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 152,470,762 on 28 June 2025, unchanged with respect to 21 June 2025.
Sample. In the weekly series plotted above, there are 2,844 data points overall. The series covers the period extending from January 1971 to June 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: insured persons hit a minimum of 52,631,500 on 1 January 1972; they achieved a maximum of 152,470,762 on 5 April 2025; they were equal on average to 110,658,846.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-14 | 152470762.0 |
| 2025-06-21 | 152470762.0 |
| 2025-06-28 | 152470762.0 |
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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 | 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 |