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Highest unemployment, Kansas counties

Kansas counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 2.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Edwards County, KS, up 82 places to #3.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲26Allen County, KSKS12,3027.9%+3.7 pts

02▲37Geary County, KSKS36,3386.9%+3.1 pts

03▲82Edwards County, KSKS2,6406.8%+4.9 pts

04▲14Coffey County, KSKS8,4676.4%+1.7 pts

05▲7Sumner County, KSKS22,3125.9%+0.8 pts

06▼2Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5975.7%−0.5 pts

07▲38Bourbon County, KSKS14,3195.3%+1.8 pts

08▲12Brown County, KSKS9,1045.2%+0.5 pts

09▲10Ford County, KSKS33,9935.1%+0.4 pts

10▲23Graham County, KSKS2,3715.0%+0.9 pts

11▼1Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4335.0%−0.2 pts

12▲30Seward County, KSKS21,0734.9%+1.3 pts

13▲23Saline County, KSKS53,3774.8%+0.9 pts

14▲33Harvey County, KSKS33,5804.8%+1.3 pts

15▲26Atchison County, KSKS16,1724.6%+0.8 pts

16▼1Linn County, KSKS9,9504.4%−0.5 pts

17▲4Rice County, KSKS9,2664.4%−0.2 pts

18▲64Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0184.4%+2.3 pts

19▼10Montgomery County, KSKS30,1774.4%−0.8 pts

20▲6Douglas County, KSKS120,9204.2%−0.1 pts

21▲11Shawnee County, KSKS178,6074.1%0.0 pts

22▲18Decatur County, KSKS2,7164.1%+0.2 pts

23▼6Anderson County, KSKS8,0184.1%−0.7 pts

24▼17Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5904.1%−1.6 pts

25▼14Crawford County, KSKS39,0084.1%−1.1 pts

26▲2Finney County, KSKS37,5054.1%−0.1 pts

27▼2Reno County, KSKS61,5393.9%−0.5 pts

28▲20Barton County, KSKS24,7903.9%+0.5 pts

29▼16Cowley County, KSKS34,3823.9%−1.2 pts

30▼16Riley County, KSKS72,5983.8%−1.2 pts

31▲55Miami County, KSKS36,2403.7%+1.9 pts

32▲36Haskell County, KSKS3,5993.6%+1.1 pts

33▼30Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3213.6%−2.8 pts

34▲9Rush County, KSKS2,8453.6%0.0 pts

35▲16Pratt County, KSKS9,1173.6%+0.3 pts

36▼2Marion County, KSKS11,6343.4%−0.6 pts

37▼8Butler County, KSKS69,4843.4%−0.8 pts

38▲37Greenwood County, KSKS5,8263.4%+1.1 pts

39▲35Cherokee County, KSKS19,1053.3%+1.0 pts

40▲9Ellis County, KSKS29,0753.2%−0.1 pts

41▲3Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.2%−0.3 pts

42▲28Phillips County, KSKS4,7283.2%+0.8 pts

43▲12Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.2%+0.1 pts

44▼42Stevens County, KSKS4,9843.1%−3.6 pts

45▲13Labette County, KSKS19,6853.1%+0.2 pts

46▲59Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003.1%+3.1 pts

47▲9Franklin County, KSKS26,2993.0%−0.1 pts

48▼26Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.0%−1.5 pts

49▲23Ottawa County, KSKS5,7442.9%+0.5 pts

50▲42Clark County, KSKS1,9002.8%+1.3 pts

51▲9Dickinson County, KSKS18,6372.8%−0.1 pts

52▲48Scott County, KSKS4,8152.7%+1.9 pts

53▲20Gray County, KSKS5,6522.7%+0.3 pts

54▲5Gove County, KSKS2,6312.6%−0.3 pts

55▲33Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2572.6%+0.8 pts

56▲7Morris County, KSKS5,3482.5%−0.2 pts

57▼5Cloud County, KSKS8,8332.5%−0.7 pts

58▼35Stafford County, KSKS4,0052.5%−1.9 pts

59▲19Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.5%+0.3 pts

60▲29Lincoln County, KSKS2,8612.4%+0.7 pts

61▼15Jefferson County, KSKS18,2962.4%−1.1 pts

62▼24Kingman County, KSKS7,0292.2%−1.7 pts

63▲28Kearny County, KSKS3,8882.2%+0.6 pts

64▼2Kiowa County, KSKS2,4322.2%−0.6 pts

65▲12Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1862.1%−0.1 pts

66Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.0%−0.5 pts

67▼61Elk County, KSKS2,4582.0%−3.9 pts

68▲12Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.0%−0.2 pts

69▼34Lyon County, KSKS32,2662.0%−2.0 pts

70▼54Harper County, KSKS5,3702.0%−2.9 pts

71▼40Osage County, KSKS15,6931.9%−2.2 pts

72▲23McPherson County, KSKS30,0641.8%+0.5 pts

73▼49Russell County, KSKS6,5811.8%−2.5 pts

74▲28Logan County, KSKS2,6611.8%+1.2 pts

75▲24Republic County, KSKS4,6401.8%+0.8 pts

76▼46Jackson County, KSKS13,4381.8%−2.4 pts

77▲2Stanton County, KSKS1,9861.8%−0.4 pts

78▼21Comanche County, KSKS1,6731.7%−1.4 pts

79▼25Norton County, KSKS5,2881.7%−1.5 pts

80▲4Osborne County, KSKS3,2851.6%−0.3 pts

81▲17Doniphan County, KSKS7,5941.6%+0.4 pts

82▲11Morton County, KSKS2,4701.6%+0.2 pts

83▼82Woodson County, KSKS3,1181.6%−6.8 pts

84▼8Meade County, KSKS3,8521.5%−0.7 pts

85▼2Nemaha County, KSKS10,0541.5%−0.5 pts

86▲8Jewell County, KSKS2,8301.3%0.0 pts

87▲16Wallace County, KSKS1,4411.3%+0.9 pts

88▲13Rawlins County, KSKS2,4311.3%+0.5 pts

89▼22Barber County, KSKS4,0831.2%−1.3 pts

90▼3Pawnee County, KSKS5,9911.2%−0.6 pts

91▼1Washington County, KSKS5,5331.1%−0.6 pts

92▼27Clay County, KSKS7,9901.0%−1.5 pts

93▼12Trego County, KSKS2,7401.0%−1.1 pts

94▼41Chase County, KSKS2,5720.9%−2.2 pts

95▲1Ness County, KSKS2,6170.8%−0.5 pts

96▼59Wichita County, KSKS2,0310.8%−3.2 pts

97▼26Sheridan County, KSKS2,4270.7%−1.7 pts

98▼93Grant County, KSKS7,0280.7%−5.4 pts

99▼49Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6190.6%−2.7 pts

100▼36Smith County, KSKS3,5660.6%−2.1 pts

101▼93Sherman County, KSKS5,7630.6%−4.8 pts

102▼5Thomas County, KSKS7,7250.6%−0.7 pts

103▼34Lane County, KSKS1,5080.4%−2.0 pts

104Greeley County, KSKS1,1820.1%+0.1 pts

105▼44Mitchell County, KSKS5,5900.1%−2.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES