What was the last year when the US had a balanced budget?

The united states has not had a balance budget since 1957.... the federal budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 amounted to at least $230 billion, making it the largest in U.S. Story and topping last year’s record surplus of $122.7 billion. It was 1957 the last time us had a balance budget.

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