# Employment: Lafayette County, MS (U)

Employment: Lafayette County, MS (U) was up 5.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 29,797 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.7% (Apr 2020) to 27.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MS-28071.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-lafayette-county-ms-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 29,797 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 28,654 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 28,073 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 28,512 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 29,345 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 29,715 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 29,652 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 29,474 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 28,250 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 29,212 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 29,799 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 29,763 thousands | 5.5 |
| August 2025 | 27,462 thousands | 2.1 |
| July 2025 | 26,346 thousands | 1.9 |
| June 2025 | 26,915 thousands | 2.0 |
| May 2025 | 27,743 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 28,806 thousands | 3.2 |
| March 2025 | 28,883 thousands | 5.7 |
| February 2025 | 28,847 thousands | 6.0 |
| January 2025 | 27,173 thousands | 6.4 |
| December 2024 | 27,841 thousands | 6.2 |
| November 2024 | 28,907 thousands | 4.9 |
| October 2024 | 28,654 thousands | 4.3 |
| September 2024 | 28,212 thousands | 2.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MS-28071.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MS-28071.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```