# Employment: Des Moines County, IA (U)

Employment: Des Moines County, IA (U) was up 2.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 18,019 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.4% (May 2020) to 7.1% (May 2021), averaging −0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IA-19057.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-des-moines-county-ia-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 18,019 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 18,060 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 18,456 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 18,311 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 18,138 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 18,101 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 18,013 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 17,945 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 17,812 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 18,265 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 18,321 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 18,284 thousands | 2.0 |
| August 2025 | 18,258 thousands | 2.8 |
| July 2025 | 18,626 thousands | 3.3 |
| June 2025 | 18,285 thousands | 2.9 |
| May 2025 | 18,072 thousands | 2.7 |
| April 2025 | 18,053 thousands | 2.8 |
| March 2025 | 18,022 thousands | 2.9 |
| February 2025 | 17,972 thousands | 3.0 |
| January 2025 | 17,827 thousands | 3.9 |
| December 2024 | 17,797 thousands | 1.8 |
| November 2024 | 17,849 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 17,814 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 17,924 thousands | −0.09 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19057.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19057.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```