# Employment: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 48,210 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.1% (Apr 2020) to 12.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16020.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-cape-girardeau-mo-il-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 48,210 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 47,770 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 47,048 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 48,402 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 48,200 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 48,612 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 48,384 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 48,279 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 48,087 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 48,787 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 48,508 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 48,073 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 47,268 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 46,567 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 48,796 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 48,240 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 48,591 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 47,944 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 47,868 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 47,663 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 48,083 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 47,655 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2024 | 47,807 thousands | −0.4 |
| September 2024 | 47,826 thousands | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```