1.2 Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1964) (original) (raw)

President Date Format Minutes
Lyndon B. Johnson average 0:50:38
January 8, 1964 spoken 0:40:50
January 4, 1965 spoken 0:47:10
January 12, 1966 spoken 0:50:36
January 10, 1967 spoken 1:11:16
January 17, 1968 spoken 0:50:13
January 14, 1969 spoken 0:43:41
Richard Nixon average spoken 0:35:26
January 22, 1970 spoken 0:36:40
January 22, 1971 spoken 0:33:17
January 20, 1972 spoken 0:28:55
February 2, 1973 written NR
January 30, 1974 spoken 0:42:51
Gerald R. Ford average 0:45:31
January 15, 1975 spoken 0:41:00
January 19, 1976 spoken 0:50:38
January 12, 1977 spoken 0:44:55
Jimmy Carter average spoken apx. 0:36:53
January 19, 1978 spoken 0:46:04
January 25, 1979 spoken 0:32:32
January 21, 1980 spoken 0:32:04
January 16, 1981 written NR
Ronald Reagan average (ex. 1981) apx. 0:40:00
1981 NOT a "State of the Union" February 18, 1981 spoken not measured
January 26, 1982 spoken 0:40:14
January 25, 1983 spoken apx. 46 min.
January 25, 1984 spoken 0:43:02
February 6, 1985 spoken apx. 40 min.
February 4, 1986 spoken apx. 31 min.
January 27, 1987 spoken 0:34:39
January 25, 1988 spoken apx. 44 min.
George Bush average (ex. 1989) 0:45:32
1989 NOT a "State of the Union" February 9, 1989 spoken 0:48:14
January 31, 1990 spoken 0:35:43
January 29, 1991 spoken 0:47:10
January 28, 1992 spoken 0:51:04
William J. Clinton average (ex. 1993) 1:14:51
1993 NOT a "State of the Union" February 17, 1993 spoken 1:05:31
January 25, 1994 spoken 1:03:44
January 24, 1995 spoken 1:24:58
January 23, 1996 spoken 1:06:41
February 4, 1997 spoken 1:04:21
January 27, 1998 spoken 1:16:43
January 19, 1999 spoken 1🔞40
January 27, 2000 spoken 1:28:49
George W. Bush average (ex. 2001) 0:52:35
2001 NOT a "State of the Union" February 27, 2001 spoken 0:49:10
January 29, 2002 spoken 0:47:49
January 28, 2003 spoken 0:59:35
January 20, 2004 spoken 0:53:55
February 2, 2005 spoken 0:53:20
January 31, 2006 spoken 0:51:08
January 23, 2007 spoken 0:49:24
January 28, 2008 spoken 0:52:56
Barack Obama average (ex. 2009) 1:02:45
2009 NOT a "State of the Union" February 24, 2009 spoken 0:51:44
January 27, 2010 spoken 1:09:20
January 25, 2011 spoken 1:01:34
January 24, 2012 spoken 1:04:44
February 12, 2013 spoken 0:59:51
January 28, 2014 spoken 1:05:07
January 20, 2015 spoken 0:59:57
January 12, 2016 spoken 0:58:44
Donald J. Trump average (ex. 2017) 1:20:20
2017 NOT a "State of the Union" February 28, 2017 spoken 1:00:10
January 30, 2018 spoken 1:20:32
February 5, 2019 spoken 1:22:25
February 4, 2020 spoken 1🔞04
Joseph R. Biden average (ex. 2021) 1:07:22
2021 NOT a "State of the Union" April 28, 2021 spoken 1:05:08
March 1, 2022 spoken 1:01:50
February 7, 2023 spoken 1:13:00
March 7, 2024 spoken 1:07:17
start time generally begins when the President states, "Mr. or Madam Speaker..."

Citation: Gerhard Peters. "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1966)." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2024. Available from the World Wide Web: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/324136/.