# Labor Force: Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 229,771 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.1% (Jun 2021) to 5.7% (Sep 2023), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-29620.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-lansing-east-lansing-mi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 229,771 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 229,830 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 231,165 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 231,376 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 238,468 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 239,362 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 245,124 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 246,415 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 244,347 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 248,755 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 252,856 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 255,882 thousands | −0.9 |
| August 2025 | 249,298 thousands | −1.8 |
| July 2025 | 250,624 thousands | −1.6 |
| June 2025 | 253,552 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 259,610 thousands | 0.08 |
| April 2025 | 261,092 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 262,621 thousands | 1.0 |
| February 2025 | 259,850 thousands | 1.2 |
| January 2025 | 255,037 thousands | 2.3 |
| December 2024 | 260,320 thousands | 3.1 |
| November 2024 | 263,273 thousands | 2.0 |
| October 2024 | 259,557 thousands | 2.5 |
| September 2024 | 258,235 thousands | 1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29620.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29620.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```