# Labor Force: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 169,478 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.7% (Apr 2020) to 5.7% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-43340.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-shreveport-bossier-city-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 169,478 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 170,786 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 172,417 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 172,872 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 172,420 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 172,869 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 171,687 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 171,887 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 171,157 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 172,723 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 174,167 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 170,688 thousands | 0.6 |
| August 2025 | 170,641 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 173,045 thousands | 0.02 |
| June 2025 | 173,373 thousands | 1.1 |
| May 2025 | 170,832 thousands | 1.5 |
| April 2025 | 171,259 thousands | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 170,440 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 169,015 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2025 | 168,102 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2024 | 168,728 thousands | −0.3 |
| November 2024 | 169,389 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 169,299 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2024 | 169,645 thousands | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-43340.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-43340.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```