The report listed 787,000 new claims for the week ending Oct. 17, a decrease of 55,000 from the previous week.
The figure is the lowest since March, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday's report also revised down last week's claims by 56,000. Most economists expected about 870,000 new claims.
The department said there are 8.4 million continuing claims, which lag initial claims by a week.
The department said in its September jobs report this month that the unemployment rate in the United States is about 7.9%.
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