| − | The '''National Debt''' is the amount of [[money]] the [[United States]] [[Federal government]] owes various creditors due to [[deficit spending]]. As of June 30, 2020, the national debt had reached $26.4 trillion, or, if divided equally among each member of the U.S. population, $321,000 per family of four.<ref name="TreasPenny">United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (September 2020). [http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np "The debt to the penny and who holds it".] TreasuryDirect. Retrieved April 8, 2014.</ref> | + | The '''National Debt''' is the amount of [[money]] the [[United States]] [[Federal government]] owes various creditors due to [[deficit spending]]. As of April 2021, the national debt had reached $28.2 trillion, or, if divided equally among each member of the U.S. population, $333,000 per family of four.<ref name="TreasPenny">United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (September 2020). [http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np "The debt to the penny and who holds it".] TreasuryDirect. Retrieved April 8, 2014.</ref> <ref> https://usdebtclock.org/</ref> |