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Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - 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, seasonally adjusted continued unemployment claims stood at 1,796,000 on 11 July 2026, compared to 1,798,000 on 4 July 2026. This constitutes a decrease of 0.11 percent.

Sample. There are 3,106 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1967 to July 2026.

History. Have a look at a few statistics we calculated on the entire sample: claims recorded their maximum of 23,130,000 on 9 May 2020; they reached a minimum of 988,000 on 31 May 1969; they had a mean of 2,726,180.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of persons
2026-06-27 1821000.0
2026-07-04 1798000.0
2026-07-11 1796000.0

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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