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Initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia

Up 119 claims in a year

5,259 claims

Time frame
Line chart of initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026: from 6,832 claims to 5,259 claims.Line chart of initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, 2021 to 2026: from 19,037 claims to 5,259 claims.Line chart of initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, 2016 to 2026: from 7,519 claims to 5,259 claims.Line chart of initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, 1986 to 2026: from 5,322 claims to 5,259 claims.

Source: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, not seasonally adjusted, via FRED; series DCICLAIMS+MDICLAIMS+VAICLAIMS. Data as of Oct 3, 2026.

Method: The three jurisdictions’ weekly initial claims added together, for weeks all three report.

Initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Oct 3, 2026: 645 + 2,270 + 2,344 = 5,259.

Initial claims, D.C., Maryland and Virginia: the last reading of each month, newest first. The CSV holds every week.
DateValue
Oct 3, 20265,259 claims
Sept 26, 20264,761 claims
Aug 29, 20264,737 claims
July 25, 20265,248 claims
June 27, 20266,922 claims
May 30, 20264,750 claims
April 25, 20264,884 claims
March 28, 20264,799 claims
Feb 28, 20265,554 claims
Jan 31, 20267,091 claims
Dec 27, 20255,272 claims
Nov 29, 20254,177 claims
Oct 25, 20257,503 claims
Sept 27, 20255,140 claims
Aug 30, 20255,217 claims
July 26, 20255,632 claims
June 28, 20256,749 claims
May 31, 20255,821 claims
April 26, 20255,946 claims
March 29, 20255,840 claims
Feb 22, 20257,150 claims
Jan 25, 20255,846 claims
Dec 28, 20245,544 claims
Nov 30, 20243,873 claims
Oct 26, 20245,015 claims
Sept 28, 20244,918 claims
Aug 31, 20244,414 claims
July 27, 20245,717 claims
June 29, 20245,578 claims
May 25, 20244,972 claims
April 27, 20245,064 claims
March 30, 20245,851 claims
Feb 24, 20244,804 claims
Jan 27, 20246,100 claims
Dec 30, 20235,810 claims
Nov 25, 20233,848 claims
Oct 28, 20234,505 claims
Sept 30, 20234,151 claims
Aug 26, 20235,325 claims
July 29, 20234,928 claims
June 24, 20235,042 claims
May 27, 20234,649 claims
April 29, 20235,114 claims
March 25, 20236,016 claims
Feb 25, 20234,654 claims
Jan 28, 20234,297 claims
Dec 31, 20225,107 claims
Nov 26, 20222,560 claims
Oct 29, 20222,983 claims
Sept 24, 20222,670 claims
Aug 27, 20224,365 claims
July 30, 20225,041 claims
June 25, 20224,397 claims
May 28, 20223,413 claims
April 30, 20224,474 claims
March 26, 20225,112 claims
Feb 26, 20225,136 claims
Jan 29, 20226,168 claims
Dec 25, 20215,964 claims
Nov 27, 20219,335 claims
Oct 30, 20219,798 claims
Sept 25, 202120,850 claims
Aug 28, 202116,071 claims
July 31, 202111,967 claims
June 26, 202117,458 claims
May 29, 202119,394 claims
April 24, 202148,704 claims
March 27, 202140,916 claims
Feb 27, 202121,070 claims
Jan 30, 202156,031 claims
Dec 26, 202027,174 claims
Nov 28, 202019,006 claims
Oct 31, 202022,572 claims
Sept 26, 202020,546 claims
Aug 29, 202019,044 claims
July 25, 202058,716 claims
June 27, 202057,715 claims
May 30, 202066,905 claims
April 25, 2020119,191 claims
March 28, 2020213,743 claims
Feb 29, 20206,345 claims
Jan 25, 20206,876 claims
Dec 28, 20199,893 claims
Nov 30, 20195,290 claims
Oct 26, 20197,059 claims
Sept 28, 20195,091 claims
Aug 31, 20195,121 claims
July 27, 20195,433 claims
June 29, 20196,903 claims
May 25, 20196,194 claims
April 27, 20194,987 claims
March 30, 20194,849 claims
Feb 23, 20195,167 claims
Jan 26, 20198,496 claims
Dec 29, 201810,518 claims
Nov 24, 20185,498 claims
Oct 27, 20186,006 claims
Sept 29, 20185,498 claims
Aug 25, 20185,248 claims
July 28, 20186,155 claims
June 30, 20186,581 claims
May 26, 20186,933 claims
April 28, 20185,381 claims
March 31, 20186,430 claims
Feb 24, 20185,374 claims
Jan 27, 20188,023 claims
Dec 30, 201712,144 claims
Nov 25, 20176,102 claims
Oct 28, 20176,691 claims
Sept 30, 20176,078 claims
Aug 26, 20175,972 claims
July 29, 20176,585 claims
June 24, 20177,894 claims
May 27, 20177,550 claims
April 29, 20176,405 claims
March 25, 20176,899 claims
Feb 25, 20176,281 claims
Jan 28, 20178,901 claims
Dec 31, 201612,981 claims
Nov 26, 20167,121 claims
Oct 29, 20166,762 claims
Sept 24, 20166,238 claims
Aug 27, 20166,296 claims
July 30, 20167,188 claims
June 25, 20169,615 claims
May 28, 20167,419 claims
April 30, 20168,055 claims
March 26, 20167,244 claims
Feb 27, 20167,677 claims
Jan 30, 201612,120 claims
Dec 26, 201512,998 claims
Nov 28, 20157,605 claims
Oct 31, 20157,425 claims
Sept 26, 20156,325 claims
Aug 29, 20156,787 claims
July 25, 20156,659 claims
June 27, 20159,524 claims
May 30, 20156,886 claims
April 25, 20156,862 claims
March 28, 20157,026 claims
Feb 28, 20159,346 claims
Jan 31, 201510,040 claims
Dec 27, 201413,721 claims
Nov 29, 20148,126 claims
Oct 25, 20148,574 claims
Sept 27, 20147,437 claims
Aug 30, 20147,939 claims
July 26, 20148,399 claims
June 28, 201410,094 claims
May 31, 20148,242 claims
April 26, 20148,272 claims
March 29, 20148,339 claims
Feb 22, 201410,037 claims
Jan 25, 201411,957 claims
Dec 28, 201315,189 claims
Nov 30, 201310,136 claims
Oct 26, 201311,577 claims
Sept 28, 20139,395 claims
Aug 31, 20139,589 claims
July 27, 20139,496 claims
June 29, 201310,797 claims
May 25, 201311,143 claims
April 27, 20139,686 claims
March 30, 201310,859 claims
Feb 23, 201310,543 claims
Jan 26, 201314,292 claims
Dec 29, 201216,621 claims
Nov 24, 201210,333 claims
Oct 27, 201210,791 claims
Sept 29, 201211,116 claims
Aug 25, 201210,515 claims
July 28, 201211,319 claims
June 30, 201212,230 claims
May 26, 201212,166 claims
April 28, 201211,773 claims
March 31, 201210,695 claims
Feb 25, 201211,157 claims
Jan 28, 201215,322 claims
Dec 31, 201120,402 claims
Nov 26, 201111,697 claims
Oct 29, 201112,652 claims
Sept 24, 201111,735 claims
Aug 27, 201111,513 claims
July 30, 201112,041 claims
June 25, 201115,126 claims
May 28, 201112,373 claims
April 30, 201111,769 claims
March 26, 201112,034 claims
Feb 26, 201112,139 claims
Jan 29, 201115,937 claims
Dec 25, 201017,605 claims
Nov 27, 201012,284 claims
Oct 30, 201014,777 claims
Sept 25, 201012,730 claims
Aug 28, 201013,036 claims
July 31, 201014,208 claims
June 26, 201015,862 claims
May 29, 201013,284 claims
April 24, 201013,826 claims
March 27, 201014,316 claims
Feb 27, 201017,601 claims
Jan 30, 201019,051 claims
Dec 26, 200920,844 claims
Nov 28, 200912,470 claims
Oct 31, 200915,428 claims
Sept 26, 200914,022 claims
Aug 29, 200913,931 claims
July 25, 200916,133 claims
June 27, 200916,189 claims
May 30, 200914,555 claims
April 25, 200917,445 claims
March 28, 200918,625 claims
Feb 28, 200920,261 claims
Jan 31, 200920,721 claims
Dec 27, 200818,801 claims
Nov 29, 200813,699 claims
Oct 25, 200814,905 claims
Sept 27, 200811,521 claims
Aug 30, 20089,750 claims
July 26, 20089,881 claims
June 28, 20089,626 claims
May 31, 20088,114 claims
April 26, 20088,448 claims
March 29, 20089,328 claims
Feb 23, 20089,471 claims
Jan 26, 200812,892 claims
Dec 29, 200715,463 claims
Nov 24, 20079,027 claims
Oct 27, 20078,937 claims
Sept 29, 20077,291 claims
Aug 25, 20078,379 claims
July 28, 20078,222 claims
June 30, 20078,578 claims
May 26, 20077,737 claims
April 28, 20077,383 claims
March 31, 20077,356 claims
Feb 24, 20078,854 claims
Jan 27, 200710,741 claims
Dec 30, 200615,497 claims
Nov 25, 20069,208 claims
Oct 28, 20069,436 claims
Sept 30, 20067,055 claims
Aug 26, 20067,410 claims
July 29, 20069,451 claims
June 24, 20068,763 claims
May 27, 20067,600 claims
April 29, 20067,238 claims
March 25, 20067,702 claims
Feb 25, 20067,046 claims
Jan 28, 20069,161 claims
Dec 31, 200516,026 claims
Nov 26, 20057,461 claims
Oct 29, 20057,798 claims
Sept 24, 20056,835 claims
Aug 27, 20057,300 claims
July 30, 20059,049 claims
June 25, 200510,286 claims
May 28, 20058,611 claims
April 30, 20057,748 claims
March 26, 20058,155 claims
Feb 26, 20057,821 claims
Jan 29, 200512,599 claims
Dec 25, 200414,157 claims
Nov 27, 20048,781 claims
Oct 30, 20048,566 claims
Sept 25, 20048,012 claims
Aug 28, 20048,675 claims
July 31, 20048,748 claims
June 26, 20049,709 claims
May 29, 20048,491 claims
April 24, 20049,302 claims
March 27, 20048,918 claims
Feb 28, 20049,952 claims
Jan 31, 200415,565 claims
Dec 27, 200317,517 claims
Nov 29, 200310,697 claims
Oct 25, 200310,638 claims
Sept 27, 200314,310 claims
Aug 30, 200311,108 claims
July 26, 200310,825 claims
June 28, 200313,762 claims
May 31, 200314,566 claims
April 26, 200311,422 claims
March 29, 200312,291 claims
Feb 22, 200314,526 claims
Jan 25, 200314,008 claims
Dec 28, 200221,406 claims
Nov 30, 200211,882 claims
Oct 26, 200211,865 claims
Sept 28, 200211,471 claims
Aug 31, 200210,241 claims
July 27, 200210,953 claims
June 29, 200211,847 claims
May 25, 200211,739 claims
April 27, 20029,957 claims
March 30, 200212,042 claims
Feb 23, 200211,765 claims
Jan 26, 200213,839 claims
Dec 29, 200124,247 claims
Nov 24, 200114,479 claims
Oct 27, 200114,526 claims
Sept 29, 200113,771 claims
Aug 25, 20019,406 claims
July 28, 20019,897 claims
June 30, 200114,990 claims
May 26, 200110,196 claims
April 28, 20019,589 claims
March 31, 200110,080 claims
Feb 24, 20019,065 claims
Jan 27, 200111,501 claims
Dec 30, 200018,995 claims
Nov 25, 20008,805 claims
Oct 28, 20007,234 claims
Sept 30, 20007,104 claims
Aug 26, 20007,813 claims
July 29, 20008,788 claims
June 24, 20008,475 claims
May 27, 20006,577 claims
April 29, 20006,369 claims
March 25, 20006,829 claims
Feb 26, 20006,291 claims
Jan 29, 200011,171 claims
Dec 25, 199912,709 claims
Nov 27, 19996,545 claims
Oct 30, 19997,653 claims
Sept 25, 19996,999 claims
Aug 28, 19996,873 claims
July 31, 19998,555 claims
June 26, 19999,333 claims
May 29, 19997,670 claims
April 24, 19997,516 claims
March 27, 19997,355 claims
Feb 27, 19998,538 claims
Jan 30, 199910,859 claims
Dec 26, 199814,091 claims
Nov 28, 19988,027 claims
Oct 31, 19988,852 claims
Sept 26, 19986,316 claims
Aug 29, 19986,654 claims
July 25, 19987,915 claims
June 27, 199812,267 claims
May 30, 19987,302 claims
April 25, 19987,086 claims
March 28, 19987,182 claims
Feb 28, 19988,696 claims
Jan 31, 199811,551 claims
Dec 27, 199717,651 claims
Nov 29, 19977,944 claims
Oct 25, 19978,616 claims
Sept 27, 19976,627 claims
Aug 30, 19978,077 claims
July 26, 19979,668 claims
June 28, 199711,924 claims
May 31, 19976,682 claims
April 26, 19977,766 claims
March 29, 19978,431 claims
Feb 22, 19979,135 claims
Jan 25, 199711,414 claims
Dec 28, 199620,392 claims
Nov 30, 19969,071 claims
Oct 26, 19969,597 claims
Sept 28, 19967,114 claims
Aug 31, 19967,494 claims
July 27, 19969,161 claims
June 29, 199612,436 claims
May 25, 19968,434 claims
April 27, 19967,841 claims
March 30, 19969,195 claims
Feb 24, 199611,224 claims
Jan 27, 199624,775 claims
Dec 30, 199523,747 claims
Nov 25, 199516,116 claims
Oct 28, 19959,232 claims
Sept 30, 19957,940 claims
Aug 26, 19958,598 claims
July 29, 19959,735 claims
June 24, 199510,831 claims
May 27, 199510,633 claims
April 29, 19958,828 claims
March 25, 19958,965 claims
Feb 25, 19959,178 claims
Jan 28, 199512,607 claims
Dec 31, 199422,317 claims
Nov 26, 19949,559 claims
Oct 29, 19948,496 claims
Sept 24, 19948,080 claims
Aug 27, 19947,986 claims
July 30, 19949,794 claims
June 25, 199410,822 claims
May 28, 19949,794 claims
April 30, 19947,849 claims
March 26, 19949,278 claims
Feb 26, 19949,396 claims
Jan 29, 199417,715 claims
Dec 25, 199316,872 claims
Nov 27, 19939,143 claims
Oct 30, 199310,121 claims
Sept 25, 19938,149 claims
Aug 28, 19936,987 claims
July 31, 19938,780 claims
June 26, 19939,068 claims
May 29, 19938,792 claims
April 24, 19939,466 claims
March 27, 199311,885 claims
Feb 27, 199311,186 claims
Jan 30, 199315,043 claims
Dec 26, 199213,557 claims
Nov 28, 199210,374 claims
Oct 31, 199211,002 claims
Sept 26, 19929,389 claims
Aug 29, 19929,637 claims
July 25, 199212,947 claims
June 27, 199214,634 claims
May 30, 19929,576 claims
April 25, 199210,994 claims
March 28, 199213,538 claims
Feb 29, 199215,010 claims
Jan 25, 199217,749 claims
Dec 28, 199125,442 claims
Nov 30, 199115,113 claims
Oct 26, 199112,835 claims
Sept 28, 199110,838 claims
Aug 31, 199110,813 claims
July 27, 199112,073 claims
June 29, 199113,912 claims
May 25, 199112,052 claims
April 27, 199113,487 claims
March 30, 199114,521 claims
Feb 23, 199120,404 claims
Jan 26, 199122,387 claims
Dec 29, 199034,148 claims
Nov 24, 199018,866 claims
Oct 27, 199020,072 claims
Sept 29, 199010,509 claims
Aug 25, 199010,664 claims
July 28, 199011,014 claims
June 30, 199018,501 claims
May 26, 19908,805 claims
April 28, 19908,710 claims
March 31, 19909,693 claims
Feb 24, 199010,563 claims
Jan 27, 199011,801 claims
Dec 30, 198927,806 claims
Nov 25, 198910,348 claims
Oct 28, 19898,673 claims
Sept 30, 19897,351 claims
Aug 26, 19898,053 claims
July 29, 19899,130 claims
June 24, 198910,559 claims
May 27, 19897,933 claims
April 29, 19898,011 claims
March 25, 19899,346 claims
Feb 25, 19898,575 claims
Jan 28, 198911,485 claims
Dec 31, 198824,793 claims
Nov 26, 198812,508 claims
Oct 29, 19887,905 claims
Sept 24, 19886,208 claims
Aug 27, 19887,430 claims
July 30, 19888,827 claims
June 25, 19889,026 claims
May 28, 19888,558 claims
April 30, 19887,970 claims
March 26, 198810,665 claims
Feb 27, 198813,278 claims
Jan 30, 198814,286 claims
Dec 26, 198719,219 claims
Nov 28, 198711,295 claims
Oct 31, 19878,395 claims
Sept 26, 19876,501 claims
Aug 29, 19876,532 claims
July 25, 19878,342 claims
June 27, 198710,077 claims
May 30, 19877,070 claims
April 25, 19878,155 claims
March 28, 19876,405 claims
Feb 28, 198711,312 claims
Jan 31, 198716,968 claims
Dec 27, 198621,526 claims
Nov 29, 198611,009 claims
Oct 25, 19869,275 claims
Sept 27, 19868,237 claims
Aug 30, 19868,405 claims
July 26, 19869,605 claims
June 28, 198612,839 claims
May 31, 19867,089 claims
April 26, 19869,075 claims
March 29, 19867,462 claims
Feb 22, 198611,142 claims

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