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Highest unemployment, Kansas counties · 2020

Kansas counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 3.2%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

01Woodson County, KSKS3,1188.4%–

02Stevens County, KSKS4,9846.8%–

03Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3216.4%–

04Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5976.3%–

05Grant County, KSKS7,0286.1%–

06Elk County, KSKS2,4586.0%–

07Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5905.7%–

08Sherman County, KSKS5,7635.4%–

09Montgomery County, KSKS30,1775.2%–

10Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4335.2%–

11Crawford County, KSKS39,0085.2%–

12Sumner County, KSKS22,3125.1%–

13Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.1%–

14Riley County, KSKS72,5985.0%–

15Linn County, KSKS9,9504.9%–

16Harper County, KSKS5,3704.9%–

17Anderson County, KSKS8,0184.8%–

18Coffey County, KSKS8,4674.7%–

19Ford County, KSKS33,9934.7%–

20Brown County, KSKS9,1044.6%–

21Rice County, KSKS9,2664.6%–

22Wilson County, KSKS8,2994.5%–

23Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.4%–

24Russell County, KSKS6,5814.4%–

25Reno County, KSKS61,5394.4%–

26Douglas County, KSKS120,9204.3%–

27Allen County, KSKS12,3024.2%–

28Finney County, KSKS37,5054.2%–

29Butler County, KSKS69,4844.2%–

30Jackson County, KSKS13,4384.2%–

31Osage County, KSKS15,6934.1%–

32Shawnee County, KSKS178,6074.1%–

33Graham County, KSKS2,3714.1%–

34Marion County, KSKS11,6344.0%–

35Lyon County, KSKS32,2664.0%–

36Saline County, KSKS53,3774.0%–

37Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.0%–

38Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.9%–

39Geary County, KSKS36,3383.9%–

40Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.9%–

41Atchison County, KSKS16,1723.8%–

42Seward County, KSKS21,0733.6%–

43Rush County, KSKS2,8453.6%–

44Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%–

45Bourbon County, KSKS14,3193.5%–

46Jefferson County, KSKS18,2963.5%–

47Harvey County, KSKS33,5803.5%–

48Barton County, KSKS24,7903.4%–

49Ellis County, KSKS29,0753.4%–

50Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6193.4%–

51Pratt County, KSKS9,1173.3%–

52Cloud County, KSKS8,8333.2%–

53Chase County, KSKS2,5723.2%–

54Norton County, KSKS5,2883.2%–

55Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.2%–

56Franklin County, KSKS26,2993.1%–

57Comanche County, KSKS1,6733.0%–

58Labette County, KSKS19,6852.9%–

59Gove County, KSKS2,6312.9%–

60Dickinson County, KSKS18,6372.9%–

61Mitchell County, KSKS5,5902.8%–

62Kiowa County, KSKS2,4322.8%–

63Morris County, KSKS5,3482.7%–

64Smith County, KSKS3,5662.7%–

65Clay County, KSKS7,9902.6%–

66Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.6%–

67Barber County, KSKS4,0832.6%–

68Haskell County, KSKS3,5992.5%–

69Lane County, KSKS1,5082.5%–

70Phillips County, KSKS4,7282.5%–

71Sheridan County, KSKS2,4272.4%–

72Ottawa County, KSKS5,7442.3%–

73Gray County, KSKS5,6522.3%–

74Cherokee County, KSKS19,1052.3%–

75Greenwood County, KSKS5,8262.3%–

76Meade County, KSKS3,8522.3%–

77Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1862.2%–

78Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.2%–

79Stanton County, KSKS1,9862.2%–

80Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.2%–

81Trego County, KSKS2,7402.1%–

82Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0182.0%–

83Nemaha County, KSKS10,0542.0%–

84Osborne County, KSKS3,2852.0%–

85Edwards County, KSKS2,6401.9%–

86Miami County, KSKS36,2401.8%–

87Pawnee County, KSKS5,9911.8%–

88Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2571.7%–

89Lincoln County, KSKS2,8611.7%–

90Washington County, KSKS5,5331.7%–

91Kearny County, KSKS3,8881.6%–

92Clark County, KSKS1,9001.5%–

93Morton County, KSKS2,4701.4%–

94Jewell County, KSKS2,8301.4%–

95McPherson County, KSKS30,0641.3%–

96Ness County, KSKS2,6171.3%–

97Thomas County, KSKS7,7251.3%–

98Doniphan County, KSKS7,5941.3%–

99Republic County, KSKS4,6401.0%–

100Scott County, KSKS4,8150.8%–

101Rawlins County, KSKS2,4310.8%–

102Logan County, KSKS2,6610.6%–

103Wallace County, KSKS1,4410.4%–

104Greeley County, KSKS1,1820.0%–

105Hamilton County, KSKS2,5000.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS