Latest Fact-checks in Population Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post: “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Joe Biden stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech: "Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish. Jonathan Turley stated on June 24, 2022 in an interview on Fox News: “The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.” Lee Zeldin stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet: “New York leads the U.S. in population loss.” X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 20, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": “I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” J.D. Scholten stated on July 21, 2021 in a tweet: “By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.” Peter Feigin stated on June 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers” Glenn Youngkin stated on May 21, 2021 in a radio interview.: “Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.” Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years” James Tedisco stated on January 5, 2021 in a news release: “New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population. Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.” MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.” Denver Riggleman stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.” Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.” Scott Jenkins stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks: “There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.” James White stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years." Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 1, 2019 in a Tweet: "Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week. JB Pritzker stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview: "Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state." Mark Perry stated on June 28, 2019 in a radio interview: "Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux." Bill Brady stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech: Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president." Andrew Cuomo stated on March 12, 2019 in a speech: There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people." Joe Manchin stated on September 16, 2018 in remarks at a teachers' rally: West Virginia has "more veterans per capita" than any state.
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Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post: “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Joe Biden stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech: "Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish. Jonathan Turley stated on June 24, 2022 in an interview on Fox News: “The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.” Lee Zeldin stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet: “New York leads the U.S. in population loss.” X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 20, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": “I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” J.D. Scholten stated on July 21, 2021 in a tweet: “By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.” Peter Feigin stated on June 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers” Glenn Youngkin stated on May 21, 2021 in a radio interview.: “Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.” Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years” James Tedisco stated on January 5, 2021 in a news release: “New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population. Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.” MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.” Denver Riggleman stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.” Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.” Scott Jenkins stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks: “There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.” James White stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years." Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 1, 2019 in a Tweet: "Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week. JB Pritzker stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview: "Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state." Mark Perry stated on June 28, 2019 in a radio interview: "Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux." Bill Brady stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech: Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president." Andrew Cuomo stated on March 12, 2019 in a speech: There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people." Joe Manchin stated on September 16, 2018 in remarks at a teachers' rally: West Virginia has "more veterans per capita" than any state.
Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post: “In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
Joe Biden stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech: "Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.
Jonathan Turley stated on June 24, 2022 in an interview on Fox News: “The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 20, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": “I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
J.D. Scholten stated on July 21, 2021 in a tweet: “By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
Peter Feigin stated on June 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers”
Glenn Youngkin stated on May 21, 2021 in a radio interview.: “Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.”
Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
James Tedisco stated on January 5, 2021 in a news release: “New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”
MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.”
Denver Riggleman stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”
Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Scott Jenkins stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks: “There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."
Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 1, 2019 in a Tweet: "Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.
JB Pritzker stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview: "Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
Mark Perry stated on June 28, 2019 in a radio interview: "Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."
Bill Brady stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech: Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families."
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."
Andrew Cuomo stated on March 12, 2019 in a speech: There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."
Joe Manchin stated on September 16, 2018 in remarks at a teachers' rally: West Virginia has "more veterans per capita" than any state.