DOL numbers indicate that 23.8 million workers are either receiving unemployment benefits or have applied and are waiting to see if they will get benefits (as of October 24, 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 | 7,756,000 |
3,683,496 | 751,000 |
10,324,779 |
704,572 |
614,875 | 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 17; PEUC continued claims are for the week ending October 10; regular state UI initial claims are for the week ending October 24. PUA continued claims are for the week ending October 10; PUA initial claims are for the weeks ending October 17 and October 24. “Other programs” are continued claims in other programs for the week ending October 10. 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 29, 2020.