# Employment: Polk County, MO (U)

Employment: Polk County, MO (U) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.04% in August 2025.
The level stood at 14,673 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.9% (May 2020) to 12.9% (May 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MO-29167.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-polk-county-mo-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 14,673 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 14,514 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 14,674 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 14,482 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 14,390 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 14,748 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 14,513 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 14,562 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 14,333 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 14,467 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 14,353 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 14,324 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 13,986 thousands | 0.04 |
| July 2025 | 14,354 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 14,349 thousands | 0.06 |
| May 2025 | 14,118 thousands | −0.2 |
| April 2025 | 14,499 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 14,454 thousands | 1.8 |
| February 2025 | 14,471 thousands | 1.8 |
| January 2025 | 14,367 thousands | 2.2 |
| December 2024 | 14,320 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 14,127 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 14,265 thousands | 1.3 |
| September 2024 | 14,294 thousands | 0.06 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29167.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29167.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```