# Employment: Newport News city, VA (U)

Employment: Newport News city, VA (U) was down 1.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 83,966 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.4% (Apr 2020) to 8.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51700.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-newport-news-city-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 83,966 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 84,089 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 84,652 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 84,096 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 84,128 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 84,339 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 84,320 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 84,093 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 84,543 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 84,373 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 84,312 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 85,263 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 85,081 thousands | −1.2 |
| July 2025 | 86,216 thousands | −1.2 |
| June 2025 | 85,739 thousands | −1.5 |
| May 2025 | 85,379 thousands | −1.2 |
| April 2025 | 85,782 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 85,469 thousands | −1.4 |
| February 2025 | 85,096 thousands | −1.0 |
| January 2025 | 85,355 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2024 | 85,350 thousands | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 85,484 thousands | −1.6 |
| October 2024 | 86,254 thousands | −0.9 |
| September 2024 | 86,148 thousands | −1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51700.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51700.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```