# Employment: Portsmouth city, VA (U)

Employment: Portsmouth city, VA (U) was down 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 41,224 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.9% (Apr 2020) to 8.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51740.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-portsmouth-city-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 41,224 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 41,297 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 41,631 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 41,256 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 41,270 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 41,398 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 41,441 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 41,360 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 41,587 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 41,561 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 41,494 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 41,969 thousands | −0.9 |
| August 2025 | 41,790 thousands | −1.1 |
| July 2025 | 42,399 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 42,081 thousands | −1.5 |
| May 2025 | 41,942 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2025 | 42,135 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 41,966 thousands | −1.5 |
| February 2025 | 41,836 thousands | −0.9 |
| January 2025 | 41,932 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2024 | 41,992 thousands | −1.2 |
| November 2024 | 42,025 thousands | −1.8 |
| October 2024 | 42,375 thousands | −1.1 |
| September 2024 | 42,345 thousands | −1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51740.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51740.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```