# Employment: Van Buren County, MI (U)

Employment: Van Buren County, MI (U) was down 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 32,668 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.3% (Apr 2020) to 20.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MI-26159.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-van-buren-county-mi-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 32,668 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 33,442 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 33,553 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 33,192 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 33,088 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 33,013 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 33,264 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 33,247 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 33,392 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 33,564 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 34,388 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 35,513 thousands | −0.6 |
| August 2025 | 35,935 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2025 | 36,017 thousands | −0.9 |
| June 2025 | 35,582 thousands | −0.9 |
| May 2025 | 35,383 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 34,767 thousands | −0.9 |
| March 2025 | 34,167 thousands | −2.4 |
| February 2025 | 33,895 thousands | −1.8 |
| January 2025 | 34,054 thousands | −1.7 |
| December 2024 | 34,200 thousands | −0.8 |
| November 2024 | 35,181 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 35,256 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2024 | 35,717 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MI-26159.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MI-26159.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```