WorldPulse

United States Jobless Claims

us-initial-jobless-claimsEconomy

Subject

United States

Metric

Jobless Claims

Data Points

3092

Coverage

1967–2026

Latest Value

219,000

as of Apr 4, 2026

Time Series (3092 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Apr 4, 2026219,000-
Mar 28, 2026203,000-
Mar 21, 2026211,000-
Mar 14, 2026205,000-
Mar 7, 2026213,000-
Feb 28, 2026214,000-
Feb 21, 2026211,000-
Feb 14, 2026208,000-
Feb 7, 2026230,000-
Jan 31, 2026230,000-
Jan 24, 2026211,000-
Jan 17, 2026210,000-
Jan 10, 2026201,000-
Jan 3, 2026207,000-
Dec 27, 2025203,000-

Showing most recent 15 of 3092 observations

Data Source

U.S. Department of Labor

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

Category

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-initial-jobless-claims

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-initial-jobless-claims?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-initial-jobless-claims?as_of=2024-01-01