# Employment: Story County, IA (U)

Employment: Story County, IA (U) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 55,377 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.2% (May 2020) to 8.0% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IA-19169.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-story-county-ia-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 55,377 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 52,154 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 51,809 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 52,650 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 54,417 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 54,848 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 54,553 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 54,595 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 53,695 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 55,033 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 55,417 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 55,321 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 52,038 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 51,110 thousands | −0.04 |
| June 2025 | 52,183 thousands | 2.4 |
| May 2025 | 54,710 thousands | 1.1 |
| April 2025 | 54,893 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 54,617 thousands | 1.4 |
| February 2025 | 54,775 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 53,278 thousands | 3.9 |
| December 2024 | 54,633 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2024 | 55,181 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 55,182 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 55,069 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19169.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19169.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```