# Unemployment Rate: Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment Rate: Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was 14.5% in September 2026, down 4.5 percentage points from August 2026 and down 2.0 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.7% (Mar 2022) to 23.6% (Apr 2020), averaging 14.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-49740.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-yuma-az-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 14.5% |
| August 2026 | 19.0% |
| July 2026 | 18.9% |
| June 2026 | 16.6% |
| May 2026 | 16.2% |
| April 2026 | 14.0% |
| March 2026 | 11.1% |
| February 2026 | 11.7% |
| January 2026 | 11.4% |
| December 2025 | 12.6% |
| November 2025 | 13.6% |
| September 2025 | 16.5% |
| August 2025 | 19.0% |
| July 2025 | 16.8% |
| June 2025 | 15.7% |
| May 2025 | 14.2% |
| April 2025 | 12.5% |
| March 2025 | 10.9% |
| February 2025 | 10.7% |
| January 2025 | 11.2% |
| December 2024 | 12.5% |
| November 2024 | 13.6% |
| October 2024 | 14.6% |
| September 2024 | 14.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-49740.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-49740.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```