# Employment: Lafayette Parish, LA (U)

Employment: Lafayette Parish, LA (U) was up 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 124,584 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.9% (Apr 2020) to 14.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-LA-22055.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-parish-la-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 124,584 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 125,804 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 126,145 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 125,688 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 125,917 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 127,466 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 124,812 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 125,410 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 124,076 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 126,288 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 126,754 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 123,774 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 123,703 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 124,844 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 125,146 thousands | 1.3 |
| May 2025 | 124,578 thousands | 1.1 |
| April 2025 | 125,454 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 123,617 thousands | −0.04 |
| February 2025 | 123,229 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 122,411 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 123,364 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 123,226 thousands | 0.1 |
| October 2024 | 122,883 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2024 | 122,853 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22055.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22055.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```