President Obama: Still the Worst Record on Jobs since Herbert Hoover
Washington,
April 13, 2012
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President
|
Jobs at Start of Administration
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Jobs at End of Administration
|
Net Change
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(All Figures in Millions)
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Hoover
|
31.3 (annual average for 1929)
|
23.6 (annual average for 1932)
|
-7.7
|
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Roosevelt
|
23.7 (annual average for 1933)
|
41.4 (April 1945)
|
+17.7
|
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Truman
|
41.4 (April 1945)
|
50.1 (January 1953)
|
+8.7
|
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Eisenhower
|
50.1 (January 1953)
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53.7 (January 1961)
|
+3.5
|
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Kennedy
|
53.7 (January 1961)
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57.3 (November 1963)
|
+3.6
|
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Johnson
|
57.3 (November 1963)
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69.5 (January 1969)
|
+12.2
|
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Nixon
|
69.5 (January 1969)
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78.6 (August 1974)
|
+9.1
|
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Ford
|
78.6 (August 1974)
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80.7 (January 1977)
|
+2.1
|
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Carter
|
80.7 (January 1977)
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91.0 (January 1981)
|
+10.3
|
|
Reagan
|
91.0 (January 1981)
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107.1 (January 1989)
|
+16.1
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G. H. W. Bush
|
107.1 (January 1989)
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109.7 (January 1993)
|
+2.6
|
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Clinton
|
109.7 (January 1993)
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132.5 (January 2001)
|
+22.7
|
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G. W. Bush
|
132.5 (January 2001)
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133.6 (January 2009)
|
+1.1
|
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Obama
|
133.6 (January 2009)
|
132.8 (through March 2012)
|
-0.7
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Source: Official Department of Labor nonfarm payroll jobs data, which began in 1939;
prior data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Totals may not add due to rounding.