West Plains Township, KS Unemployment Rate Report

West Plains Township, KS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Plains-Township, Kansas has ranged from 0.9% in April 1990 to 4.6% in July 2010. The current unemployment rate for West-Plains-Township is 2.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Plains Township, KS Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

West Plains Township, KS Current Unemployment - 2.2%

West Plains Township, KS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2022	1.6%	2.7%	4.0%
2 / 2022	1.5%	2.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	1.5%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.3%	2.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.7%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	1.9%	2.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.3%	3.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.2%	3.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2021	2.9%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	2.4%	3.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	2.5%	3.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	2.3%	3.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.3%	3.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	2.6%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.9%	4.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.3%	3.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	1.8%	2.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	1.6%	2.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	1.5%	2.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	1.5%	2.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2020	2.4%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.2%	3.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.0%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	4.2%	11.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	4.0%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	2.9%	7.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	3.5%	7.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	3.5%	5.7%	8.4%
9 / 2020	2.3%	5.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	2.3%	4.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.2%	4.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	2.2%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2019	2.7%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.4%	3.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.6%	3.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.5%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.8%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.6%	3.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.9%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.9%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.1%	2.9%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.0%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2018	2.0%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.0%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.1%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.3%	3.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.1%	3.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.4%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.4%	3.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.1%	3.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.8%	2.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.8%	2.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.9%	2.9%	3.7%
12 / 2018	1.9%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2017	2.6%	4.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.8%	4.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	2.5%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.6%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.5%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.5%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.7%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.6%	4.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.0%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.9%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.3%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.1%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2016	2.7%	4.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	2.8%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	2.6%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.7%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.7%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.9%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.9%	4.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.7%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.5%	3.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.8%	3.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.7%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.4%	3.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2015	2.9%	4.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	3.0%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.1%	4.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.2%	4.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.3%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.3%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.7%	4.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.1%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.5%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.3%	3.6%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.5%	3.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.4%	3.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2014	3.0%	5.2%	6.6%
2 / 2014	2.9%	5.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	3.0%	5.0%	6.7%
4 / 2014	2.5%	4.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	2.8%	4.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	2.7%	4.8%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.2%	5.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	2.8%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	2.3%	4.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.2%	4.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	2.3%	3.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.3%	3.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2013	3.8%	6.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	3.7%	5.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.7%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.4%	5.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.7%	5.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	3.5%	5.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	3.4%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.3%	5.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	2.7%	4.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	2.5%	4.8%	7.2%
11 / 2013	2.3%	4.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	2.1%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2012	3.6%	6.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.0%	6.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	3.8%	6.1%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.5%	5.6%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.5%	5.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	3.4%	6.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	3.5%	6.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.4%	5.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	2.7%	5.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.0%	5.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	3.0%	5.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	3.0%	5.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2011	4.3%	7.4%	9.1%
2 / 2011	4.0%	7.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	3.8%	6.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	3.7%	6.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	3.8%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	3.8%	6.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	3.9%	6.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	3.8%	6.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	3.6%	6.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	3.3%	6.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	3.2%	5.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	3.1%	5.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2010	4.3%	7.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	4.4%	7.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	4.2%	7.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.3%	6.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	4.5%	6.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.3%	7.1%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.6%	7.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	4.6%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.1%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.0%	6.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.0%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	3.6%	6.4%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2009	3.6%	6.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	3.9%	6.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	3.8%	6.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	4.1%	6.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	4.3%	6.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	4.2%	7.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.2%	7.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.1%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	3.8%	7.2%	9.8%
10 / 2009	3.2%	6.9%	10.0%
11 / 2009	3.5%	6.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	3.2%	6.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2008	3.5%	4.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	2.9%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	2.9%	4.4%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.5%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.1%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	2.8%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.2%	4.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.1%	5.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.0%	4.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	2.8%	4.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	2.7%	4.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	2.8%	5.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2007	2.9%	4.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.9%	4.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.0%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.9%	3.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.1%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.0%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.8%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.8%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.7%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.7%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.8%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2006	3.1%	4.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.2%	4.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.5%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.0%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.0%	4.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.1%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.4%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.3%	4.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.1%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.0%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.8%	4.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.5%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2005	3.7%	5.8%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.1%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.9%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.7%	4.8%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.5%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.7%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.6%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.5%	4.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.5%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.9%	4.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2004	3.5%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.4%	5.9%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.9%	5.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.4%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.3%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.1%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.1%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.1%	5.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	5.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.8%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.7%	5.1%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.2%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2003	3.1%	5.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	2.9%	5.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.3%	5.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	2.6%	5.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	2.6%	5.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.3%	6.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.4%	6.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.4%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.5%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.0%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.3%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.1%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2002	2.9%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	2.9%	5.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.3%	5.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	2.6%	4.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	2.7%	4.7%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.5%	5.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.2%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.1%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.1%	4.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.9%	4.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.5%	4.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	2.8%	4.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2001	3.1%	4.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.7%	4.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.8%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.1%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.6%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.1%	4.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.9%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.8%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.0%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.2%	4.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	4.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.9%	4.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 2000	2.7%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.5%	3.6%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.7%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.2%	3.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.7%	3.6%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.9%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.5%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.7%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.9%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.7%	3.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.5%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1999	1.8%	3.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.8%	3.3%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.9%	3.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.1%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.3%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.9%	3.5%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.6%	3.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.5%	3.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.1%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.7%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.7%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.3%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1998	1.7%	4.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	1.6%	3.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	1.8%	3.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.5%	3.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.8%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.1%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.2%	3.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.8%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.0%	3.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.0%	3.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	3.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.0%	3.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1997	2.1%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	1.8%	4.3%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.0%	4.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	1.7%	3.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.8%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.8%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.7%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.2%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.3%	3.6%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.7%	3.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.7%	3.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.5%	3.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1996	2.1%	4.6%	5.6%
2 / 1996	1.9%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.0%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.3%	4.1%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.5%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.6%	4.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.7%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.5%	4.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.4%	4.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.1%	4.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.1%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.0%	3.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1995	3.1%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.0%	4.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.4%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.4%	4.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.6%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.6%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.5%	4.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.1%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.0%	4.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.9%	3.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	1.9%	3.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.0%	3.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1994	3.2%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	2.4%	5.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	2.4%	5.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.5%	4.8%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.7%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.9%	4.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.2%	5.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.8%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.7%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.6%	4.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.6%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.4%	4.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1993	2.3%	5.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	2.0%	5.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	2.0%	5.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	1.8%	4.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.1%	4.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.7%	5.3%	7.0%
7 / 1993	1.8%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	1.9%	5.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.1%	4.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.6%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.6%	4.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.4%	4.5%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1992	2.9%	4.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	2.3%	4.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	2.2%	4.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	1.9%	4.1%	7.4%
5 / 1992	2.5%	4.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	2.9%	4.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	2.5%	4.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.4%	4.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.2%	4.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	1.8%	4.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.3%	4.3%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.0%	4.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1991	1.3%	5.4%	6.4%
2 / 1991	2.1%	5.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	2.5%	4.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	2.7%	4.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	2.4%	4.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	2.6%	4.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.7%	4.5%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.3%	4.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.3%	3.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.0%	3.9%	7.0%
11 / 1991	1.9%	3.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	1.7%	3.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Plains Township, KS%	Kansas%	National %
1 / 1990	1.8%	4.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	1.2%	4.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	1.3%	4.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	0.9%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	1.8%	3.9%	5.4%
6 / 1990	1.7%	4.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.5%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	1.6%	4.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.1%	4.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	1.6%	4.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	1.7%	4.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	1.8%	4.1%	6.3%