Initial 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 jobless claims stood at 260,900 on 12 July 2025, compared to 241,361 on 5 July. This represents a rise of 8.10 percent.
Sample. There are 3,054 data points overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 1967 to July 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: claims had a mean value of 361,499; they recorded a bottom of 133,000 on 6 September 1969; they reached a maximum of 6,161,268 on 4 April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 | 230392.0 |
| 2025-07-05 | 241361.0 |
| 2025-07-12 | 260900.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Initial 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 | 3054 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-12 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3051 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-07-12 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3054 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-12 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3053 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-05 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3050 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-07-05 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3053 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-05 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2844 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-06-28 |