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 were 153,186,715 on 15 November 2025, unchanged with respect to 8 November 2025.
Sample. There are 2,864 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from January 1971 to November 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: insured persons had a mean value of 110,954,213; they reached their highest level of 153,186,715 on 4 October 2025; they reached a minimum of 52,631,500 on 1 January 1972.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | 153186715.0 |
| 2025-11-08 | 153186715.0 |
| 2025-11-15 | 153186715.0 |
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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 |
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Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3075 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-12-06 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3072 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-12-06 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3075 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-12-06 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3074 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-11-29 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3071 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-11-29 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3074 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-11-29 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2864 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-11-15 |