By the numbers Louisiana Purchase

800,000: Size, in square miles, of the land Thomas Jefferson purchased from France on Nov. 30, 1803

100: Percentage by which the purchase increased the size of the United States

60 million: Purchase price, in francs

$11.25 million: Amount in U.S. dollars paid directly to France

Source: Gateway New Orleans

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