Kansas Counties by Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work — the standard measure of labor market health.

All 105 counties ranked by Unemployment Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Counties	Unemployment Rate ↑
1	Ottawa County, Kansas	0.0%
2	Thomas County, Kansas	0.1%
3	Greeley County, Kansas	0.1%
4	Morton County, Kansas	0.3%
5	Jewell County, Kansas	0.4%
6	Lane County, Kansas	0.5%
7	Wichita County, Kansas	0.5%
8	Sheridan County, Kansas	0.6%
9	Hamilton County, Kansas	0.8%
10	Mitchell County, Kansas	0.9%
11	Nemaha County, Kansas	0.9%
12	Republic County, Kansas	1.0%
13	Trego County, Kansas	1.1%
14	Meade County, Kansas	1.1%
15	Clay County, Kansas	1.1%
16	Pawnee County, Kansas	1.2%
17	Rawlins County, Kansas	1.2%
18	Kearny County, Kansas	1.3%
19	Wallace County, Kansas	1.3%
20	Washington County, Kansas	1.5%
21	Doniphan County, Kansas	1.5%
22	Smith County, Kansas	1.6%
23	Cheyenne County, Kansas	1.8%
24	Jackson County, Kansas	1.8%
25	Russell County, Kansas	1.9%
26	Pottawatomie County, Kansas	1.9%
27	McPherson County, Kansas	2.0%
28	Morris County, Kansas	2.0%
29	Rooks County, Kansas	2.1%
30	Gray County, Kansas	2.1%
31	Stanton County, Kansas	2.1%
32	Clark County, Kansas	2.1%
33	Saline County, Kansas	2.3%
34	Franklin County, Kansas	2.3%
35	Dickinson County, Kansas	2.4%
36	Jefferson County, Kansas	2.4%
37	Comanche County, Kansas	2.4%
38	Osborne County, Kansas	2.4%
39	Grant County, Kansas	2.5%
40	Osage County, Kansas	2.5%
41	Woodson County, Kansas	2.5%
42	Sherman County, Kansas	2.5%
43	Stafford County, Kansas	2.6%
44	Butler County, Kansas	2.6%
45	Barton County, Kansas	2.6%
46	Barber County, Kansas	2.6%
47	Pratt County, Kansas	2.7%
48	Allen County, Kansas	2.8%
49	Greenwood County, Kansas	2.8%
50	Hodgeman County, Kansas	2.8%
51	Labette County, Kansas	2.8%
52	Scott County, Kansas	2.8%
53	Marion County, Kansas	2.9%
54	Ellsworth County, Kansas	2.9%
55	Reno County, Kansas	2.9%
56	Marshall County, Kansas	2.9%
57	Phillips County, Kansas	3.1%
58	Ellis County, Kansas	3.2%
59	Johnson County, Kansas	3.2%
60	Rice County, Kansas	3.3%
61	Kiowa County, Kansas	3.4%
62	Lincoln County, Kansas	3.4%
63	Wilson County, Kansas	3.5%
64	Elk County, Kansas	3.5%
65	Harper County, Kansas	3.5%
66	Gove County, Kansas	3.5%
67	Seward County, Kansas	3.5%
68	Norton County, Kansas	3.5%
69	Miami County, Kansas	3.6%
70	Cherokee County, Kansas	3.6%
71	Ness County, Kansas	3.6%
72	Decatur County, Kansas	3.7%
73	Linn County, Kansas	3.7%
74	Kingman County, Kansas	3.7%
75	Atchison County, Kansas	3.7%
76	Rush County, Kansas	3.8%
77	Montgomery County, Kansas	3.9%
78	Anderson County, Kansas	4.0%
79	Logan County, Kansas	4.1%
80	Harvey County, Kansas	4.2%
81	Cloud County, Kansas	4.2%
82	Lyon County, Kansas	4.2%
83	Graham County, Kansas	4.2%
84	Shawnee County, Kansas	4.2%
85	Leavenworth County, Kansas	4.3%
86	Stevens County, Kansas	4.5%
87	Neosho County, Kansas	4.6%
88	Riley County, Kansas	4.7%
89	Douglas County, Kansas	4.7%
90	Edwards County, Kansas	4.7%
91	Haskell County, Kansas	4.9%
92	Cowley County, Kansas	5.0%
93	Sumner County, Kansas	5.1%
94	Crawford County, Kansas	5.2%
95	Sedgwick County, Kansas	5.2%
96	Finney County, Kansas	5.4%
97	Wyandotte County, Kansas	5.4%
98	Brown County, Kansas	5.4%
99	Chase County, Kansas	5.7%
100	Coffey County, Kansas	6.0%