# Labor Force: Santa Barbara County, CA (U)

Labor Force: Santa Barbara County, CA (U) was up 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 226,288 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.2% (Feb 2021) to 3.0% (Jan 2022), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06083.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-santa-barbara-county-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 226,288 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 223,482 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 222,794 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 225,222 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 224,569 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 223,850 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 220,895 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 221,218 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 218,731 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 223,478 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 228,684 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 226,343 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 224,282 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2025 | 225,863 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 227,527 thousands | 0.5 |
| May 2025 | 226,020 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2025 | 224,075 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 221,888 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 218,644 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 215,965 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 217,030 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 221,416 thousands | −0.06 |
| October 2024 | 225,642 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 224,690 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06083.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06083.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```