Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Kansas
Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Kansas
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Kansas using data from the BLS. Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
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#50. Morris County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,081 (70 unemployed)
#49. Morton County
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 1,121 (26 unemployed)
#48. Ness County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 1,256 (29 unemployed)
#47. Saline County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 28,711 (666 unemployed)
#46. Seward County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 9,991 (231 unemployed)
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#45. Sherman County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,771 (65 unemployed)
#44. Wabaunsee County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,699 (84 unemployed)
#43. Barton County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 12,902 (311 unemployed)
#42. Cloud County
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 3,780 (91 unemployed)
#41. Douglas County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 65,630 (1,595 unemployed)
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#40. Gove County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 1,429 (34 unemployed)
#39. Grant County
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,884 (70 unemployed)
#38. Harvey County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 17,098 (406 unemployed)
#37. Lyon County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 16,501 (399 unemployed)
#36. Phillips County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 2,598 (62 unemployed)
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#35. Russell County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,169 (77 unemployed)
#34. Butler County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 32,722 (831 unemployed)
#33. Dickinson County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 8,904 (220 unemployed)
#32. Elk County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 1,161 (29 unemployed)
#31. Jewell County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,223 (31 unemployed)
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#30. Ottawa County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,881 (73 unemployed)
#29. Riley County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 35,336 (870 unemployed)
#28. Rooks County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 2,411 (60 unemployed)
#27. Trego County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,364 (34 unemployed)
#26. Cheyenne County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 1,281 (33 unemployed)
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#25. Leavenworth County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 37,251 (969 unemployed)
#24. Osage County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 7,914 (206 unemployed)
#23. Reno County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 29,653 (763 unemployed)
#22. Shawnee County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 90,951 (2,339 unemployed)
#21. Allen County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 6,423 (172 unemployed)
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#20. Chautauqua County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 1,429 (39 unemployed)
#19. Cowley County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 16,567 (469 unemployed)
#18. Crawford County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 18,617 (523 unemployed)
#17. Lane County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 719 (20 unemployed)
#16. Sumner County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 10,767 (300 unemployed)
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#15. Thomas County
--- 1 month change: +0.5%
--- 1 year change: +1.1%
- Total labor force: 4,214 (119 unemployed)
#14. Coffey County
--- 1 month change: -1.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,111 (118 unemployed)
#13. Graham County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,080 (31 unemployed)
#12. Wilson County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 3,764 (108 unemployed)
#11. Labette County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 9,172 (272 unemployed)
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#10. Montgomery County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 14,305 (424 unemployed)
#9. Sedgwick County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 255,757 (7,594 unemployed)
#8. Woodson County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 1,448 (43 unemployed)
#7. Atchison County
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 6,603 (206 unemployed)
#6. Bourbon County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 6,313 (195 unemployed)
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#5. Wyandotte County
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 77,790 (2,443 unemployed)
#4. Linn County
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,312 (141 unemployed)
#3. Neosho County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 5,951 (206 unemployed)
#2. Decatur County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +1.2%
- Total labor force: 1,179 (42 unemployed)
#1. Geary County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 11,400 (421 unemployed)
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