Depends whose statistics you go with.
US Debt Clock;
Shows:
US Workforce NOW : 161,269,650
US Workforce 2000 : 161,659,128
A net loss of @ 389,478 jobs
Of course, that's total of private and public sectors.
And about an equal split of those 24 years between Rep and Dem .
The site provides a "time machine" which gives a small scale of basic numbers, slightly increased as one moves up to the present. Increments are: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, & 2028(projected).
These tallies are scrolling as the site is "real time", at this time/day, on those dates of those years. So numbers change and are approximates.
If you studies such closely, you see the changes and growth run about the same despite who has WH and control of Congress.
Numbers I showed above are from several minutes ago and have since changed.
One interesting bit of data is that from about 2000 onward they show: "Not In Labor Force" ;
' Persons neither employed nor unemployed, such as retired, students, caretakers, and others neither working nor seeking work. '
Place cursor over the label tab of the tally bar and the description shows in the title box at top.
Not in Labor Force NOW: 100,235,598
Not in Labor Force 2000 : 82,525,508
There are a few other interesting tabs-tallies showing the change from 2000 to now as measures of inflation; price increases; housing, new car, college tuition, etc.