US national debt nears $40 trillion markAKIPRESS.COM - The United States national debt is approaching an unprecedented $40 trillion threshold, reaching around $39.9 trillion as of August 9, 2026, according to estimates from the US Debt Clock. Based on real-time tracker calculations, the current national debt translates to roughly $119,100 per US resident and around $285,000 per taxpayer, with the total balance increasing at an estimated rate of $5 billion per day. Official data from the US Department of the Treasury as of August 7 places the total public debt at $39.885 trillion, comprising about $32.145 trillion in debt held by the public through government bonds and other securities, alongside $7.741 trillion in intragovernmental holdings. Although the figure has temporarily edged back slightly from the psychological $40 trillion milestone, the US national debt remains near an all-time record high.