North Kansas City, MO Unemployment Rate Report

North Kansas City, MO Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in North-Kansas-City, Missouri has ranged from 1.7% in December 1999 to 12.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for North-Kansas-City is 2.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

North Kansas City, MO Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

North Kansas City, MO Current Unemployment - 2.8%

North Kansas City, MO Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2022	3.6%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.8%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.6%	2.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.3%	2.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.8%	3.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2021	4.4%	5.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.2%	4.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.5%	4.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.0%	4.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.7%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	4.5%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.4%	4.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.1%	3.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.2%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.8%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2020	3.5%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.0%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.3%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.6%	9.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.5%	9.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.4%	8.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.0%	7.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.5%	7.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.9%	4.3%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.6%	3.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.7%	4.2%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.2%	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2019	3.2%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	3.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.0%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	3.5%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.3%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.6%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	3.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2018	3.6%	3.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.2%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.6%	2.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.5%	2.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.9%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.5%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	3.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.2%	2.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.1%	2.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.2%	2.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.6%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.2%	4.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.1%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.1%	3.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.2%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.8%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.7%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.7%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.9%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2016	3.6%	4.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.9%	4.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.0%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.7%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.4%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.0%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.1%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.4%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.8%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.4%	4.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.1%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.2%	3.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2015	6.6%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.4%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.8%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.5%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.6%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.5%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.6%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.8%	4.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.7%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.4%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.4%	4.0%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.4%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2014	6.0%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.4%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.3%	7.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.8%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.0%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.5%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.1%	6.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.5%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.5%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.6%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.5%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2013	6.4%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.9%	7.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.0%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.3%	6.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.9%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.3%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.9%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.3%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.7%	6.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.5%	6.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.2%	5.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.4%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2012	6.2%	7.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.6%	8.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.4%	7.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.4%	6.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.2%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.4%	7.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.9%	7.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.4%	7.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.7%	6.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.5%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.3%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.3%	6.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2011	8.8%	9.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.1%	9.7%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.8%	9.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.2%	8.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.4%	8.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	8.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	8.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.8%	8.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.2%	8.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.7%	7.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.2%	7.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.2%	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2010	8.7%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.8%	10.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.7%	10.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.1%	9.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.0%	9.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.2%	9.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.7%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.5%	9.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.2%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.1%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.4%	9.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.0%	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2009	7.3%	8.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.8%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.9%	9.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.2%	8.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.0%	9.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.5%	9.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.6%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.0%	9.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.6%	9.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.2%	9.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.6%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.5%	9.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2008	4.6%	5.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.6%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.5%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.8%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.8%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.3%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.9%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.5%	6.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.4%	6.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.5%	6.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.1%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2007	4.2%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.3%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.1%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.9%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.2%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.8%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.3%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.4%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.2%	5.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.2%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2006	4.2%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.5%	5.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.2%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.7%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.6%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.0%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.6%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	5.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.5%	4.8%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.0%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.9%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2005	4.9%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.4%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.6%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.5%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.6%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.2%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.1%	4.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.8%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.1%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2004	4.8%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.9%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.2%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.7%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.7%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.3%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.5%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.1%	5.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.8%	5.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.6%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2003	4.5%	5.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.5%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.6%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.2%	5.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.7%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.2%	6.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.1%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.1%	5.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.9%	5.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.5%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.5%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.3%	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2002	4.1%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.4%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.7%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.1%	5.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.0%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.6%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.7%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.6%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.3%	4.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.0%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.2%	5.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.3%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2001	3.4%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.5%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	5.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.0%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.1%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.5%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.4%	4.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.4%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.3%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.3%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.7%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.7%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2000	2.3%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.8%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.1%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.1%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.5%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.4%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.7%	3.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.5%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.6%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.6%	3.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.5%	3.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.6%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1999	1.8%	3.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.2%	3.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.0%	3.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.0%	3.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.0%	3.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.5%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.7%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.2%	3.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.1%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.2%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.6%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.7%	2.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1998	3.0%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.0%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.2%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.6%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.7%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.3%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.3%	4.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.5%	4.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.2%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.0%	3.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.1%	3.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.9%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1997	3.0%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.1%	5.3%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.9%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.1%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.6%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.0%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.1%	4.2%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.5%	4.2%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.1%	4.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.6%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.4%	3.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.6%	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1996	3.0%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.1%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.4%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.4%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.2%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.1%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.8%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.7%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.5%	4.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.7%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.7%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1995	3.5%	5.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.4%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.4%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.3%	5.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.3%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.4%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.6%	4.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.2%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.0%	4.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.4%	3.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.5%	3.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.7%	4.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1994	4.2%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.1%	6.4%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.0%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.7%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.1%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.3%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.4%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.8%	4.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.3%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.8%	4.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.9%	4.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.0%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1993	4.5%	7.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.7%	7.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.4%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.1%	6.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.1%	6.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.5%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.1%	6.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.4%	6.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.6%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.4%	5.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.2%	5.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.1%	5.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1992	4.3%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.6%	7.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.4%	6.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.9%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.2%	6.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.6%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.1%	6.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.9%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.8%	5.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.4%	5.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.9%	5.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.2%	5.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1991	7.2%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.8%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.7%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.1%	6.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.0%	6.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.4%	6.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.4%	6.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.1%	5.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.9%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.6%	5.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.0%	5.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	North Kansas City, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1990	6.0%	6.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.4%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.8%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.7%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.4%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.4%	5.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.5%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	6.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.5%	6.0%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.6%	5.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.7%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.8%	6.5%	6.3%