In 2010 the federal debt (in millions) was $13,561,623 and the population of the U.S. was 309 million. Use these value to compute the federal debt per capita in 2010. The answer is $43,888.75. Now, use the CPI to calculate what this value would in 1983 dollars. CPI in 1983 is 99.6 and the cpi in 2010 is 218.056.