# Employment: Polk County, OR (U)

Employment: Polk County, OR (U) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 45,960 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.1% (Apr 2020) to 16.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-OR-41053.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-or-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 45,960 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 45,315 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 44,453 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 44,599 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 44,430 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 44,048 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 44,062 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 44,026 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 43,590 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 44,563 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 45,031 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 45,117 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2025 | 44,611 thousands | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 44,463 thousands | 2.6 |
| June 2025 | 43,947 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 43,717 thousands | 1.2 |
| April 2025 | 43,667 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 43,268 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 43,214 thousands | 1.6 |
| January 2025 | 42,934 thousands | 2.4 |
| December 2024 | 43,333 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 43,493 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2024 | 44,168 thousands | 2.1 |
| September 2024 | 44,432 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-OR-41053.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-OR-41053.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```