STAT OF THE DAY Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2004 STAT OF THE DAY that you may not know..... It takes a growth of 150,000 jobs each month to keep up with population growth in the U.S. So the next time the bush brags about a growth of 1.5 million jobs in the last 11 months, do the math and tell the others watching that it is a net loss of 150,000 jobs and nothing to brag about.