Ballpark — September 23, 2026

Price the U.S. paid for the Louisiana Territory in 1803

15.0 million USD

The purchase added 828,000 square miles and roughly doubled the country's size.

Price the U.S. paid for the Virgin Islands in 1917

25.0 million USD

The purchase transferred the former Danish West Indies to the United States.

Winning construction bid for Hoover Dam in 1931

48.9 million USD

Government-supplied materials and other project costs were outside the main construction bid.

Average federal tax refund by early April 2025

~3,116 USD

The filing-season average changes as additional returns are processed.

Packages delivered by UPS during 2024

~5.7 billion packages

The total averaged 22.4 million packages per operating day.