# Employment: Polk County, TX (U)

Employment: Polk County, TX (U) was up 1.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 20,778 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since May 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.4% (Apr 2020) to 11.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-TX-48373.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-tx-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 20,778 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 20,614 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 20,437 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 20,309 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 20,528 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 20,507 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 20,552 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 20,484 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 20,330 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 20,453 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 20,546 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 20,537 thousands | 1.6 |
| August 2025 | 20,493 thousands | 2.5 |
| July 2025 | 20,398 thousands | 2.8 |
| June 2025 | 20,378 thousands | 3.3 |
| May 2025 | 20,430 thousands | 3.6 |
| April 2025 | 20,552 thousands | 3.8 |
| March 2025 | 20,538 thousands | 3.3 |
| February 2025 | 20,266 thousands | 2.4 |
| January 2025 | 20,151 thousands | 2.4 |
| December 2024 | 20,070 thousands | 2.9 |
| November 2024 | 20,105 thousands | 2.2 |
| October 2024 | 20,110 thousands | 2.3 |
| September 2024 | 20,221 thousands | 3.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48373.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48373.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```