# Employment: Ouachita Parish, LA (U)

Employment: Ouachita Parish, LA (U) was up 1.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 68,091 thousands.
That is the highest reading since August 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.9% (Apr 2020) to 12.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.09%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-LA-22073.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-ouachita-parish-la-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 68,091 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 68,584 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 69,048 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 68,739 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 69,138 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 69,393 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 68,388 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 68,348 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 67,921 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 69,368 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 69,564 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 68,079 thousands | 1.3 |
| August 2025 | 67,876 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2025 | 68,684 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 68,032 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 67,660 thousands | 0.08 |
| April 2025 | 67,669 thousands | −0.5 |
| March 2025 | 67,072 thousands | −1.3 |
| February 2025 | 66,567 thousands | −1.1 |
| January 2025 | 66,248 thousands | −0.9 |
| December 2024 | 67,115 thousands | −0.10 |
| November 2024 | 67,124 thousands | −1.4 |
| October 2024 | 67,193 thousands | −0.7 |
| September 2024 | 67,203 thousands | −0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22073.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22073.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```