Continued unemployment claims (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 adjusted continued unemployment claims were 1,926,000 on 13 September 2025, compared to 1,928,000 on 6 September 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 0.10 percent.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the graph, there are 3,063 observations in total. The series covers the time span going from January 1967 to September 2025.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: claims were equal on average to 2,738,472; they recorded a maximum of 23,130,000 on 9 May 2020; they hit a trough of 988,000 on 31 May 1969.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | 1,927,000 |
| 2025-09-06 | 1,928,000 |
| 2025-09-13 | 1,926,000 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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 |