A reasonable prediction
"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
Lowest in 50-odd years, anyway
"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, February 4th, 2019
Slightly off on rural communities
During his governorship: "Every single city and county in Virginia, their unemployment dropped, and in most of the rural communities, it dropped more than 50 percent."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
'Illegal alien' requires some clarification
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 2nd, 2018
That actually understates it
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, September 24th, 2018
Manufacturing job growth has been strong
"Thanks to President Trump and Republicans over the past year through July, U.S. manufacturing added 327,000 jobs, the most of any 12-month period since April 1995, when the figure added a healthy 345,000 positions."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Right but needs more context
"[The] unemployment rate in the Philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded."
— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Monday, July 23rd, 2018
We gotta testify
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Population matters
"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
At or near the bottom
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
Same as Wyoming's and most paid federal minimum
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
— PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, February 5th, 2018
Three counties are different
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
— PolitiFact New York on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
Military service not checked
Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
Numbers are right; criticism of Democratic record isn't
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
— PolitiFact National on Monday, January 8th, 2018
Targeted statistics say yes
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, December 7th, 2017
Pace of job creation dropped nearly that much, though Walker not only factor
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Both last year, and since 2011
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
— PolitiFact New York on Friday, September 29th, 2017
Walker took office after the recession
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 30th, 2017
More people, more jobs
"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Unemployment numbers are real
"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 25th, 2017