# Labor Force: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 49,716 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.4% (May 2020) to 6.3% (May 2021), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16020.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-cape-girardeau-mo-il-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 49,716 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 49,578 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 48,997 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 50,247 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 49,872 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 50,198 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 50,340 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 50,160 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 50,012 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 50,282 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 50,067 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 49,681 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 49,307 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 48,760 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2025 | 50,924 thousands | 1.1 |
| May 2025 | 50,130 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 50,292 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 49,969 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 49,801 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 49,544 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 49,565 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 49,219 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 49,348 thousands | −0.2 |
| September 2024 | 49,232 thousands | 0.06 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```