# Labor Force: Orange County, NC (U)

Labor Force: Orange County, NC (U) was down 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 78,148 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.6% (Apr 2020) to 9.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC-37135.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-nc-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 78,148 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 77,408 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 77,618 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 77,526 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 77,397 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 77,724 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 78,046 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 78,079 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 77,605 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 78,276 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 78,700 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 78,998 thousands | −0.7 |
| August 2025 | 78,435 thousands | −0.8 |
| July 2025 | 80,031 thousands | −1.1 |
| June 2025 | 79,120 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 78,704 thousands | −0.6 |
| April 2025 | 78,999 thousands | −0.02 |
| March 2025 | 78,902 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 78,424 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 78,750 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 78,183 thousands | −0.7 |
| November 2024 | 78,826 thousands | −0.5 |
| October 2024 | 79,333 thousands | −0.1 |
| September 2024 | 79,518 thousands | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37135.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37135.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```