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Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly

This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment claims

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Latest updates. In the United States, the 4-week average of seasonally adjusted continued unemployment claims stood at 1,957,500 on 5 July 2025, compared to 1,952,750 on 28 June 2025. This marks a gain of 0.24 percent.

Sample. This weekly time series has 3,050 records. The series covers the time span stretching from January 1967 to July 2025.

History. Here are some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: claims reached a maximum of 21,243,000 on 16 May 2020; they registered a minimum of 998,250 on 7 June 1969; they had a mean of 2,742,470.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of persons
2025-06-21 1952000.0
2025-06-28 1952750.0
2025-07-05 1957500.0

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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 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 , 4-week average