# Employment: Shelby County, KY (U)

Employment: Shelby County, KY (U) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 24,592 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since November 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.0% (Apr 2020) to 15.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-KY-21211.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-shelby-county-ky-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 24,592 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 24,650 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 24,583 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 24,181 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 24,344 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 24,340 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 24,316 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 24,121 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 24,223 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 24,896 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 24,978 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 24,536 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 24,628 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 24,648 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 24,857 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 24,807 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 24,908 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 24,756 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 24,589 thousands | 0.7 |
| January 2025 | 24,607 thousands | 1.1 |
| December 2024 | 24,711 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 24,782 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 24,725 thousands | 2.0 |
| September 2024 | 24,603 thousands | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-KY-21211.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-KY-21211.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```