WorldPulse

United States Jobless Claims

us-initial-jobless-claims

Subject

United States

Metric

Jobless Claims

Data Points

3085

Coverage

1967–2026

Latest Value

206,000

as of Feb 14, 2026

Time Series (3085 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Feb 14, 2026206,000-
Feb 7, 2026229,000-
Jan 31, 2026232,000-
Jan 24, 2026209,000-
Jan 17, 2026210,000-
Jan 10, 2026199,000-
Jan 3, 2026207,000-
Dec 27, 2025200,000-
Dec 20, 2025215,000-
Dec 13, 2025224,000-
Dec 6, 2025237,000-
Nov 29, 2025192,000-
Nov 22, 2025217,000-
Nov 15, 2025222,000-
Nov 8, 2025228,000-

Showing most recent 15 of 3085 observations

Data Source

U.S. Department of Labor

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

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