|
National Debt, 1800-1925
| YEAR |
TOTAL |
PER CAPITA |
|
YEAR |
TOTAL |
PER CAPITA |
|
YEAR |
TOTAL |
PER CAPITA |
|
| 1800 |
*82,976,294 |
15.63 |
|
1889 |
975,939,750 |
15.92 |
|
1913 |
927,068,121 |
9.52 |
|
| 1810 |
*53,173,218 |
7.34 |
|
1890 |
890,784,371 |
14.13 |
|
1914 |
950,593,142 |
9.60 |
|
| 1820 |
*91,015,566 |
9.44 |
|
1891 |
851,912,752 |
13.24 |
|
1915 |
1,027,379,778 |
10.14 |
|
| 1830 |
*48,565,407 |
3.77 |
|
1892 |
841,526,464 |
12.82 |
|
1916 |
1,006,281,572 |
9.82 |
|
| 1840 |
*3,573,344 |
.21 |
|
1893 |
838,969,476 |
12.53 |
|
1917 |
1,908,635,224 |
18.33 |
|
| 1850 |
*63,452,774 |
2.74 |
|
1894 |
899,313,381 |
13.17 |
|
1918 |
10,924,281,355 |
103.19 |
|
| 1855 |
*35,586,957 |
1.31 |
|
1895 |
901,672,967 |
12.96 |
|
1919 |
24,479,302,376 |
230.64 |
|
| 1860 |
59,964,402 |
1.91 |
|
1896 |
955,297,254 |
13.48 |
|
1920 |
24,330,889,731 |
228.64 |
|
| 1865 |
2,674,815,857 |
76.98 |
|
1897 |
961,730,960 |
13.43 |
|
1921 |
23,813,547,431 |
220.32 |
|
| 1870 |
2,331,169,956 |
60.46 |
|
1898 |
983,443,661 |
13.48 |
|
1922 |
22,996,416,115 |
209.55 |
|
| 1875 |
2,090,041,179 |
47.53 |
|
1899 |
1,105,188,679 |
14.87 |
|
1923 |
22,155,886,403 |
191.81 |
|
| 1876 |
2,060,925,340 |
45.66 |
|
1900 |
1,060,421,186 |
13.90 |
|
1924 |
21,178,045,271 |
188.14 |
|
| 1877 |
2,019,275,431 |
43.56 |
|
1901 |
995,067,645 |
12.86 |
|
1925 |
20,439,234,256 |
170.37 |
|
| 1878 |
1,999,382,280 |
42.01 |
|
1902 |
820,944,348 |
11.64 |
|
| 1879 |
1,996,414,905 |
40.85 |
|
1903 |
871,570,845 |
10.83 |
|
| 1880 |
1,919,326,748 |
38.27 |
|
1904 |
920,973,226 |
11.25 |
|
| 1881 |
1,819,650,154 |
35.46 |
|
1905 |
943,588,069 |
11.33 |
|
| 1882 |
1,675,023,474 |
31.91 |
|
1906 |
909,967,519 |
10.75 |
|
| 1883 |
1,538,781,825 |
28.66 |
|
1907 |
817,359,844 |
9.50 |
|
| 1884 |
1,438,542,995 |
26.20 |
|
1908 |
866,585,437 |
9.90 |
|
| 1885 |
1,375,352,444 |
24.50 |
|
1909 |
959,589,644 |
10.79 |
|
| 1886 |
1,282,145,840 |
22.34 |
|
1910 |
970,432,909 |
10.74 |
|
| 1887 |
1,175,168,675 |
20.03 |
|
1911 |
945,299,603 |
10.06 |
|
| 1888 |
1,063,004,895 |
17.72 |
|
1912 |
964,811,807 |
10.09 |
|
*Outstanding principal of the public debt on January 1st.
Includes matured interest obligations, etc., on July 1. Prior to 1897 figures
include gold and silver certificates, treasury notes of 1890 and gold reserves against
United States notes. This practice was discontinued in 1915 and revision has been carried
back only as far as 1897.
Source: The Daily News Almanac and Year-Book 1926. Chicago: Chicago
Daily News Company, 1925, p. 333.
81602
|
