Barack Obama covered a range of topics in his final State of the Union speech on Jan. 12. He reminded the American people of his achievements, like the Affordable Care Act and the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and rebutted the notion surfaced in the Republican primary debates that the United States military has grown weaker. But when you cut through the rhetoric and political posturing, what did he really focus on? What were the actual words he used the most?

We counted each word in last night’s speech, as well as each word in every State of the Union address ever given, to find the words that were used the most. We filtered out common articles like “the,” “and,” and “or,” as well as many terms that are inherently ubiquitous in the State of the Union, like “United States” and “Americans.” The result gives us a sense of what each president, since 1790, focused on in his State of the Union address.

George Washington

1790 (January): public measures regard

public measures regard 1790 (December): public great means

public great means 1791: public important proper

public important proper 1792: among information law

among information law 1793: public peace military

public peace military 1794: laws militia citizens

laws militia citizens 1795: Indians public situation

Indians public situation 1796: public war time

John Adams

1797: treaty citizens commissioners

treaty citizens commissioners 1798: France commerce measures

France commerce measures 1799: necessary period people

necessary period people 1800: public great commerce

Thomas Jefferson

1801: time peace laid

time peace laid 1802: vessels necessary employed

vessels necessary employed 1803: millions debt citizens

millions debt citizens 1804: war nations peace

war nations peace 1805: millions time vessels

millions time vessels 1806: public necessary time

public necessary time 1807: peace harbors public

peace harbors public 1808: millions commerce rights

James Madison

1809: British minister toward

British minister toward 1810: public commerce act

public commerce act 1811: British toward foreign

British toward foreign 1812: war British enemy

war British enemy 1813: war British enemy

war British enemy 1814: enemy war great

enemy war great 1815: public millions peace

public millions peace 1816: public Treasury ports

James Monroe

1817: public millions lands

public millions lands 1818: Spain great savages

Spain great savages 1819: Spain treaty minister

Spain treaty minister 1820: great public coast

great public coast 1821: vessels revenue powers

vessels revenue powers 1822: great act war

great act war 1823: great post first

great post first 1824: great public might

John Quincy Adams

1825: public improvement first

public improvement first 1826: act duties present

act duties present 1827: public act 1827

public act 1827 1828: great revenue public

Andrew Jackson

1829: public people great

public people great 1830: public general people

public general people 1831: present citizens treaty

present citizens treaty 1832: public people present

public people present 1833: public duties present

public duties present 1834: public France present

public France present 1835: public French time

public French time 1836: public bank people

Martin van Buren

1837: public lands time

public lands time 1838: public time citizens

public time citizens 1839: public banks present

public banks present 1840: public people great

John Tyler

1841: public power Treasury

public power Treasury 1842: public time Treasury

public time Treasury 1843: time Mexico public

time Mexico public 1844: great Texas Mexico

James Polk

1845: public duty Mexico

public duty Mexico 1846: Mexico Texas war

Mexico Texas war 1847: Mexico war public

Mexico war public 1848: public people power

Zachary Taylor

1849: treaty recommend California

Millard Fillmore

1850: duty duties power

duty duties power 1851: laws present foreign

laws present foreign 1852: foreign public Indians

Franklin Pierce

1853: public present power

public present power 1854: present public time

present public time 1855: rights Britain public

rights Britain public 1856: public citizens law

James Buchanan

1857: people treaty public

people treaty public 1858: citizens people time

citizens people time 1859: power June fiscal

power June fiscal 1860: Constitution people power

Abraham Lincoln

1861: labor people capital

labor people capital 1862: people time great

people time great 1863: service public naval

service public naval 1864: war people great

Andrew Johnson

1865: people Constitution power

people Constitution power 1866: Constitution people condition

Constitution people condition 1867: Constitution public law

Constitution public law 1868: people war millions

Ulysses S. Grant

1869: people time attention

people time attention 1870: present right treaty

present right treaty 1871: recommend law citizens

recommend law citizens 1872: treaty Majesty Great

treaty Majesty Great 1873: time amount public

time amount public 1874: great report currency

great report currency 1875: time large citizens

time large citizens 1876: time act foreign

Rutherford B. Hayes

1877: public coinage people

public coinage people 1878: public report people

public report people 1879: public service present

public service present 1880: people service relations

Chester A. Arthur

1881: friendly relations attention

friendly relations attention 1882: time attention Chile

time attention Chile 1883: treaty citizens relations

treaty citizens relations 1884: countries foreign present

Grover Cleveland

1885: law public silver

law public silver 1886: present people public

present people public 1887: tariff duty people

tariff duty people 1888: people public June

Benjamin Harrison

1889: law people public

law people public 1890: law trade act

law trade act 1891: law work people

law work people 1892: increase great 1892

Grover Cleveland (second term)

1893: time 1893 work

time 1893 work 1894: report time present

report time present 1895: gold notes Treasury

gold notes Treasury 1896: present service time

William McKinley

1897: gold Spain war

gold Spain war 1898: war act Cuba

war act Cuba 1899: act officers treaty

act officers treaty 1900: people islands 1900

Theodore Roosevelt

1901: great men people

great men people 1902: good law people

good law people 1903: treaty Panama Isthmus

treaty Panama Isthmus 1904: work great good

work great good 1905: law great business

law great business 1906: law men people

law men people 1907: law public men

law public men 1908: great men people

William H. Taft

1909: work great law

work great law 1910: commercial China countries

commercial China countries 1911: law foreign statute

law foreign statute 1912: foreign time law

Woodrow Wilson

1913: people business credit

people business credit 1914: great people means

great people means 1915: present great hundred

present great hundred 1916: necessary action public

necessary action public 1917: war people peace

war people peace 1918: men war great

men war great 1919: conditions labor war

conditions labor war 1920: faith war right

Warren Harding

1921: conditions public world

conditions public world 1922: public railway world

Calvin Coolidge

1923: public law people

public law people 1924: great public present

great public present 1925: court necessary law

court necessary law 1926: present people public

present people public 1927: people public being

people public being 1928: public present being

Herbert Hoover

1929: public construction time

public construction time 1930: construction public employment

construction public employment 1931: banks action meet

banks action meet 1932: economic system people

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1934: people work industrial

people work industrial 1935: work people relief

work people relief 1936: world Nations people

world Nations people 1937: democracy problems modern

democracy problems modern 1938: business people power

business people power 1939: nations income labor

nations income labor 1940: world nations peace

world nations peace 1941: nations war world

nations war world 1942: war people forces

war people forces 1943: war production people

war production people 1944: war service men

war service men 1945: war forces peace

Harry S. Truman

1946: dollars war million

dollars war million 1947: labor program housing

labor program housing 1948: economic world people

economic world people 1949: people world prosperity

people world prosperity 1950: world economic life

world economic life 1951: free world Soviet

free world Soviet 1952: world defense people

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1953: economic policy labor

economic policy labor 1953: free world Soviet

free world Soviet 1954: program world tax

program world tax 1955: military nations program

military nations program 1956: program people legislation

program people legislation 1957: free security world

free security world 1958: military world security

military world security 1959: world freedom free

world freedom free 1960: nations world World

John F. Kennedy

1961: world economic program

world economic program 1961: program million 1953

program million 1953 1962: free world strength

free world strength 1963: world free tax

Lyndon B. Johnson

1964: session public help

session public help 1965: help seek propose

help seek propose 1966: Vietnam people tonight

Vietnam people tonight 1967: people great Vietnam

people great Vietnam 1968: billion people budget

billion people budget 1969: think believe hope

Richard Nixon

1970: people peace time

people peace time 1971: people great open

people great open 1972: great meet help

great meet help 1973: people better resources

people better resources 1974: peace people energy

Gerald R. Ford

1975: energy world oil

energy world oil 1976: people programs budget

people programs budget 1977: energy people peace

Jimmy Carter

1978: people world inflation

people world inflation 1979: world people nuclear

world people nuclear 1980: Soviet world peace

Soviet world peace 1981: program policy economic

Ronald Reagan

1982: programs tax people

programs tax people 1983: economic spending people

economic spending people 1984: peace people help

peace people help 1985: freedom tax economy

freedom tax economy 1986: people work future

people work future 1987: people world freedom

people world freedom 1988: freedom world budget

George H.W. Bush

1989: tonight budget future

tonight budget future 1990: world time future

world time future 1991: world freedom power

world freedom power 1992: people plan world

William J. Clinton

1993: people plan jobs

people plan jobs 1994: people health care

people health care 1995: people work way

people work way 1996: challenge people work

challenge people work 1997: people children world

people children world 1998: people help children

people help children 1999: support century work

support century work 2000: children help work

George W. Bush

2001 (February): budget tax Social

budget tax Social 2001 (September): world terrorists terror

world terrorists terror 2002: security war terror

security war terror 2003: people weapons world

people weapons world 2004: people help health

people help health 2005: Social Security freedom

Social Security freedom 2006: world people economy

world people economy 2007: health help people

health help people 2008: people Iraq help

Barack Obama

2009: economy plan health

economy plan health 2010: people jobs work

people jobs work 2011: people jobs work

people jobs work 2012: jobs energy tax

jobs energy tax 2013: jobs people work

jobs people work 2014: help work jobs

help work jobs 2015: people work time

people work time 2016: world work people

Notes on methodology: The words displayed are the three with the most frequent occurrences; the leftmost word is the one used the most. Our algorithm counted only single words, which is why phrases like “health care” come up as “health” and “care” for Bill Clinton. Most of the words we filtered out were used frequently in every speech, like “United,” “States,” “America,” “Congress,” “Senate,” “Federal.” To whittle the words down to those that were the most interesting, we further filtered out words like “department,” “commission,” and “administration.”

Correction: Due to an error in our algorithm, this list previously listed Grover Cleveland’s second term under Benjamin Harrison. It also included instances of the word “government,” which were meant to be filtered out.