# Labor Force: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 88,331 thousands.
That is the highest reading since January 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.9% (Dec 2015) to 3.8% (Sep 2022), averaging −1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26380.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-houma-bayou-cane-thibodaux-la-metropolitan-statistical-area

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 88,331 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 89,066 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 88,941 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 89,106 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 88,784 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 89,160 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 88,866 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 88,529 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 87,803 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 89,635 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 90,632 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 88,621 thousands | 1.2 |
| August 2025 | 88,647 thousands | 0.3 |
| July 2025 | 89,523 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 89,373 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 88,217 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 87,942 thousands | 0.1 |
| March 2025 | 89,009 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 87,992 thousands | 0.7 |
| January 2025 | 87,269 thousands | −0.06 |
| December 2024 | 87,550 thousands | −1.0 |
| November 2024 | 88,055 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2024 | 88,417 thousands | −0.5 |
| September 2024 | 87,582 thousands | −1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26380.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26380.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```