Initial unemployment claims (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 adjusted jobless claims were 221,000 on 12 July 2025, compared to 228,000 on 5 July. This marks a reduction of 3.07 percent.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 3,054 records. The series covers the period stretching from January 1967 to July 2025.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: claims hit a peak of 6,137,000 on 4 April 2020; they reached their minimum of 162,000 on 30 November 1968; they were equal on average to 362,029.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 | 232000.0 |
| 2025-07-05 | 228000.0 |
| 2025-07-12 | 221000.0 |
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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 | 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 |
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 |