# Labor Force: Orange County, CA (U)

Labor Force: Orange County, CA (U) was up 0.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,615,890 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.6% (May 2020) to 3.0% (Jan 2022), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06059.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-orange-county-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,615,890 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,601,066 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,603,863 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,598,094 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,598,456 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,605,666 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,615,564 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,620,469 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,606,880 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,627,683 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,636,342 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,643,177 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 1,636,178 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 1,640,495 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2025 | 1,630,751 thousands | 1.1 |
| May 2025 | 1,632,969 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 1,637,413 thousands | 1.4 |
| March 2025 | 1,647,943 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 1,642,432 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 1,632,930 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 1,636,657 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 1,639,931 thousands | 0.9 |
| October 2024 | 1,638,016 thousands | 1.1 |
| September 2024 | 1,636,399 thousands | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06059.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06059.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```