Increase Today

Growing By

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Source: U.S. Treasury — “Debt to the Penny”. Per-citizen and per-taxpayer use published population/taxpayer estimates (see notes in the code). Between daily Treasury updates the figure ticks via interpolation — an estimate, like every debt clock.