Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Data - 2020 year to dateThis map contain Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims data, from the United State Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, starting on 01/01/2020 and updated weekly. These data are used in current economic analysis of unemployment trends in the nation, and in each state. Initial claims is a measure of emerging unemployment. It counts the number of new persons claiming unemployment benefits and it is released after one week.Continued claims is a measure of the total number of persons claiming unemployment benefits, and it is released one week later than the initial claims.The data is organized by state, with the following attributes (as defined by the United State Department of Labor) repeated for each weekWeek/date when claims were filedNumber of initial claimsWeek/date reflected in the data weekNumber of continued claims Total covered employment Insured unemployment rateThe latest information on unemployment insurance claims can be found here.TECHNICAL NOTESThese data represent the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims reported by each state's unemployment insurance program offices. These claims may be used for monitoring workload volume, assessing state program operations and for assessing labor market conditions. States initially report claims directly taken by the state liable for the benefit payments, regardless of where the claimant who filed the claim resided. These are the basis for the advance initial claims and continued claims reported each week. These data come from ETA 538, Advance Weekly Initial and Continued Claims Report. The following week initial claims and continued claims are revised based on a second reporting by states that reflect the claimants by state of residence. These data come from the ETA 539, Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Trigger Data Report.A. Initial ClaimsAn initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making the series subject to some volatility.B. Continued Weeks ClaimedA person who has already filed an initial claim and who has experienced a week of unemployment then files a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims are also referred to as insured unemployment. The count of U.S. continued weeks claimed is also a good indicator of labor market conditions. Continued claims reflect the current number of insured unemployed workers filing for UI benefits in the nation. While continued claims are not a leading indicator (they roughly coincide with economic cycles at their peaks and lag at cycle troughs), they provide confirming evidence of the direction of the U.S. economyC. Seasonal Adjustments and Annual RevisionsOver the course of a year, the weekly changes in the levels of initial claims and continued claims undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These fluctuations may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, the opening and closing of schools, or other similar events. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make trend and cycle developments easier to spot. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) with a set of seasonal factors to apply to the unadjusted data during that year. Concurrent with the implementation and release of the new seasonal factors, ETA incorporates revisions to the UI claims historical series caused by updates to the unadjusted data.

Graph and download economic data for Initial Claims (ICSA) from 1967-01-07 to 2025-11-22 about initial claims, headline figure, and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) (CCSA) from 1967-01-07 to 2025-11-15 about continued claims, headline figure, insurance, unemployment, and USA.

This dataset reports total weekly unemployment insurance initial claims and continued weeks claimed statewide in Iowa by week. Data for the most current week is preliminary and will be revised the following week. Initial claims data for states are combined and published weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. This national data is widely reported as an economic indicator. This data is based on the ETA-539 report. This dataset is based on administrative data. Claims activity represents the week the claims were processed. It may not always represent the week unemployment occurred.

Continued Claims for UI released by the CT Department of Labor. Continued Claims are total number of individuals being paid benefits in any particular week. Claims data can be access directly from CT DOL here: https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/claimsdata.asp

Claims are disaggregated by age, education, industry, race/national origin, sex, and wages.

The claim counts in this dataset may not match claim counts from other sources.

Unemployment claims tabulated in this dataset represent only one component of the unemployed. Claims do not account for those not covered under the Unemployment system (e.g. federal workers, railroad workers or religious workers) or the unemployed self-employed.

Claims filed for a particular week will change as time goes on and the backlog is addressed.

For data on continued claims at the town level, see the dataset "Continued Claims for Unemployment Benefits by Town" here: https://data.ct.gov/Government/Continued-Claims-for-Unemployment-Benefits-by-Town/r83t-9bjm

For data on initial claims see the following two datasets:

"Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits in Connecticut," https://data.ct.gov/Government/Initial-Claims-for-Unemployment-Benefits/j3yj-ek9y

"Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits by Town," https://data.ct.gov/Government/Initial-Claims-for-Unemployment-Benefits-by-Town/twvc-s7wy

Historical series of the State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims & Extended Benefits Trigger Data Reports (ETA-539) which contain data used in the production of the UI Weekly Claims news release. The data also includes information of the Extended Benefit program trigger status and includes the information provided by states to the US Department of Labor indicating the weekly extended benefits trigger status.

Weekly unemployment insurance claims counts and rates (as a share of the 2019 labor force) for Connecticut from the U.S. Department of Labor, compiled by Opportunity Insights. Breakdowns by claim type: Initial Claims – Regular Claims – PUA Claims – Combined Claims Continued Claims – Regular Claims – PUA Claims – PEUC Claims – Combined Claims More detailed documentation on Opportunity Insights data can be found here: https://github.com/OpportunityInsights/EconomicTracker/blob/main/docs/oi_tracker_data_documentation.pdf

Weekly initial claims applications for Unemployment Insurance as reported to the Department of Labor.

The number of people filing for initial unemployment benefits by county and week.

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The number of people filing for initial unemployment benefits by county and week.

Graph and download economic data for 4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims (IC4WSA) from 1967-01-28 to 2025-11-22 about moving average, initial claims, 1-month, average, and USA.

Initial Jobless Claims in the United States decreased to 216 thousand in the week ending November 22 of 2025 from 222 thousand in the previous week. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Initial Jobless Claims - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Unemployment Insurance (UI) provides unemployment benefits, usually in the form of weekly payments, to eligible workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own, and meet certain other eligibility requirements. UI is administered jointly by the U.S. Department of Labor and individual states. Each state has different filing requirements: many require you to file online and some provide toll-free telephone numbers or other ways to get help. This data includes the URL’s to state websites for filing unemployment claims online, general information, and how to apply by phone (if available) for all states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Graph and download economic data for Initial Claims in New York (NYICLAIMS) from 1986-02-15 to 2025-11-22 about initial claims, NY, and USA.

The claims data contained on the ETA 539 report are used in current economic analysis of unemployment trends in the Nation, and in each state. Initial claims measure emerging unemployment and continued weeks claimed measure the number of the insured unemployed. These data are published in ETA´s weekly release "Unemployment Insurance Claims." The comments on claims activity are used to explain the changes in the levels of the data reported from week to week.

View weekly updates and historical trends for North Carolina Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance. Source: Department of Labor. Track economic data w…

OUI Initial claims dataset contains the non-seasonally and seasonally adjusted Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims time-series data at the National level.

Historical series of Alien Claims Activities reports (ETA-9016) in which states provide quarterly information on claimants' legal status, corresponding state workloads related to the verification process and the magnitude of the impact of alien claims issues on unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility as required by Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

View weekly updates and historical trends for Massachusetts Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance. Source: Department of Labor. Track economic data wi…