Figure A

Continuing unemployment claims in all programs, March 23, 2019–December 19, 2020: *Use caution interpreting trends over time because of reporting issues (see below)*

Date Regular state UI PEUC PUA Other programs (mostly EB and STC)
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 11,172,335 579,582
2020-10-03 8,952,580 3,296,156 10,152,753 668,691
2020-10-10 8,038,175 3,683,496 10,324,779 614,875
2020-10-17 7,436,321 3,983,613 9,332,610 778,746
2020-10-24 6,837,941 4,143,389 9,433,127 746,403
2020-10-31 6,452,002 4,376,847 8,681,647 806,430
2020-11-07 6,037,760 4,509,284 9,208,570 757,496
2020-11-14 5,890,220 4,569,016 8,869,502 834,740
2020-11-21 5,213,781 4,532,876 8,555,763 741,078
2020-11-28 5,766,130 4,801,408 9,244,556 834,685
2020-12-05 5,457,941 4,793,230 9,271,112 841,463
2020-12-12 5,393,839 4,810,334 8,453,940 937,972
2020-12-19 5,205,760 4,516,900 8,383,387 1,070,810
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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.

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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, January 7, 2021.

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