# Labor Force: Lake County, IN (U)

Labor Force: Lake County, IN (U) was up 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 243,748 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (Mar 2020) to 3.9% (Apr 2016), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IN-18089.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-lake-county-in-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 243,748 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 241,299 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 244,756 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 247,091 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 243,051 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 240,659 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 240,962 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 240,868 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 242,067 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 240,606 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 242,422 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 243,370 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 242,814 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 245,589 thousands | 0.7 |
| June 2025 | 247,077 thousands | 1.8 |
| May 2025 | 243,155 thousands | 1.2 |
| April 2025 | 243,617 thousands | 1.6 |
| March 2025 | 243,164 thousands | 1.5 |
| February 2025 | 242,541 thousands | 2.4 |
| January 2025 | 243,971 thousands | 2.9 |
| December 2024 | 241,007 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 241,644 thousands | 1.6 |
| October 2024 | 242,633 thousands | 2.2 |
| September 2024 | 241,772 thousands | 2.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IN-18089.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IN-18089.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```