The Jefferson Presidency Statistics
By the Numbers
Economy
National debt in 1801: $112 million
Proportion of annual government revenue Jefferson planned to spend on retiring the debt: 78%2
Purchase price per acre of the Louisiana Territory: 3 cents5
U.S. Exports
Value of U.S. goods exported in 1801: $47.5 million
Value of foreign goods carried on U.S. ships in 1801: $46.6 million
Value of U.S. goods exported in 1807: $48.7 million
Value of foreign goods carried on U.S. ships in 1807: $59.6million
Value of U.S. goods exported in 1808: $22.4 million
Value of foreign goods carried on U.S. ships in 1808: $13 million3
Politics
Ratio of Republicans to Federalists in the House of Representatives in 1801: 66:37
Ratio of Republicans to Federalists in the United States Senate in 1801: 18:14
Ratio of Republicans to Federalists in the House of Representatives in 1805: 116:25
Ratio of Republicans to Federalists in the United States Senate in 1805: 27:7
Slavery
Year in which Virginia passed a state law allowing slaveowners to manumit their slaves: 1782
Number of free Blacks in Virginia in 1782: 2000
Number of free Blacks in Virginia in 1792: 12,766
Estimated number of slaves owned by Thomas Jefferson over the course of his lifetime: 400
Number of slaves freed by Jefferson during his lifetime or in his will: 84