Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment claims
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, seasonally unadjusted continued unemployment claims were 1,727,777 on 13 September 2025, compared to 1,759,869 on 6 September 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 1.82 percent.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 3,063 observations. The period covered by the series is from January 1967 to September 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics computed on the whole sample: claims hit a minimum of 785,000 on 28 September 1968; they hit a peak of 23,037,921 on 9 May 2020; they had an average value of 2,737,795.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | 1803344.0 |
| 2025-09-06 | 1759869.0 |
| 2025-09-13 | 1727777.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Continued unemployment claims (jobless claims) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | No |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of persons |
| Source | U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration |
| Source type | Federal Administration |
| Data licence | Unknown |
| Measure type | Level |
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Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3064 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-20 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3061 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-20 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3064 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-20 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3063 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-13 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3060 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-13 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3063 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-13 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2853 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-08-30 |