# Employment: Howard County, TX (U)

Employment: Howard County, TX (U) was down 6.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −6.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 12,402 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.8% (Apr 2020) to 10.7% (May 2021), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-TX-48227.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-howard-county-tx-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 12,402 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 12,267 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 12,244 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 12,167 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 12,254 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 12,280 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 12,585 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 12,614 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 12,543 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 12,695 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 12,713 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 12,645 thousands | −6.7 |
| August 2025 | 12,550 thousands | −6.3 |
| July 2025 | 12,623 thousands | −5.9 |
| June 2025 | 12,642 thousands | −5.6 |
| May 2025 | 12,741 thousands | −4.5 |
| April 2025 | 12,926 thousands | −3.4 |
| March 2025 | 13,635 thousands | 0.6 |
| February 2025 | 13,588 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 13,528 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 13,567 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2024 | 13,596 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 13,585 thousands | 2.1 |
| September 2024 | 13,558 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48227.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48227.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```