# Unemployment: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −5.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 294,000 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −53.2% (Apr 2022) to 350.1% (May 2020), averaging 9.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31080.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 294,000 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 317,982 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 325,173 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 326,393 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 317,176 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 317,638 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 317,970 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 347,997 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 345,301 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 320,907 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 354,238 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 372,871 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 389,886 thousands | −5.8 |
| July 2025 | 391,166 thousands | −5.5 |
| June 2025 | 361,317 thousands | −3.6 |
| May 2025 | 331,940 thousands | 2.3 |
| April 2025 | 327,173 thousands | 6.0 |
| March 2025 | 344,911 thousands | 4.1 |
| February 2025 | 358,098 thousands | 6.4 |
| January 2025 | 363,938 thousands | 5.0 |
| December 2024 | 339,837 thousands | 8.5 |
| November 2024 | 363,084 thousands | 15.2 |
| October 2024 | 367,155 thousands | 13.3 |
| September 2024 | 369,830 thousands | 10.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```