# Unemployment Rate: Ruidoso, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment Rate: Ruidoso, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was 4.8% in September 2026, up 0.2 percentage points from August 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.7% (Apr 2023) to 10.9% (Apr 2020), averaging 5.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-40760.UNEMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-rate-ruidoso-nm-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 4.8% |
| August 2026 | 4.6% |
| July 2026 | 5.4% |
| June 2026 | 4.7% |
| May 2026 | 4.5% |
| April 2026 | 4.5% |
| March 2026 | 4.3% |
| February 2026 | 5.2% |
| January 2026 | 5.4% |
| December 2025 | 4.5% |
| November 2025 | 5.0% |
| September 2025 | 4.3% |
| August 2025 | 4.3% |
| July 2025 | 4.9% |
| June 2025 | 4.4% |
| May 2025 | 3.5% |
| April 2025 | 3.5% |
| March 2025 | 3.8% |
| February 2025 | 4.4% |
| January 2025 | 4.8% |
| December 2024 | 4.5% |
| November 2024 | 5.1% |
| October 2024 | 5.1% |
| September 2024 | 4.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40760.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40760.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```