Local Area Unemployment Statistics API

What you can build

Resident labor force, unemployment, employment and rates; seasonal adjustment and revision flags retained. Use this dataset as a sourced input to an application, analytical model or retrieval tool. Retain its native dimensions when joining it with your own records.

Query Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The example below is a real bounded request against the available release. Replace the environment variable with your server-side API credential. Review endpoint parameters and response schemas before changing selectors.

curl --fail --get "https://api.geoamcan.com/v1/employment?limit=1&dataset=laus&geo_type=bls_area&geoid=BS0600000000000&metrics=unemployment_rate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GEOAMCAN_API_KEY"

Saved response excerpt

{
  "source_attribution": {},
  "requested_area": {
    "geographic_resolution": "bls_area",
    "geoid": "BS0600000000000"
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "dataset": "laus",
      "source": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "release": "LAUS 2020 onward; current BLS publication revision 07c49572f397",
      "geographic_resolution": "bls_area",
      "geoid": "BS0600000000000",
      "geography_vintage": "BLS source area definitions",
      "period": "2026-03",
      "naics": "",
      "component": "S:03",
      "metrics": {
        "unemployment_rate": 5.3
      },
      "margins_of_error": {},
      "flags": {
        "series_id": "LASBS060000000000003",
        "source_title": "Unemployment Rate: Balance of California, state less Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (S)",
        "footnote_codes": "P",
        "native_bls_area": "BS0600000000000",
        "native_area_type": "L",
        "seasonal_adjustment": "S"
      }
    }
  ],
  "availability": {
    "laus": "available"
  },
  "next_offset": 1,
  "returned_count": 1,
  "complete": false,
  "snapshot": {
    "laus": {
      "release_id": 38,
      "release": "LAUS 2020 onward; current BLS publication revision 07c49572f397",
      "fingerprint": "f2ece60be096b2ba41784a4492d80844"
    }
  },
  "metric_definitions": {
    "laus": {
      "unemployment_rate": {
        "label": "Unemployment rate",
        "unit": "percent",
        "universe": null,
        "source_definition": {}
      }
    }
  },
  "coverage_limitations": {
    "laus": []
  },
  "native_area_contexts": {},
  "commuting_flows": []
}

Captured 2026-10-26. Excerpt omits pagination credentials and may shorten nested records. Download verified source responses.

Coverage and interpretation

Coverage is limited to published source geographies and releases. Missing, suppressed and unavailable observations must not be treated as zero.

The active release shown here is a catalog snapshot. Check the live catalog and response provenance for current readiness. The underlying public source and Geoamcan access terms are separate; consult the source’s licensing and attribution requirements.

Source and methodology

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Geoamcan is an independent API provider, with no agency affiliation or endorsement. Read our data methodology for source handling, geographic joins and update practices.

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