Persons covered by unemployment insurance - 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, the number of persons covered by unemployment insurance were 152,830,813 on 30 August 2025, the same value recorded on 23 August.
Sample. There are 2,853 records overall in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1971 to August 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: insured persons recorded their highest level of 152,830,813 on 5 July 2025; they hit a trough of 52,631,500 on 1 January 1972; they averaged 110,791,880.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-16 | 152830813.0 |
| 2025-08-23 | 152830813.0 |
| 2025-08-30 | 152830813.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Persons covered by unemployment insurance |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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 |