Question

Approximately how large is the federal debt per capita

Answer 1

The current US national debt stands at about $20.4 trillion, or roughly
`2.04*10^(13)` dollars. For comparison, the US population is currently around 323 million people, or
`3.23 * 10^(8)` people.

To find the amount of that debt each citizen shoulders, we can divide the two:


`(2.04*10^(13))/(3.23*10^(8)) \\\\ = (2.04)/(3.23)* 10^(5)`

Dividing 2.04 by 3.23 gets us approximately 0.632, so the total debt of each citizen would be about


`0.632*10^(5)=0.632*100,000=6320`

So, the US has a per capita federal debt of roughly $63200