# Employment: Polk County, NC (U)

Employment: Polk County, NC (U) was up 0.05% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 9,264.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.8% (Apr 2020) to 19.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC-37149.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-nc-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 9,264.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 9,103.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 8,886.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 9,145.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 9,197.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 9,130.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 9,210.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 9,014.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 8,917.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 9,123.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 9,073.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 9,141.0 thousands | 0.05 |
| August 2025 | 9,077.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 9,025.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 9,199.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 9,237.0 thousands | −1.7 |
| April 2025 | 9,185.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 9,134.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 8,892.0 thousands | −2.6 |
| January 2025 | 8,864.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| December 2024 | 8,769.0 thousands | −2.7 |
| November 2024 | 8,676.0 thousands | −4.3 |
| October 2024 | 8,765.0 thousands | −4.7 |
| September 2024 | 9,136.0 thousands | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37149.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37149.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```