# Labor Force: Benton County, AR (U)

Labor Force: Benton County, AR (U) was up 3.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 3.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 176,262 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.0% (Mar 2021) to 7.5% (Mar 2016), averaging 3.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AR-05007.LF.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/labor-force-benton-county-ar-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 176,262 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 175,315 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 176,706 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 176,903 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 174,657 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 173,910 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 173,153 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 172,687 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 169,481 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 171,768 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 172,203 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 170,811 thousands | 3.6 |
| August 2025 | 170,176 thousands | 3.3 |
| July 2025 | 171,187 thousands | 2.9 |
| June 2025 | 169,714 thousands | 3.5 |
| May 2025 | 168,192 thousands | 3.7 |
| April 2025 | 168,904 thousands | 3.7 |
| March 2025 | 167,132 thousands | 3.3 |
| February 2025 | 166,461 thousands | 3.5 |
| January 2025 | 164,523 thousands | 4.1 |
| December 2024 | 164,947 thousands | 4.5 |
| November 2024 | 164,990 thousands | 3.7 |
| October 2024 | 164,930 thousands | 4.2 |
| September 2024 | 164,827 thousands | 3.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR-05007.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR-05007.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```