In 1914, shortly after the Federal Reserve was created, the US national debt was $2.9 billion. Today, it’s more than 5,000 times that.

The first fiscal year for the U.S. Government started Jan. 1, 1789. Congress changed the beginning of the fiscal year from Jan. 1 to Jul. 1 in 1842, and finally from Jul. 1 to Oct. 1 in 1977 where it remains today.
To find more historical information, visit The Public Debt Historical Information archives.

Date	Dollar Amount
06/30/1949	252,770,359,860.33
06/30/1948	252,292,246,512.99
06/30/1947	258,286,383,108.67
06/28/1946	269,422,099,173.26
06/30/1945	258,682,187,409.93
06/30/1944	201,003,387,221.13
06/30/1943	136,696,090,329.90
06/30/1942	72,422,445,116.22
06/30/1941	48,961,443,535.71
06/29/1940	42,967,531,037.68
06/30/1939	40,439,532,411.11
06/30/1938	37,164,740,315.45
06/30/1937	36,424,613,732.29
06/30/1936	33,778,543,493.73
06/29/1935	28,700,892,624.53
06/30/1934	27,053,141,414.48
06/30/1933	22,538,672,560.15
06/30/1932	19,487,002,444.13
06/30/1931	16,801,281,491.71
06/30/1930	16,185,309,831.43
06/29/1929	16,931,088,484.10
06/30/1928	17,604,293,201.43
06/30/1927	18,511,906,931.85
06/30/1926	19,643,216,315.19
06/30/1925	20,516,193,887.90
06/30/1924	21,250,812,989.49
06/30/1923	22,349,707,365.36
06/30/1922	22,963,381,708.31
06/30/1921	23,977,450,552.54
07/01/1920	25,952,456,406.16
07/01/1919	27,390,970,113.12
07/01/1918	14,592,161,414.00
07/01/1917	5,717,770,279.52
07/01/1916	3,609,244,262.16
07/01/1915	3,058,136,873.16
07/01/1914	2,912,499,269.16
07/01/1913	2,916,204,913.66
07/01/1912	2,868,373,874.16
07/01/1911	2,765,600,606.69
07/01/1910	2,652,665,838.04
07/01/1909	2,639,546,241.04
07/01/1908	2,626,806,271.54
07/01/1907	2,457,188,061.54
07/01/1906	2,337,161,839.04
07/01/1905	2,274,615,063.84
07/01/1904	2,264,003,585.14
07/01/1903	2,202,464,781.89
07/01/1902	2,158,610,445.89
07/01/1901	2,143,326,933.89
07/01/1900	2,136,961,091.67

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo3.htm

“The national debt is now $20.1 trillion. That’s larger than the size of the entire US economy… but, the real story isn’t the number or the size of the debt itself. It’s the trend. And it’s not good.”