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 stood at 0 on 27 September 2025, the same as on 20 September 2025.
Sample. There are 3,065 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1967 to September 2025.
History. Check out a few statistics computed on the full sample: claims were equal on average to 2,736,006; they reached a trough of 0 on 20 September 2025; they recorded their maximum of 23,037,921 on 9 May 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-13 | 1718811.0 |
| 2025-09-20 | 0.0 |
| 2025-09-27 | 0.0 |
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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 |
Series in the same data set: Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| 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 | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| 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 | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2857 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-09-27 |