“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work. Now the — that number is under 1.6 million.”
FactCheck.org says: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people “out of work” — or officially unemployed — in the U.S. in January 2021 was about 10.2 million, and the number in December 2022 was 5.7 million.