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Unemployment Rate in Kansas, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Kansas, ranked. The highest is Allen County at 7.9% and the lowest is Mitchell County at 0.1%.

Kansas: 3.9% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Kansas: 2.7%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Allen County7.9%
2Geary County6.9%
3Edwards County6.8%
4Coffey County6.4%
5Sumner County5.9%
6Wyandotte County5.7%
7Bourbon County5.3%
8Brown County5.2%
9Ford County5.1%
10Graham County5.0%
11Sedgwick County5.0%
12Seward County4.9%
13Harvey County4.8%
14Saline County4.8%
15Atchison County4.6%
16Linn County4.4%
17Montgomery County4.4%
18Rice County4.4%
19Wabaunsee County4.4%
20Douglas County4.2%
21Anderson County4.1%
22Crawford County4.1%
23Decatur County4.1%
24Finney County4.1%
25Leavenworth County4.1%
26Shawnee County4.1%
27Barton County3.9%
28Cowley County3.9%
29Reno County3.9%
30Riley County3.8%
31Miami County3.7%
32Chautauqua County3.6%
33Haskell County3.6%
34Pratt County3.6%
35Rush County3.6%
36Butler County3.4%
37Greenwood County3.4%
38Marion County3.4%
39Cherokee County3.3%
40Ellis County3.2%
41Johnson County3.2%
42Neosho County3.2%
43Phillips County3.2%
44Hamilton County3.1%
45Labette County3.1%
46Stevens County3.1%
47Franklin County3.0%
48Wilson County3.0%
49Ottawa County2.9%
50Clark County2.8%
51Dickinson County2.8%
52Gray County2.7%
53Scott County2.7%
54Ellsworth County2.6%
55Gove County2.6%
56Cheyenne County2.5%
57Cloud County2.5%
58Morris County2.5%
59Stafford County2.5%
60Jefferson County2.4%
61Lincoln County2.4%
62Kearny County2.2%
63Kingman County2.2%
64Kiowa County2.2%
65Pottawatomie County2.1%
66Elk County2.0%
67Harper County2.0%
68Lyon County2.0%
69Marshall County2.0%
70Rooks County2.0%
71Osage County1.9%
72Jackson County1.8%
73Logan County1.8%
74McPherson County1.8%
75Republic County1.8%
76Russell County1.8%
77Stanton County1.8%
78Comanche County1.7%
79Norton County1.7%
80Doniphan County1.6%
81Morton County1.6%
82Osborne County1.6%
83Woodson County1.6%
84Meade County1.5%
85Nemaha County1.5%
86Jewell County1.3%
87Rawlins County1.3%
88Wallace County1.3%
89Barber County1.2%
90Pawnee County1.2%
91Washington County1.1%
92Clay County1.0%
93Trego County1.0%
94Chase County0.9%
95Ness County0.8%
96Wichita County0.8%
97Grant County0.7%
98Sheridan County0.7%
99Hodgeman County0.6%
100Sherman County0.6%
101Smith County0.6%
102Thomas County0.6%
103Lane County0.4%
104Greeley County0.1%
105Mitchell County0.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: Allen County is 7.9% with a margin of error of ±2.7%; Mitchell County is 0.1% with a margin of error of ±0.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Kansas ranks 40th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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