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 187,000 on 18 July 2026, compared to 209,000 on 11 July. This marks a decrease of 10.53 percent.
Sample. There are 3,107 observations in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span going from January 1967 to July 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: claims were equal on average to 359,567; they recorded a maximum of 6,137,000 on 4 April 2020; they reached a minimum of 162,000 on 30 November 1968.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | 217000.0 |
| 2026-07-11 | 209000.0 |
| 2026-07-18 | 187000.0 |
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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 |
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Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3107 | 1967-01-07 | 2026-07-18 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3104 | 1967-01-28 | 2026-07-18 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3107 | 1967-01-07 | 2026-07-18 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3106 | 1967-01-07 | 2026-07-11 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3103 | 1967-01-28 | 2026-07-11 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3106 | 1967-01-07 | 2026-07-11 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2897 | 1971-01-02 | 2026-07-04 |