Job Creation by Presidential Term

President	Jobs Created ▾	Jobs at end of term	Jobs at start of term	Payroll exp. (percent)	Jobs created per year	Pop. growth	% change in pop.
Click a column heading to sort by that category Note: all figures in millions unless otherwise noted Source: Real Time Economics, The Wall Street Journal
Ford	1.8	80.4	78.6	2.3	0.745	5.1	2.3%
Bush (41)	2.5	109.4	106.9	2.3	0.625	12.5	4.8%
Bush (43)	3.0	135.5	132.5	2.3	0.375	22	7.7%
Eisenhower	3.5	53.7	50.2	7.0	0.438	23.3	12.8%
Kennedy	3.6	57.3	53.7	6.7	1.200	8.2	4.3%
Truman	8.4	50.2	41.8	20.1	1.100	N/A	N/A
Nixon	9.4	78.6	69.2	13.6	1.700	12.3	5.7%
Carter	10.5	90.9	80.4	13.1	2.600	9.8	4.3%
Johnson	11.9	69.2	57.3	20.8	2.300	11.3	5.6%
Reagan	16.0	106.9	90.9	17.6	2.000	17.3	7.0%
Clinton	23.1	132.5	109.4	21.1	2.900	25.2	8.9%

This chart was originally posted in The Wall Street Journal back in January 2009. I'm reposting it here because the GOP has released a second jobs bill, which has received its fair share of criticism.

If you want to see what has worked in the past, look to the Clinton era, with over 23 million jobs created, the highest payroll expansion percentage and the highest number of jobs created per year, for clues to what works.


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