DOL numbers indicate that 26.3 million workers are either receiving unemployment benefits or have applied and are waiting to see if they will get benefits (as of October 10, 2020): *But caution, this is an overestimate due to reporting issues (see below)*
Regular state UI: Continued claims | PEUC: Continued claims | Regular state UI: Initial claims | PUA: Continued claims | PUA: Initial claims | Other programs (mostly STC and EB) | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cumulative | 10,018,000 |
2,778,007 | 898,000 |
11,172,335 |
836,788 |
577,951 | 0 |
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Seasonally adjusted data are used for regular state UI claims; seasonally adjusted data are not available for the other components of the chart. Regular state UI continued claims are for the week ending October 3; PEUC continued claims are for the week ending September 26; regular state UI initial claims are for the week ending October 10. PUA continued claims are for the week ending September 26; PUA initial claims are for the weeks ending October 3 and October 10. “Other programs” are continued claims in other programs for the week ending September 26. 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: Department of Labor (DOL) Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims (News Release), retrieved from DOL, https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf, October 15, 2020.