Observations

2025-12-20: 1,866,000

Updated: Dec 31, 2025 7:33 AM CST

Units:

Number,

Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Weekly,

Ending Saturday

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment)	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Source

U.S. Employment and Training Administration	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Release

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Units

Number	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Frequency

Weekly, Ending Saturday	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Notes

Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.	2009-09-10	2025-12-31

Release Tables

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report