Moderate Unemployment Area
Kansas City, KS Current Unemployment - 4.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Kansas City, KS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2022
3.8%
2.7%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.9%
2.6%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.7%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.9%
2.1%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.3%
2.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.6%
2.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.3%
3.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.0%
3.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2021
5.4%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.8%
3.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.4%
3.8%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.1%
3.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
3.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.4%
4.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.5%
4.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.4%
3.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.2%
2.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.5%
2.5%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.8%
2.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2020
4.5%
3.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.4%
3.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
3.8%
2.9%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.9%
11.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.2%
9.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.4%
7.6%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.7%
7.7%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.5%
5.7%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.6%
5.6%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.1%
4.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.5%
4.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
3.6%
4.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2019
5.2%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.0%
3.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.7%
3.4%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.8%
2.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.0%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.3%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.5%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.4%
3.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.6%
2.7%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.2%
2.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.8%
2.9%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.8%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2018
6.2%
3.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.6%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.3%
3.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.6%
3.1%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.9%
3.5%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.4%
3.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.8%
3.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.2%
2.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.1%
2.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.0%
2.9%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.2%
3.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2017
6.5%
4.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.7%
4.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.9%
3.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.6%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.6%
3.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.0%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.9%
4.3%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.1%
4.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.5%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.2%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.4%
3.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.6%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2016
6.1%
4.2%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.1%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.8%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.1%
3.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.3%
3.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.6%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.8%
4.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.5%
3.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.4%
3.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.0%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.8%
3.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2015
7.7%
4.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.4%
4.6%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.3%
4.4%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.9%
4.2%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.9%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.1%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.4%
4.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.4%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.2%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.4%
3.6%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.1%
3.6%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.0%
3.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2014
8.1%
5.2%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.9%
5.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.4%
5.0%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.6%
4.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.4%
4.6%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.2%
4.8%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.0%
5.1%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.1%
4.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.7%
4.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.3%
4.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.9%
3.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.8%
3.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2013
9.1%
6.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.0%
5.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.4%
5.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.8%
5.1%
7.6%
5 / 2013
7.7%
5.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.4%
5.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.9%
5.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.6%
5.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.6%
4.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.6%
4.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.1%
4.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.9%
4.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2012
9.8%
6.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.5%
6.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.3%
6.1%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.5%
5.6%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.4%
5.6%
8.2%
6 / 2012
8.9%
6.0%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.5%
6.2%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.8%
5.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.2%
5.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.2%
5.3%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.8%
5.1%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.5%
5.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2011
11.4%
7.4%
9.1%
2 / 2011
10.8%
7.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.7%
6.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.8%
6.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.6%
6.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.1%
6.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.3%
6.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.9%
6.6%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.4%
6.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.2%
6.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.6%
5.7%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.8%
5.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2010
11.4%
7.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.1%
7.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.3%
7.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.1%
6.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.0%
6.8%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.7%
7.1%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.0%
7.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.4%
7.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.9%
6.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.9%
6.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.8%
6.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.7%
6.4%
9.3%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2009
14.0%
6.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.9%
6.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.3%
6.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.2%
6.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.4%
6.9%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.2%
7.2%
9.5%
7 / 2009
11.3%
7.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.9%
7.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.2%
7.2%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.1%
6.9%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.2%
6.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.2%
6.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2008
8.4%
4.6%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.1%
4.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.2%
4.4%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.9%
3.8%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.2%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.5%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.3%
4.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.1%
5.0%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.5%
4.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.7%
4.7%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.9%
4.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.3%
5.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2007
8.4%
4.6%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.3%
4.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.6%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.8%
3.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.2%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.9%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.5%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.2%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.8%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
8.1%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.5%
4.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.8%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2006
9.1%
4.9%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.8%
4.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.3%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.2%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.6%
4.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.1%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.3%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.1%
4.6%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.2%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.2%
4.1%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.3%
4.0%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.0%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2005
10.1%
5.8%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.7%
5.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.2%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.5%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.9%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.6%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.7%
5.3%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.0%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.9%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.2%
4.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.3%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.9%
4.3%
4.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2004
11.1%
6.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.6%
5.9%
5.6%
3 / 2004
10.1%
5.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.0%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.4%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.7%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.1%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.6%
5.5%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.9%
5.3%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.5%
5.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.5%
5.1%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.6%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2003
11.2%
5.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
12.4%
5.4%
5.9%
3 / 2003
12.1%
5.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.6%
5.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
12.0%
5.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.1%
6.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
12.7%
6.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.7%
5.7%
6.1%
9 / 2003
10.0%
5.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.9%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.5%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.7%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2002
13.4%
5.5%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.2%
5.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.1%
5.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.5%
4.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.8%
4.7%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.9%
5.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
12.4%
5.5%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.3%
5.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.8%
4.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.2%
4.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.3%
4.9%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.8%
4.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2001
9.0%
4.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.0%
4.2%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.4%
4.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.2%
3.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.9%
3.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.3%
4.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.1%
4.4%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.4%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.6%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.3%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.7%
4.4%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.5%
4.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 2000
5.9%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.0%
3.6%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.7%
3.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.1%
3.2%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.0%
3.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.1%
3.6%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.4%
3.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.8%
3.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.1%
3.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.1%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.8%
3.6%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1999
7.2%
3.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.0%
3.3%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.9%
3.3%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.0%
3.0%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.7%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.4%
3.5%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.9%
3.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.3%
3.4%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.2%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.7%
3.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.8%
3.1%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.2%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1998
8.2%
4.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.6%
3.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.3%
3.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.2%
3.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
7.3%
3.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.6%
3.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.8%
3.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.5%
3.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.8%
3.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.7%
3.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.2%
3.3%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.9%
3.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1997
8.8%
4.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.2%
4.3%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.1%
4.1%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.2%
3.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.0%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.3%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.4%
3.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.0%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.0%
3.6%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.6%
3.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.4%
3.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.4%
3.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1996
8.4%
4.6%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.5%
4.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.0%
4.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.8%
4.1%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.7%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
8.7%
4.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.9%
4.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.2%
4.3%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.9%
4.1%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.7%
4.0%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.4%
4.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.0%
3.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1995
9.9%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.3%
4.8%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.3%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.9%
4.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.7%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.7%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.7%
4.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.1%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.8%
4.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.2%
3.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.2%
3.8%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.5%
3.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1994
10.4%
5.6%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.6%
5.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.8%
5.3%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.8%
4.8%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.1%
4.5%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.2%
4.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.8%
5.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.0%
5.0%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.3%
4.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.3%
4.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.5%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.9%
4.4%
5.5%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1993
9.5%
5.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.5%
5.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.8%
5.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.4%
4.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.7%
4.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.1%
5.3%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.4%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.6%
5.0%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.2%
4.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.3%
4.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.0%
4.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.4%
4.5%
6.5%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1992
9.4%
4.8%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.1%
4.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.3%
4.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.7%
4.1%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.2%
4.3%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.4%
4.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.9%
4.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.0%
4.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.8%
4.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.2%
4.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.5%
4.3%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.1%
4.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1991
11.4%
5.4%
6.4%
2 / 1991
11.2%
5.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.8%
4.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.4%
4.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
9.3%
4.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.2%
4.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.5%
4.5%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.2%
4.3%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.4%
3.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.4%
3.9%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.2%
3.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.0%
3.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kansas City, KS%
Kansas%
National %
1 / 1990
10.4%
4.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.7%
4.4%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.4%
4.3%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.0%
4.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.7%
3.9%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.1%
4.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.0%
4.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.9%
4.5%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.3%
4.3%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.2%
4.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.0%
4.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.2%
4.1%
6.3%