Persons covered by unemployment insurance - 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, the number of persons covered by unemployment insurance stood at 152,830,813 on 27 September 2025, unchanged with respect to 20 September 2025.
Sample. This weekly time series has 2,857 data points overall. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 1971 to September 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: insured persons had an average value of 110,850,738; they recorded their highest level of 152,830,813 on 5 July 2025; they recorded a minimum of 52,631,500 on 1 January 1972.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-13 | 152830813.0 |
| 2025-09-20 | 152830813.0 |
| 2025-09-27 | 152830813.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Persons covered by unemployment insurance |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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 | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3061 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-20 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3060 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-13 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3065 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-27 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2857 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-09-27 |