# Labor Force: El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 3.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 76,185 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.2% (Mar 2021) to 5.9% (May 2023), averaging −0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-20940.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-el-centro-ca-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 76,185 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 76,360 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 73,265 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 73,856 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 73,600 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 72,608 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 73,719 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 74,673 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 74,586 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 75,337 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 76,960 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 77,257 thousands | 3.4 |
| August 2025 | 76,311 thousands | 1.5 |
| July 2025 | 74,329 thousands | 2.4 |
| June 2025 | 75,216 thousands | 2.7 |
| May 2025 | 74,928 thousands | 4.4 |
| April 2025 | 73,194 thousands | 3.6 |
| March 2025 | 74,750 thousands | 3.8 |
| February 2025 | 75,184 thousands | 3.5 |
| January 2025 | 74,065 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 74,553 thousands | 2.3 |
| November 2024 | 75,533 thousands | 2.2 |
| October 2024 | 74,993 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2024 | 74,720 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20940.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20940.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```