President	Date	Format	Minutes
Lyndon B. Johnson	average		0:53:57
1964 & 1965 not measured	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	N/A
	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	N/A
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)		apx. 0:45:00
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	apx. 48 min.
	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	1:18:40
	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)		1:03:52
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, 2012	spoken	0:59:51

Data by Gerhard Peters

Citation: Gerhard Peters. "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2013. Available from the World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php.