Dtroit's current debt is roughly 18.5 billion dollars.
The current population of Detroit is 706,585.
Do the math to discover that every single Detroiter owes $26,182.
The national debt is approaching 17 trillion. (16,737,246,099,998)
The population of the U.S. is 316,285,000.
Do the math to discover that every American owes $52,918.
The national debt per person is double Detroit's debt per person.