Figure B
Continuing unemployment claims in all programs, March 23, 2019–October 17, 2020: *Use caution interpreting trends over time because of reporting issues (see below)*
| Date | Regular state UI | PEUC | PUA | Other programs (mostly STC and EB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-23 | 1,905,627 | – | – | 31,510 |
| 2019-03-30 | 1,858,954 | – | – | 31,446 |
| 2019-04-06 | 1,727,261 | – | – | 30,454 |
| 2019-04-13 | 1,700,689 | – | – | 30,404 |
| 2019-04-20 | 1,645,387 | – | – | 28,281 |
| 2019-04-27 | 1,630,382 | – | – | 29,795 |
| 2019-05-04 | 1,536,652 | – | – | 27,937 |
| 2019-05-11 | 1,540,486 | – | – | 28,727 |
| 2019-05-18 | 1,506,501 | – | – | 27,949 |
| 2019-05-25 | 1,519,345 | – | – | 26,263 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1,535,572 | – | – | 26,905 |
| 2019-06-08 | 1,520,520 | – | – | 25,694 |
| 2019-06-15 | 1,556,252 | – | – | 26,057 |
| 2019-06-22 | 1,586,714 | – | – | 25,409 |
| 2019-06-29 | 1,608,769 | – | – | 23,926 |
| 2019-07-06 | 1,700,329 | – | – | 25,630 |
| 2019-07-13 | 1,694,876 | – | – | 27,169 |
| 2019-07-20 | 1,676,883 | – | – | 30,390 |
| 2019-07-27 | 1,662,427 | – | – | 28,319 |
| 2019-08-03 | 1,676,979 | – | – | 27,403 |
| 2019-08-10 | 1,616,985 | – | – | 27,330 |
| 2019-08-17 | 1,613,394 | – | – | 26,234 |
| 2019-08-24 | 1,564,203 | – | – | 27,253 |
| 2019-08-31 | 1,473,997 | – | – | 25,003 |
| 2019-09-07 | 1,462,776 | – | – | 25,909 |
| 2019-09-14 | 1,397,267 | – | – | 26,699 |
| 2019-09-21 | 1,380,668 | – | – | 26,641 |
| 2019-09-28 | 1,390,061 | – | – | 25,460 |
| 2019-10-05 | 1,366,978 | – | – | 26,977 |
| 2019-10-12 | 1,384,208 | – | – | 27,501 |
| 2019-10-19 | 1,416,816 | – | – | 28,088 |
| 2019-10-26 | 1,420,918 | – | – | 28,576 |
| 2019-11-02 | 1,447,411 | – | – | 29,080 |
| 2019-11-09 | 1,457,789 | – | – | 30,024 |
| 2019-11-16 | 1,541,860 | – | – | 31,593 |
| 2019-11-23 | 1,505,742 | – | – | 29,499 |
| 2019-11-30 | 1,752,141 | – | – | 30,315 |
| 2019-12-07 | 1,725,237 | – | – | 32,895 |
| 2019-12-14 | 1,796,247 | – | – | 31,893 |
| 2019-12-21 | 1,773,949 | – | – | 29,888 |
| 2019-12-28 | 2,143,802 | – | – | 32,517 |
| 2020-01-04 | 2,245,684 | – | – | 32,520 |
| 2020-01-11 | 2,137,910 | – | – | 33,882 |
| 2020-01-18 | 2,075,857 | – | – | 32,625 |
| 2020-01-25 | 2,148,764 | – | – | 35,828 |
| 2020-02-01 | 2,084,204 | – | – | 33,884 |
| 2020-02-08 | 2,095,001 | – | – | 35,605 |
| 2020-02-15 | 2,057,774 | – | – | 34,683 |
| 2020-02-22 | 2,101,301 | – | – | 35,440 |
| 2020-02-29 | 2,054,129 | – | – | 33,053 |
| 2020-03-07 | 1,973,560 | – | – | 32,803 |
| 2020-03-14 | 2,071,070 | – | – | 34,149 |
| 2020-03-21 | 3,410,969 | – | – | 36,758 |
| 2020-03-28 | 8,158,043 | – | 52,494 | 48,963 |
| 2020-04-04 | 12,444,309 | 3,802 | 68,897 | 64,201 |
| 2020-04-11 | 16,249,334 | 31,392 | 210,939 | 89,915 |
| 2020-04-18 | 17,756,054 | 59,760 | 1,088,281 | 116,162 |
| 2020-04-25 | 21,723,230 | 86,972 | 3,498,790 | 158,031 |
| 2020-05-02 | 20,823,294 | 171,580 | 6,226,074 | 175,289 |
| 2020-05-09 | 22,725,217 | 232,057 | 7,929,418 | 216,576 |
| 2020-05-16 | 18,791,926 | 233,288 | 11,095,269 | 226,164 |
| 2020-05-23 | 19,022,578 | 534,958 | 9,761,879 | 247,595 |
| 2020-05-30 | 18,548,442 | 1,093,338 | 9,392,718 | 259,499 |
| 2020-06-06 | 18,330,293 | 867,226 | 11,067,905 | 325,282 |
| 2020-06-13 | 17,552,371 | 769,155 | 12,853,484 | 336,537 |
| 2020-06-20 | 17,316,689 | 850,461 | 13,870,617 | 392,042 |
| 2020-06-27 | 16,410,059 | 936,726 | 12,008,146 | 373,841 |
| 2020-07-04 | 17,188,908 | 940,001 | 13,179,377 | 495,296 |
| 2020-07-11 | 16,221,070 | 1,055,778 | 13,008,659 | 513,141 |
| 2020-07-18 | 16,691,210 | 1,155,692 | 12,956,006 | 518,584 |
| 2020-07-25 | 15,700,971 | 1,223,255 | 10,717,042 | 609,328 |
| 2020-08-01 | 15,112,240 | 1,289,125 | 11,212,827 | 433,416 |
| 2020-08-08 | 14,098,536 | 1,407,802 | 10,957,527 | 549,603 |
| 2020-08-15 | 13,792,016 | 1,393,314 | 13,550,916 | 469,028 |
| 2020-08-22 | 13,067,660 | 1,422,483 | 14,656,297 | 523,430 |
| 2020-08-29 | 13,283,721 | 1,527,166 | 14,467,064 | 490,514 |
| 2020-09-05 | 12,373,201 | 1,631,645 | 11,510,888 | 529,220 |
| 2020-09-12 | 12,363,489 | 1,806,241 | 11,828,338 | 510,610 |
| 2020-09-19 | 11,561,158 | 1,959,953 | 11,394,832 | 589,652 |
| 2020-09-26 | 10,172,332 | 2,786,333 | 11,172,335 | 577,951 |
| 2020-10-03 | 8,952,580 | 3,296,156 | 10,152,753 | 668,691 |
| 2020-10-10 | 8,038,175 | 3,683,496 | 10,324,779 | 615,066 |
| 2020-10-17 | 7,436,246 | 3,961,060 | 9,332,610 | 778,746 |
Click here for notes. Caution: Trends over time in PUA claims may be distorted because when an individual is owed retroactive payments, some states report all retroactive PUA claims during the week the individual received their payment.
Data are not seasonally adjusted. A full list of programs can be found in the bottom panel of the table on page 4 at this link: https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf.
Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, Initial Claims [ICSA], retrieved from Department of Labor (DOL), https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/docs/persons.xls and https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf, November 5, 2020.