State of the Economy
datascience@berkeley looked at each president’s first State of the Union address — from Woodrow Wilson to Donald J. Trump — to find out how often they mentioned the economy.
Donald J. Trump
Party: Republican
Year: 2018
Total Word Count: 5,799
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Business | 6 | 0.08622176237 |
Income | 2 | 0.03448870495 |
Jobs | 13 | 0.1207104673 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.01724435247 |
Recession | 1 | 0.01724435247 |
Taxes | 16 | 0.2586652871 |
Unemployment | 3 | 0.05173305742 |
Dollar | 3 | 0.05173305742 |
Economy | 4 | 0.05173305742 |
Barack Obama
Party: Democrat
Year: 2010
Total Word Count: 7,304
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Banks | 8 | 0.1095290252 |
Budget | 6 | 0.08214676889 |
Business | 30 | 0.4107338445 |
Debt | 5 | 0.06845564074 |
Dollar | 2 | 0.0273822563 |
Economy | 18 | 0.2464403067 |
Employer | 1 | 0.01369112815 |
Employment | 2 | 0.0273822563 |
Finance | 12 | 0.1642935378 |
Income | 5 | 0.06845564074 |
Jobs | 23 | 0.3148959474 |
Money | 4 | 0.0547645126 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.01369112815 |
Recession | 6 | 0.08214676889 |
Stimulus | 1 | 0.01369112815 |
Taxes | 23 | 0.3148959474 |
Unemployment | 4 | 0.0547645126 |
George W. Bush
Party: Republican
Year: 2002
Total Word Count: 3,878
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 7 | 0.1805054152 |
Business | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Debt | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Economy | 7 | 0.1805054152 |
Employee | 2 | 0.05157297576 |
Finance | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Jobs | 11 | 0.2836513667 |
Money | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Recession | 3 | 0.07735946364 |
Stimulus | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Taxes | 7 | 0.1805054152 |
Unemployment | 2 | 0.05157297576 |
Bill Clinton
Party: Democrat
Year: 1994
Total Word Count: 7,432
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Bankruptcy | 2 | 0.02691065662 |
Banks | 2 | 0.02691065662 |
Budget | 7 | 0.09418729817 |
Business | 10 | 0.1345532831 |
Debt | 1 | 0.01345532831 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.01345532831 |
Economy | 13 | 0.174919268 |
Employee | 2 | 0.02691065662 |
Empoloyer | 4 | 0.05382131324 |
Finance | 4 | 0.05382131324 |
Income | 8 | 0.1076426265 |
Jobs | 20 | 0.2691065662 |
Money | 5 | 0.06727664155 |
Poverty | 3 | 0.04036598493 |
Taxes | 13 | 0.174919268 |
Unemployment | 4 | 0.05382131324 |
George Bush Sr.
Party: Republican
Year: 1990
Total Word Count: 3,777
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 8 | 0.2118083135 |
Business | 1 | 0.02647603918 |
Debt | 1 | 0.02647603918 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.02647603918 |
Economy | 4 | 0.1059041567 |
Jobs | 2 | 0.05295207837 |
Money | 4 | 0.1059041567 |
Taxes | 2 | 0.05295207837 |
Ronald Reagan
Party: Republican
Year: 1982
Total Word Count: 5,154
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 8 | 0.1552192472 |
Business | 7 | 0.1358168413 |
Debt | 1 | 0.0194024059 |
Dollar | 7 | 0.1358168413 |
Economy | 20 | 0.388048118 |
Employee | 2 | 0.0388048118 |
Expenditures | 1 | 0.0194024059 |
Finance | 3 | 0.05820721769 |
Income | 1 | 0.0194024059 |
Jobs | 7 | 0.1358168413 |
Money | 6 | 0.1164144354 |
Recession | 6 | 0.1164144354 |
Taxes | 29 | 0.5626697711 |
Unemployment | 9 | 0.1746216531 |
James Carter, Jr.
Party: Democrat
Year: 1978
Total Word Count: 4,580
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 7 | 0.1528384279 |
Business | 8 | 0.1746724891 |
Dollar | 4 | 0.08733624454 |
Economy | 26 | 0.5676855895 |
Employment | 2 | 0.04366812227 |
Income | 3 | 0.06550218341 |
Jobs | 10 | 0.2183406114 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.02183406114 |
Taxes | 18 | 0.3930131004 |
Unemployment | 7 | 0.1528384279 |
Gerald Ford
Party: Republican
Year: 1975
Total Word Count: 4,126
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 7 | 0.169655841 |
Business | 6 | 0.1454192923 |
Debt | 1 | 0.02423654872 |
Dollar | 3 | 0.07270964615 |
Economy | 18 | 0.4362578769 |
Expenditures | 4 | 0.09694619486 |
Finance | 1 | 0.02423654872 |
Income | 10 | 0.2423654872 |
Jobs | 5 | 0.1211827436 |
Money | 3 | 0.07270964615 |
Recession | 1 | 0.02423654872 |
Tariff | 1 | 0.02423654872 |
Taxes | 29 | 0.7028599127 |
Unemployment | 1 | 0.02423654872 |
Richard Nixon
Party: Republican
Year: 1970
Total Word Count: 4,457
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 7 | 0.1570563159 |
Business | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Debt | 4 | 0.08974646623 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Economy | 7 | 0.1570563159 |
Employment | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Finance | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Income | 2 | 0.04487323312 |
Money | 3 | 0.06730984967 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Taxes | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party: Democrat
Year: 1964
Total Word Count: 3,168
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 8 | 0.2525252525 |
Business | 2 | 0.06313131313 |
Dollar | 4 | 0.1262626263 |
Economy | 6 | 0.1893939394 |
Employee | 1 | 0.03156565657 |
Employer | 1 | 0.03156565657 |
Employment | 6 | 0.1893939394 |
Expenditures | 2 | 0.06313131313 |
Finance | 2 | 0.06313131313 |
Income | 2 | 0.06313131313 |
Jobs | 5 | 0.1578282828 |
Money | 1 | 0.03156565657 |
Poverty | 9 | 0.2840909091 |
Taxes | 10 | 0.3156565657 |
Unemployment | 8 | 0.2525252525 |
John F. Kennedy
Party: Democrat
Year: 1961
Total Word Count: 5,274
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Bankruptcy | 1 | 0.01896094046 |
Budget | 7 | 0.1327265832 |
Busines | 4 | 0.07584376185 |
Dollar | 12 | 0.2275312856 |
Economy | 25 | 0.4740235116 |
Employment | 1 | 0.01896094046 |
Expenditures | 1 | 0.01896094046 |
Finance | 4 | 0.07584376185 |
Income | 3 | 0.05688282139 |
Jobs | 3 | 0.05688282139 |
Money | 4 | 0.07584376185 |
Recession | 4 | 0.07584376185 |
Taxes | 5 | 0.09480470231 |
Unemployment | 7 | 0.1327265832 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party: Republican
Year: 1953
Total Word Count: 6,973
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 12 | 0.1720923562 |
Business | 3 | 0.04302308906 |
Debt | 7 | 0.1003872078 |
Dollar | 6 | 0.08604617812 |
Economy | 31 | 0.4445719203 |
Employee | 2 | 0.02868205937 |
Employer | 2 | 0.02868205937 |
Employment | 3 | 0.04302308906 |
Expenditures | 4 | 0.05736411874 |
Finance | 2 | 0.02868205937 |
Income | 4 | 0.05736411874 |
Money | 2 | 0.02868205937 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.01434102969 |
Taxes | 10 | 0.1434102969 |
Unemployment | 1 | 0.01434102969 |
Harry S. Truman
Party: Democrat
Year: 1946
Total Word Count: 27,465
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Bankruptcy | 1 | 0.003640997633 |
Banks | 4 | 0.01456399053 |
Budget | 58 | 0.2111778627 |
Business | 68 | 0.2475878391 |
Debt | 30 | 0.109229929 |
Dollar | 212 | 0.7718914983 |
Economy | 88 | 0.3204077917 |
Employee | 11 | 0.04005097397 |
Employer | 3 | 0.0109229929 |
Employment | 43 | 0.1565628982 |
Expenditures | 128 | 0.4660476971 |
Finance | 37 | 0.1347169124 |
Income | 29 | 0.1055889314 |
Jobs | 5 | 0.01820498817 |
Money | 7 | 0.02548698343 |
Stimulus | 2 | 0.007281995267 |
Tariff | 2 | 0.007281995267 |
Taxes | 30 | 0.109229929 |
Unemployment | 27 | 0.0983069361 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party: Democrat
Year: 1934
Total Word Count: 2,230
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Banks | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Business | 2 | 0.08968609865 |
Debt | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.04484304933 |
Economy | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Employment | 2 | 0.08968609865 |
Finance | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Money | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Taxes | 1 | 0.04484304933 |
Unemployment | 3 | 0.134529148 |
Herbert Hoover
Party: Republican
Year: 1929
Total Word Count: 10,994
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Bankruptcy | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Banks | 7 | 0.06367109332 |
Budget | 3 | 0.02728761142 |
Business | 10 | 0.09095870475 |
Debt | 3 | 0.02728761142 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Economy | 16 | 0.1455339276 |
Employee | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Employment | 7 | 0.06367109332 |
Expenditures | 12 | 0.1091504457 |
Finance | 5 | 0.04547935237 |
Income | 8 | 0.0727669638 |
Money | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Stimulus | 1 | 0.009095870475 |
Tariff | 13 | 0.1182463162 |
Taxes | 13 | 0.1182463162 |
Unemployment | 3 | 0.02728761142 |
Calvin Coolidge
Party: Republican
Year: 1923
Total Word Count: 6,706
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 4 | 0.05964807635 |
Business | 5 | 0.07456009544 |
Debt | 5 | 0.07456009544 |
Dollar | 5 | 0.07456009544 |
Economy | 8 | 0.1192961527 |
Employee | 4 | 0.05964807635 |
Employer | 1 | 0.01491201909 |
Employment | 3 | 0.04473605726 |
Expenditures | 4 | 0.05964807635 |
Finance | 6 | 0.08947211452 |
Income | 2 | 0.02982403817 |
Money | 3 | 0.04473605726 |
Tariff | 3 | 0.04473605726 |
Taxes | 12 | 0.178944229 |
Warren Harding
Party: Republican
Year: 1921
Total Word Count: 5,606
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Budget | 3 | 0.05351409204 |
Business | 2 | 0.03567606136 |
Debt | 3 | 0.05351409204 |
Dollar | 1 | 0.01783803068 |
Economy | 10 | 0.1783803068 |
Employee | 1 | 0.01783803068 |
Employer | 1 | 0.01783803068 |
Employment | 6 | 0.1070281841 |
Expenditures | 1 | 0.01783803068 |
Finance | 5 | 0.08919015341 |
Money | 3 | 0.05351409204 |
Poverty | 1 | 0.01783803068 |
Tariff | 12 | 0.2140563682 |
Taxes | 4 | 0.07135212273 |
Unemployment | 0.03567606136 |
Woodrow Wilson
Party: Democrat
Year: 1913
Total Word Count: 3,553
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Business | 9 | 0.2533070645 |
Economy | 2 | 0.05629045877 |
Employee | 1 | 0.02814522938 |
Employer | 1 | 0.02814522938 |
Employment | 1 | 0.02814522938 |
Money | 1 | 0.02814522938 |
Frequency adjusted for speech length.
Similar variations of words were combined. For example: budget, budgets, budgetary, budgeted, and budgeting are all categorized under “budget.”
Source: The American Presidency Project — http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php