Initial Jobless Claims in the United States increased to 218 thousand in the week ending July 26 of 2025 from 217 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.

Graph and download economic data for Initial Claims (ICSA) from 1967-01-07 to 2025-07-26 about initial claims, headline figure, and USA.

During the week ending December 31, 2022, about 204,000 initial unemployment claims were made. This is a decrease from the week prior, when initial unemployment claims stood at 223,000. The number of unemployment claims tends to fluctuate rapidly in response to national or global events such as shortages, pandemics, and wars. Initial unemployment claims reached a record high during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching nearly seven million unique initial claims by the end of March, 2020. The restaurant and retail industries in the United States were particularly impacted.

United States Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: Initial: sa data was reported at 228.000 Person th in 03 May 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 241.000 Person th for 26 Apr 2025. United States Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: Initial: sa data is updated weekly, averaging 340.000 Person th from Jan 1967 (Median) to 03 May 2025, with 3044 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,137.000 Person th in 04 Apr 2020 and a record low of 162.000 Person th in 30 Nov 1968. United States Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: Initial: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Department of Labor. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G147: Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims. [COVID-19-IMPACT] Due to technical issues December 18 and 25, 2022 was updated incorrectly.

Graph and download economic data for Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) (CCSA) from 1967-01-07 to 2025-07-19 about continued claims, insurance, headline figure, unemployment, and USA.

Jobless Claims 4-week Average in the United States decreased to 221 Thousand in July 26 from 224.50 Thousand in the previous week. This dataset provides - United States Jobless Claims 4-week Average- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) in Colorado (COCCLAIMS) from 1985-09-21 to 2025-07-12 about continued claims, insurance, CO, unemployment, and USA.

United States Unemployment Insurance: Unemployment Rate: Colorado data was reported at 7.410 % in 01 Aug 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.360 % for 25 Jul 2020. United States Unemployment Insurance: Unemployment Rate: Colorado data is updated weekly, averaging 1.400 % from Dec 1986 (Median) to 01 Aug 2020, with 1754 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.960 % in 16 May 2020 and a record low of 0.530 % in 30 Sep 2000. United States Unemployment Insurance: Unemployment Rate: Colorado data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Labor. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G072: Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: by State.

The unemployment rate in fiscal year 2204 rose to 3.9 percent. The unemployment rate of the United States which has been steadily decreasing since the 2008 financial crisis, spiked to 8.1 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual unemployment rate of the U.S. since 1990 can be found here. Falling unemployment The unemployment rate, or the part of the U.S. labor force that is without a job, fell again in 2022 after peaking at 8.1 percent in 2020 - a rate that has not been seen since the years following the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crash caused unemployment in the U.S. to soar from 4.6 percent in 2007 to 9.6 percent in 2010. Since 2010, the unemployment rate had been steadily falling, meaning that more and more people are finding work, whether that be through full-time employment or part-time employment. However, the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic created a spike in unemployment across the country. U.S. unemployment in comparison Compared to unemployment rates in the European Union, U.S. unemployment is relatively low. Greece was hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis and faced a government debt crisis that sent the Greek economy into a tailspin. Due to this crisis, and the added impact of the pandemic, Greece still has the highest unemployment rate in the European Union.

Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 4.10 percent in June from 4.20 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Continuing Jobless Claims in the United States remained unchanged at 1946 thousand in the week ending July 19 of 2025 from 1946 thousand in the previous week. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Continuing Jobless Claims - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Decrease the average number of weeks that recipients receive state unemployment insurance benefits from 16.58 weeks in 2013 to 13.9 weeks by 2018.

Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Nebraska data was reported at 31.427 Person th in 08 Aug 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.144 Person th for 01 Aug 2020. Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Nebraska data is updated weekly, averaging 8.984 Person th from Dec 1986 (Median) to 08 Aug 2020, with 1755 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.628 Person th in 18 Apr 2020 and a record low of 1.662 Person th in 09 Nov 2019. Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Nebraska data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Labor. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G072: Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: by State.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused regressive income declines, but also led to progressive policy responses. Using administrative U.S. tax data, which are a near-universal panel dataset that can track income changes over time, we consider the distribution of annual income declines during the COVID-19 pandemic relative to the Great Recession. We then show how the unprecedented policy response to the pandemic, through enhanced unemployment insurance benefits and stimulus checks, affected the distribution of these declines

United States Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Texas data was reported at 1,125.531 Person th in 08 Aug 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,221.540 Person th for 01 Aug 2020. United States Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Texas data is updated weekly, averaging 134.541 Person th from Dec 1986 (Median) to 08 Aug 2020, with 1754 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,401.773 Person th in 23 May 2020 and a record low of 82.675 Person th in 19 Nov 1988. United States Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Texas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Labor. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G072: Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: by State.

Graph and download economic data for Number Unemployed for 27 Weeks & over (UEMP27OV) from Jan 1948 to Jul 2025 about 27 weeks +, civilian, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

In the first quarter of 2025, there was a decline in the number of individuals applying for unemployment benefits in Vietnam, with a recorded figure of around ******* people. This marked a significant decrease compared to the preceding quarter.

Unemployment benefits are paid to jobseekers in the long term. Jobseekers have until the end of the update (15th day of month M+ 1) to declare their situation on month M. If the job seeker meets the conditions, the payment for month M is made after the job seeker has updated his situation for month M and, at the earliest, on the 1st working day of month M+ 1. In addition, a number of information (admission decisions, reduced activity, sickness, training, etc.), which have consequences for the payment of an unemployment benefit, may not be known at the time when the job seeker updates his situation for month M due to the deadlines for producing and submitting supporting documents. The number of jobseekers compensated at the end of a given month is therefore known exhaustively only with a certain period of time. For this reason, the number of recipients at the end of the month is considered definitive when it is established with 6 months of decline for that month. Production of monthly data However, the final number of awardees compensated for month M can be correctly estimated from the number of recipients actually paid, before the discount closure in M+ 1. The data processing times lead to the availability of this data at the end of month M+ 2. This estimate is obtained by weighting the observed number of allocates by a passing coefficient corresponding to the gain of information between 1 and 6 months of decline. These coefficients are calculated once a year at the beginning of the year, for the publication of the data for the month of January. They are established for each type of allocation (ARE, AREF, ASS, CSP, RFF, RFPE) on the basis of data from the previous year drawn up with different setbacks. The data thus estimated with a month of decline have a provisional status. Each month, at the end of month M, two statistics are published: — an estimate by detailed allowances of the number of persons compensated at the end of the month M-2 (provisional data); — the number of persons compensated at the end of the month M-7, by detailed allowances (so-called ‘definitive’ data). The data are therefore made definitive monthly with a decline of 6 months. The number of staff is calculated from the FNA (National Recipient File). Published data are seasonally adjusted. CVS coefficients are re-estimated once a year, at the beginning of the year, by major type of allocation (ARE, AREF, Solidarity, RSP, CSP) and for metropolitan France and France as a whole. Compared to old estimation methods, this is characterised by: — the removal of the estimate without regression; the information published each month M henceforth covers the number of jobseekers compensated by Pôle emploi at the end of the month M-2 (and no longer at the end of months M-1); — the definitive status with 6 months of decline (and no longer 9 months as before); — the final status is published in flux, as soon as the data with 6 months of decline are known (and not once a year in year A-2). The FNA The FNA is a historical database of relational data consisting of elements related to compensation and the various aid granted to jobseekers. It allows longitudinal analyses by tracking cohorts of individuals, compiling descriptive statistics, forecasting, and performing simulations in impact studies related to regulatory or operational changes. The FNA is a major source of information for various statistical productions (summary notes, DRE, rates & salaries, surveys...). This statistical database records the history of all persons registered as jobseekers and all beneficiaries of an allowance paid or aid granted by the Employment Centre (formerly Assédic/Anpe) since 1993. All periods of compensation shall be retained for each recipient or beneficiary of aid. The file contains the individual information on the beneficiaries, the constituent elements of the rights available to the various compensation schemes and/or the aid granted, the data on the last job lost and the characteristics of the training taken. The results for the periods compensated for month M are thus known, at the latest, at the end of month M+ 1. However, a certain setback is needed in order to know, in a comprehensive way, the compensated population at any given time. Indeed, every month, the file continues to grow rich over past periods. It takes a setback of about six months to achieve completeness due to delays in file processing or late filing of grant applications. The FNA is fed monthly from operational applications. An individual is present in the FNA if he or she is a job seeker registered with Pôleemploi or if he receives or has received an allowance or assistance.

In July 2024, 3.16 billion U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in the United States. This is an increase from June 2024, when 2.62 billion U.S. dollars were paid in unemployment benefits. The large figures seen in 2020 are largely due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Welfare in the U.S. Unemployment benefits first started in 1935 during the Great Depression as a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Social Security Act of 1935 ensured that Americans would not fall deeper into poverty. The United States was the only developed nation in the world at the time that did not offer any welfare benefits. This program created unemployment benefits, Medicare and Medicaid, and maternal and child welfare. The only major welfare program that the United States currently lacks is a paid maternity leave policy. Currently, the United States only offers 12 unpaid weeks of leave, under certain circumstances. However, the number of people without health insurance in the United States has greatly decreased since 2010. Unemployment benefits Current unemployment benefits in the United States vary from state to state due to unemployment being funded by both the state and the federal government. The average duration of people collecting unemployment benefits in the United States has fluctuated since January 2020, from as little as 4.55 weeks to as many as 50.32 weeks. The unemployment rate varies by ethnicity, gender, and education levels. For example, those aged 16 to 24 have faced the highest unemployment rates since 1990 during the pandemic. In February 2023, the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metropolitan area had the highest unemployment rate in the United States.

Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Georgia data was reported at 561.503 Person th in 08 Aug 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 572.455 Person th for 01 Aug 2020. Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Georgia data is updated weekly, averaging 47.030 Person th from Dec 1986 (Median) to 08 Aug 2020, with 1755 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 885.764 Person th in 25 Apr 2020 and a record low of 21.522 Person th in 23 Nov 2019. Unemployment Insurance: Continued Claims: Georgia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Labor. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G072: Unemployment Insurance: Jobless Claims: by State.